Register for the Virtual Artist's Talk here

Opening soon, Perspective Gallery is excited to present LENS 2026, our 16th annual international juried exhibition of fine art photography. 

This year's call for entry saw 1430 images entered by 299 photographers from 38 states and several international countries. This gave our juror, Ann M. Jastrab, Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, California, an extremely difficult task but she rose to the occasion and has selected 28 phenomenal images which will be on display at our Evanston location, opening on Thursday, March 5, 2026. 

Featured artists are:

Samuel Anderson (Savannah, GA) 

Robin Bailey (Rolling Meadows, IL) 

Terry Barczak (Minneapolis, MN) 

Rupert Chambers (Carmel, CA) 

Lisa Di Giacomo (Wooster, OH) 

Alexander Diaz (Jacksonville, FL) 

Caity Fares (San Diego, CA) 

David Gardner (San Francisco, CA) 

Veronica Gray (Laguna Beach, CA) 

Jim Hill (Riverside, IL) 

Trevor Jackson (Las Cruces, NM) 

Dave Jordano (Chicago, IL) 

Daniel Kariko (Greenville, NC) 

Chris Kleihege (Chicago, IL) 

Wheaton Mahoney (Greenfield, MA) 

Jill Obermaier (Oak Park, IL) 

Samantha Oulavong (Chicago, IL) 

Catherine Panebianco (Jamestown, NY) 

Russ Rowland (New York, NY) 

Philip Sager (San Francisco, CA) 

Dina Santos (Santa Cruz, CA) 

Mark Sawrie (Muncie IN) 

Connor Schaal (Long Beach, CA) 

Jeff Schewe (Chicago, IL) 

riel Sturchio (Iowa City, IA) 

Eryn Turner (Wauwatosa, WI) 

Kay Westhues (South Bend, IN) 

Darby Williams (Bloomington, IN)

An opening reception and awards presentation will be held this Saturday, March 7, from 5-7pm.

A virtual artist's talk with juror Ann M. Jastrab will take place on Thursday, March 12 at 7pm. Ann will share some comments and LENS 2026 artists will discuss their work. This Zoom event is free to join but preregistration is required. You can sign up for the talk here.