MONMOUTH MUSEUM MAIN GALLERY
September 14th, 2025 - October 14th, 2025
MUSEUM STATEMENT
The Monmouth Museum is proud to present its Main Gallery Juried Photography Exhibition, a standalone showcase dedicated exclusively to the art of photography. This exhibition highlights the powerful role photography plays in contemporary visual culture—capturing moments, expressing ideas, and offering new ways of seeing the world.
Open to emerging and established photographers from across New Jersey and beyond, this exhibition features a wide range of work, from traditional film and darkroom practices to innovative digital and experimental techniques. The selected works will reflect the diversity, creativity, and technical skill that define today’s photographic landscape.
As part of the Museum’s continued commitment to supporting the arts and engaging the community, this juried photography exhibition provides a dynamic platform for photographers to share their vision and for audiences to experience the evolving language of photography. The Monmouth Museum is proud to offer this unique opportunity for discovery, dialogue, and artistic excellence.
JUROR AWARDS
She Walked First
Samantha Wiggins
Prometheus
Dmitriy Gushchin
Grafting Mend
Mariah Doren & Johanna Paas
Beth Shalom Asea
Dutch Bagely
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Transitory Space, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NYC #9A
Leah Oates
319 Bowery, NYC
(Dining Shed Series #1)
Geanna Merola
Walking the Rooster
Don Polzo
Skull Rock
Doug Testa
Insights
Coleen Tyler
artist list
Peter Arakawa
Robert David Atkinson
Cheryl Auditor
Dutch Bagley
Marilyn Baldi
Frederick Ballet
Anne Bascove
Barry Bellovin
Ronald Butler
Thomas Camal
John Cosentino
Tara Coyt
Meaghan Cross
Ben De Marco
Justin DeMattico
Sandy Dimke
Mariah Doren
Daniel Epstein
Joe Geyer
Dmitriy Guschin
Mark Harris
Parker Hilton
Patrick Huffman
Lesley Husband
Bill Kobasz
Christa Leonard
Ava Leventhal
Dennis Maida
Dana McKay
Geanna Merola
Louis Millmann
Leah Oatea
Johanna Paas
Elvira Peretsman
John Piccoli
Don Polzo
Richard Rappleyea
John Regan
Candace Ross
Russ Rowland
Ellen Rubinstein
Denise Sherman
Dug Smith
Brian Stone
Jay Sullivan
Darren Sussman
Doug Testa
Coleen Tyler
Miroslav Vrzala
Samantha Wiggins
Eric Williams
Maria Zdroik
Gina Ziegler
Robert Zurfluh
Providence X
Michael Paris Mazzeo
Michael Paris Mazzeo
JUROR & CURATOR
Michael Paris Mazzeo is an artist, educator, and curator with a career spanning both fine art and commercial photography. As a professional photographer, his work explores contemporary social issues through conceptual and documentary practices. He founded the Michael Mazzeo Gallery in NYC, where he helped launch the careers of emerging photographers and placed work in major museum collections. He now runs Galerie Lucida in Red Bank, NJ, offering curated exhibitions, artist talks, and monthly art salons, and serves as a frequent portfolio reviewer at national photography festivals and institutions.
Providence XIV
Michael Paris Mazzeo
For submission assistance, contact:
Jenna McDonald