Filter Photo is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to serving and enhancing the photographic community. Filter Photo’s mission is to connect emerging, mid-career, and professional photographers with gallery owners, educators, academics, curators and elite photography professionals from across the country, with an emphasis on creating and promoting educational events in the Midwestern United States and Chicago, Illinois. Filter Photo creates the annual Filter Photo Festival and offers other educational and networking programming throughout the year.
The 2014 Festival will take place from September 24th-28th and programming will encompass a variety of events, including workshops, exhibitions, lectures, panel discussions, networking events, and of course the portfolio reviews that remain at the heart of the Festival. The majority of our events will take place in downtown Chicago, a vital metropolitan area famous for its world-class cultural institutions.