A life takes shape slowly: through the spaces we inhabit, the objects we live among, the routines we repeat, and the ways our surroundings change with us over time. For THE SHAPE OF A LIFE we are looking for photographs that show how a person lives and what their life feels like from within. This may be someone sitting at a kitchen table, resting in a small room, working, waiting, or moving through an ordinary day. It may be a home filled with personal belongings, a familiar street, signs of a daily ritual, or a place carrying years of use. People may appear in the photographs, but conventional portraits are not the main focus. We are interested in the relationship between a person and the world around them: the rooms they occupy, the things they keep, the habits that shape their days, and the traces that remain over time. We welcome photographs of people, interiors, domestic spaces, everyday routines, personal objects, family environments, places of work or rest, and signs of presence or absence. Documentary, fine art, conceptual, and personal approaches are all welcome. Juror: J. Sybylla Smith
