Month of Photography: Stories of Immigration Exhibit Opening
Month of Photography: Stories of Immigration
On display March 5 – April 4
Stories of Immigration
Opening Reception March 5 at 5:30pm
Free to Attend
The Historic Four Mile House is named for its proximity to Denver, marking it as a “Mile House” stagecoach stop used by immigrants to Colorado during its territorial days. This Month of Photography, Four Mile Historic Park wants to feature your stories of immigration – defined in this case as moving to a new place or country (Four Mile has chosen to broaden the legal definition of immigration to incorporate the stagecoach stop history of interstate travel) for the purpose of living there. Works may share the artist or subject’s story of relocation.
Due to Four Mile’s public atmosphere, works featuring hate speech or gore will not be accepted.
Four Mile Historic Park seeks submissions for Month of Photography Exhibit: Stories of Immigration
Four Mile Historic Park is accepting submissions from photographers exploring stories of immigration through their art as a participating venue with the Month of Photography Denver. In this juried exhibition, from March 4-April 5, 2027, artists will honor Four Mile’s history as a stagecoach stop and landmark in Colorado immigration history.
Works will be on display March 5th-April 4th at Four Mile Historic Park
Analog and Digital Photography Accepted, Human Created Works Only
Participation fee of $15 and commissions of artwork sold during the exhibitions support the Four Mile Historic Park 501(c)3 non-profit organization and its mission.
Detailed steps for submissions:
Complete the Exhibitor Registration Form
Pay the Application Fee
Jurors and Four Mile Staff will review the submissions for alignment with the theme and display quality
Selected participants will be notified in February
Selected participants mail or deliver their work (ready to hang) to Four Mile Historic Park
Exhibit opening March 5th at 5:30pm at Four Mile Historic Park
Works on display March 5th-April 4th at Four Mile Historic Park during daytime admission hours
To submit more than one piece, add multiple registrations to cart.
Selecting a Medium:
Both professional jurors are wetplate photographers, an art form that also honors Four Mile’s history and connects to many items in the collections at the Park. All digital and analog types of photography submissions are welcome in this exhibit.
Prizes:
After the exhibit opening on March 5th, jurors will select their top choices for both digital and analog submissions.
People’s Choice will be selected throughout the month of March, with final votes being cast April 4th, 2027.
The top-scoring photographers in analog and digital categories will be selected for one-month solo exhibitions in the Four Mile Historic Park Grant Family Education Center in Summer 2027 and a cash prize of $50. The second place photographer in each category will receive a cash prize of $50. The People’s Choice Winner will receive one-year membership to Four Mile Historic Park.
About the Jurors
Dylan Burr:
I’m a Colorado native who’s moved around the country pursuing a variety of interests and acquiring various skills. After graduating from art school, I worked for a production company in Los Angeles as an Editor, Writer, and Director on Television Shows and Music Videos.
After L.A. I moved to Chicago and worked on some indie feature films and commercials before finding a full-time gig in advertising. There, I kept honing my production and animation skills, but photography soon took over. Upon moving back to Colorado, I focused on photography. I was a gallery resident in John Fielder’s fine art gallery in the Art District before his passing. I’ve been featured in 5280 Magazine, Colorado Public Radio, Denver ABC Channel 7, PBS Broadcasting, Westword Magazine, Professional Photographer Magazine, and Rangefinder Magazine. I currently work in Colorado producing commercial work, weddings and tintype photography.
Weddings
Commmercial
Tintype photography
Megan Snook:
I have been a photographer for my entire life. I received my first camera for my fifth birthday and have been making photographs ever since. I was born in southwestern Kansas, where I learned to appreciate rural America and wide-open spaces.
Having parents in the military, I traveled extensively during my youth. Having lived all over America and Africa, I have had many opportunities to photograph people from all walks of life. Traditionally a documentary film photographer, I have created multiple bodies of work exploring the complexity of human experience. I began my documentary photography career as a seventeen-year-old. Living in San Francisco, I documented the lives of young homeless street musicians in a project entitled “Buskin.” During my travels in Africa, I documented the female experience in Guinea, West Africa, in a project entitled “L’excision.” Additionally, I documented the working people of Conakry in a project entitled “Au Travail.” I’m currently based in the Colorado Front Range, where I have rediscovered my love for rural life. I have built a homestead on top of a ridge that I share with my young daughter and our cats and dogs. During my ten years of ridge living, I have grown to greatly appreciate American history. As a result, I have shifted my focus to preserving the history of today through the lens of yesterday by making tintype photographs.
All works