Next SDN Salon

Wednesday, Oct 29, 12:30-2:00 pm ET

The SDN Salon is an informal networking opportunity for SDN members to present and view documentary photography. Bring a cup of tea or coffee (or absinthe if you prefer), your work in progress or portfolio, ideas to discuss, or just yourself. This virtual meeting is an opportunity to share your work, view work of others, and to talk about any issues that are relevant to being a documentary photographer in 2025. 

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2026 ZEKE Award

Now open for submissions

Two awards will be given in the following categories:
• ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography
• ZEKE Award for Systemic Change

Each awardee will receive $2,500

Deadline for entries extended to January 15, 2026

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Photo by Carlos Folgoso Sueiro, 2025 ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography.

Exhibition

Window Into Solitary

October 10-December 31
Mutual Arts Collective, Seattle, WA

Gallery hours: Wednesday-Friday, 12-4 pm
Opening reception: Friday, October 17, 6-8 pm

Portraits and testimony of 17 men and women who have experienced long-term solitary confinement.

Window into Solitary is a photography exhibition in conjunction with the publication of Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement, a new book by Christopher Blackwell, Prof. Deborah Zalesne, Kwaneta Harris, and Dr. Terry Kupers exposing the cruel and unusual punishment experienced by close to 125,000 of our fellow citizens each day inside prisons across America.

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The Magazine of Global Documentary Photography

ZEKE magazine presents the best of global documentary photography delivered to your door, and to your digital device, twice a year. Each issue presents outstanding photography from the Social Documentary Network on topics as diverse as the war in Syria, the European migration crisis, the Bangladesh garment industry, and other issues of global concern.

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Four Great Reasons to Post Your Documentary Photography Projects to SDN

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• 1. Your images will be found by photo editors, journalists, curators, publishers and anyone coming to SDN to search for documentary content.
• 2. Selected exhibits are featured in our social media, on the SDN home page, and in email spotlights.
• 3. You will gain additional exposure for the issues that you are documenting.
• 4. Exhibits are entirely free for the first year.

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