In collaboration with the Media Arts Council, the Lansdowne Arts Committee invites regional artists to submit work for consideration for A Cinematic Point of View, a visual arts exhibition exploring how the language of cinematography is translated and adapted beyond the realm of filmmaking.

Location: 20*20 House, 20 Lansdowne Court, Lansdowne, PA 19050

Exhibition Dates: May 23 – June 28, 2026

This exhibition examines how visual artists — particularly photographers, though artists working in all mediums are encouraged to apply — reference, reinterpret, or reject cinematic vocabulary in their own storytelling practices. Artists of all ages are welcome to submit.

About the Exhibition

In film, cinematography considers lighting, camera angle, perspective, time, and shot composition to create or enhance narrative. A film’s story is told visually through a sequence of images, not simply through dialogue and action.

Having a cinematic point of view is about framing scenes rather than just shots; using location and perspective as characters within a narrative; and understanding how lighting, composition, and angle create mood and meaning.

This exhibition asks:

How much of a story can a single image contain?

How do visual artists outside the medium of film construct narrative?

A Cinematic Point of View invites viewers to consider the visual language of storytelling across artistic disciplines. Works in all media will be considered, including those created using both traditional and experimental techniques.