Submit your work
We’re collecting photographs that show how Jersey City is changing. This can be from the October 2025 tour, or work you’ve made on your own. We’re interested in streets, people, businesses, housing, public space, and the small details that tell the bigger story.
ASK YOURSELF:
What’s new here? What’s gone?
What still holds the neighborhood together?
What feels fragile, threatened, or worth preserving?
SUBMISSION RULES
Upload JPEG images only.
Re-size photographs to under 8MB per photo.
Please DO NOT include watermarks on photographs – Images will be disqualified from entry.
Please include your NAME and IMAGE TITLE in your FILE NAME.
Remove erroneous numbers or edit numbers FROM YOUR FILE NAME. (Example: JohnSmith_CherryBlossoms.jpg)
All photographers keep full copyright. By submitting, you grant Area of Refuge a non-exclusive license to publish your images (digital and print) with credit, for program storytelling and promotion. If your photo includes a recognizable person, you confirm you have permission to publish. Please review our full participant agreement.
AFTER YOU SUBMIT:
We review submissions on a rolling basis.
Selected work may appear in our next community broadsheet.
All artists keep copyright. We only request permission to publish with credit.
SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES HERE
If you are having trouble with this form, please email all of the information below and your photographs to: info@theareaofrefuge.com
FROM TOUR TO PUBLICATION
The Area of Refuge experience goes beyond a single day. Each year, the photographs and stories created during our workshops are curated into a community publication — a broadsheet that captures the voices, images, and perspectives of Jersey City residents.
In 2024, our first edition was officially archived in the New Jersey Room of the Jersey City Public Library, ensuring that participants’ work will be preserved for generations to come.
Now that the tour is complete, we’re collecting submissions for the 2025 publication. Your work could become part of the next edition and a living record of our community’s resilience, beauty, and history.
Access Your Film Scans
Full Tour Participants: We’ve developed your film! Find your name and click the arrow to download your scans. We’ve selected a few of these images for publication, but remember to submit your digital photos for the Open Call!
