PHOTONOLA 3 International House Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana Registration opens AUGUST 15; Event dates: Portfolio Reviews December 6 & 7; overall event including workshops for photographers runs December 4th – 13th Info: http://neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com/

The Exhibition Lab New York, New York. Twice a year The Exhibition Lab will gather a few of the greats in the field to host portfolio reviews. Founded by gallery owners, Sasha Wolf and Michael Foley, The Exhibition Lab is a study center for people involved in various aspects of fine art photography. The Exhibition Lab will provide a vibrant modern-day salon for artists, scholars and others who are interested in engaging the world’s diverse and vital photography community through the gateway of New York City. Event dates: Summer and Winter Info: http://theexhibitionlab.com/The_Ex_Lab/Events_Reviews.html

Lens Culture FotoFest Paris Paris, France. Lens Culture FotoFest Paris takes place immediately before Paris Photo, and during the Month of Photography in Paris. Paris Photo is the world’s largest international fair and marketplace for contemporary photography. The Paris portfolio review is modeled on FotoFest’s internationally respected Meeting Place® portfolio review that FotoFest pioneered more than 20 years ago in Houston. Over the past 20 years — in Houston, as well as in dozens of other cities worldwide — similar professional reviews have been the catalysts for exhibitions, publications, and wider acclaim for many artists. Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2010 will be the very first, large-scale international review of this format to take place in Paris. Registration is open now. Event dates: November 15-17 Info: http://fotofest-paris.com/

REVIEW LA (concurrent with Photo LA) Doubletree Guest Suites Santa Monica, California Registration opens mid-September. Event dates: January 9-11 Info: Http: www.visitcenter.org/programs.cfm?p=ReviewLA

PHOTOLUCIDA Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon Registration opens August 27th Event dates: April 23-26th Info: http://www.photolucida.org/critique.aspx

REVIEW SANTA FE (JURIED) Santa Fe, New Mexico Registration: Submit twenty images and artists statement by January 23; notification of acceptance/registration anticipated by early March. Info: www.visitcenter.org/programs.cfm?p=Review

OUR WORLD from PhotoAlliance San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Registration dates not yet posted. Event dates: March 6/7/8, Info: www.photoalliance.org

ATLANTA CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHY’s portfolio reviews are closed; event will be October 11th. (Juried) Info: www.acpinfo.org http://www.acpinfo.org/?sec=11&sub=8

The Center for Photography at Woodstock offer’s two separate days of reviews in NYC for a limited number of participants on a first-come, first-served basis; information is contained in their annual Workshop brochure. Earlier this year they offered the first Regional Review which I hope will become an annual event. Both the Griffin Museum and the Photographic Resource Center in the Boston area offer reviews in the spring. Other regional organizations like The Print Center (Philadelphia), En Foco (Bronx, NY), SF Camerawork and many other regional centers offer portfolio reviews, primarily as a benefit of membership.

Additional opportunities to share your work with your peers: The network of Fall Regional Conferences of the Society for Photographic Education offer portfolio reviews as well at the upcoming National Meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas on March 26-29.

Contact Photography Festival (www.contactphoto.com) also has a good review event held every year in May during the month long festival – and almost every gallery in town has a photography exhibit at the time making it a great time to visit.