BE FEATURED
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE PICTORIAL LIST?
We are a diverse inspirational community of visual storytellers supporting the art of photography, welcoming thought-provoking projects and photo essays encompassing all themes. Share your visual journeys, ignite the imagination, inspire our photographic audience with the passion you have found through your photography. Let’s expose new ideas and create new ways of seeing, together at The Pictorial List.
Don’t miss the opportunity to join a community that supports the art of photography. The diversity of our photographers creates a platform that welcomes new ideas, expanding the way we see the world around us. Share your work with a community that ignites the passion for the visual impact we make through photography.
Our mission is to provide a platform for artists to showcase their work, with the hope of expanding their visibility and creating new opportunities for them. Given our non-profit nature, we do not offer any remuneration for featuring photographic projects. The Pictorial List is run entirely by volunteers; our website depends on both our own contributions and public donations to remain advertisement free and accessible for artists to submit their work free of charge. We appreciate your understanding and continued support as we strive to support and promote artists within our community.
As we receive such a high volume of emails, we cannot personally respond to everyone. If your submission is successful for publication, we will be in touch. Please note that you have more chance of success if you follow our submission guidelines.
FOLLOW US AT @THEPICTORIAL.LIST and SUBMIT YOUR WORK!
PHOTOGRAPHER FEATURE
The Pictorial List Photographer Feature is an open call that considers a wide variety of work drawn from our photographic community to be featured on our online magazine. We welcome submissions from anyone who makes photographs. The feature includes a portfolio page including 12 images and an article about you and your photography and submitted body of work. If you are unsure whether your submission fits in or not, please read through some of the already published Interviews.
What to Submit:
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Your full name, location and biography
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A link to your website or online portfolio
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Links to your social media
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Minimum of 15 images, maximum 30 images. Send low resolution images for submission. If your submission is successful, we will contact you for higher resolution images. No AI images.
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Photography or project description.
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Assist us in this journey by divulging more about yourself, your educational background (if any), your unique flair and muses, as well as your fervent interests – the greater the details you offer, the better.
By submitting your work for a photographer feature, you are found to be in agreement of the terms and conditions. Click here to read the terms and conditions.
Submit to submit.thepictorial.list@gmail.com
PICTORIAL STORIES
We are looking for pictorial stories with context (writings of all sorts, i.e. essays, poems, short stories, etc.) We want to show some of the most exciting and engaging work from visual storytellers, documentary photographers, and photojournalists from all around the globe. We want interesting stories to be seen and read, new or old, and from anywhere. We want to help support you and the work that you create. We can even help you write it. There are a number of different ways that we want to work with you. Photography comes first, then we can discuss how to present it. So please submit your work, we would love to see it. If you are unsure whether your submission fits in or not, please read through some of the already published Pictorial Stories.
What to Submit:
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Your full name, location and biography
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A link to your website or online portfolio
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Links to your social media
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Minimum of 15 images, maximum 30 images. Send low resolution images for submission. If your submission is successful, we will contact you for higher resolution images. No AI images.
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We would prefer for you to submit from one body of work or project. We are looking for a cohesive body of work. However, this body of work does not need to be completed; your images can be from an ongoing project.
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Pictorial Story Idea (one-page min to two-page max)
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Assist us in this journey by divulging more about yourself, your educational background (if any), your unique flair and muses, as well as your fervent interests – the greater the details you offer, the better.
By submitting your work for a pictorial story, you are found to be in agreement of the terms and conditions. Click here to read the terms and conditions.
Submit to submit.thepictorial.list@gmail.com
HAVE A BOOK?
Send your book to our Pictorial Foundation Art Space – 105a Ann Street, Newburgh, New York, 12550 – and become part of our growing creative community. Your book will find a permanent home in our Pictorial Library, a space dedicated to inspiring artists in the local community. Each contribution helps us build a living archive of ideas and stories that celebrate the art of visual and written expression.
We will feature your book and name with a small shout-out on both our websites and in our Instagram stories, sharing your work with our global creative community.
Please note: this is a donation to the Pictorial Foundation, and no payment will be provided. Pictorial Foundation reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to withhold from display or promotion any book deemed inappropriate or inconsistent with our values and mission. For further information or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us - foundation@thepictorialist.org
On a weekly basis (since 2020), THE PICTORIAL LIST presents a curated collection of photographs shot by various artists on Instagram. If you want to be considered for an inclusion in the weekly round-up simply share your posts using the hashtag #thepictoriallist
The Pictorial List is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit arts organization and independent publisher committed to elevating diverse voices in contemporary photography. Through our curated features, interviews and stories, we provide a global platform where visual storytellers — regardless of background, geography, or resources - can be seen, heard, and celebrated.
We believe access to the arts should be affordable and inclusive. But creating and maintaining a high-quality platform takes time, care and resources.
Your donations helps us to continue this important work. It supports the development of accessible digital content, artist opportunities, publications and exhibitions — all while ensuring our platform remains free, inclusive and uncompromised by commercial interests.
Every contribution, no matter the size, directly sustains our mission to inspire, connect, and amplify visual voices around the world.
If you value what we do, please consider making a tax-deductible donation (US residents only).
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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