A Tender Distance
Overview
Portraiture is always shaped by distance, whether it’s the physical space between camera and subject, the emotional space between individuals, or the cultural space between communities. No-Type Magazine invites lens-based artists to submit work that examines how intimacy, vulnerability, and proximity influence the ways we see and represent one another. We are particularly interested in work that interrogates the relationship between photographer and sitter, acknowledging the often complicated act of looking and being looked at. Issue No. 02 considers these questions through both traditional portraiture and work that challenges, expands, or reimagines what a portrait can be.
GUest Editor
Issue No 02. - A Tender Distance, will be guest edited by Jordan Putt. Jordan is a photographer whose work explores questions of place, identity, and community. He holds a BA in Psychology from Northern Arizona University (2014) and an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2020). His work has been exhibited at the Tucson Museum of Art; Filter Space, Chicago; House of Lucie, Los Angeles; and Hyde Park Art Center, among others. He was a 2022 recipient of the Arizona Commission on the Arts Research and Development Grant and a 2023 finalist for the Lucie Photo Book Prize. Jordan has worked with the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and the Sir Elton John Photography Collection. He is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, where he serves as a Visiting Lecturer in Photography at Georgia State University.
Timeline
December 1st, 2025 • Call for Entry Opens
February 28, 2026 • Call for Entry Closes
March 7th, 2026 • Notifications sent to selected artists
Submission fee
$15
Photographs by Jordan Putt.