EXPIRED: The Photo Open Calls Directory #15
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Deadline: March 16th. 2025
FREE ENTRY / B-Side - Photography Open Call: Underground Gallery
Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: No Man’s Land. Photographers are invited to submit photographs that explore the overlooked, the unseen and aspects of otherness. The exhibition will be displayed alongside a photographic exhibition by artist Gil Mualem Doron, ‘No Man’s Land’...
Create Magazine - Of Land & Longing: The Language of Contemporary Landscape
Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: $35 / Prize: Publication
Theme: Landscape. Create! Magazine and Visionary Art Collective invite artists worldwide to submit their work for Of Land & Longing: Celebrating Landscape in Contemporary Art, a global virtual exhibition highlighting the beauty and diversity of contemporary landscapes...
FREE ENTRY / The Eyes Wide Open - Ronan Guillou Grant 2025
Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: 4000€ + Exhibition
Category: Grant. The Ronan Guillou Grant is launched as part of the CIVIS MARITIMUS program, which aims to explore the relationship between Man and the Sea, and to challenge the essential issues facing the Ocean. The CIVIS MARITIMUS program, developed by the Eyes Wide Open association...
Praxis Gallery - "Staged & Constructed" The Art of Setting the Scene
Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: $35 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Staged & Constructed. Photography is more than documentation—it is creation. Staged & Constructed - The Art of Setting the Scene explores the artistry of staged, propped, and deliberately composed photographs, where every element within the frame is purposefully arranged...
FREE ENTRY / Where Flowers Bloom Magazine - Call for Publication
Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Publication
Theme: Open. In contemporary practice, archetypal forms act as a bridge between the past and the present, the unconscious and the conscious, the individual and the collective. They are powerful tools that allow artists to explore identity, memory, and meaning in a complex and ever-changing...
On The Wall - Photography Award
Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: £1,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Black and White. Welcome to OnTheWall! We are a photography awards platform celebrating creativity and providing a space for photographers of all levels to showcase their talent. Whether you're a professional, emerging artist, or passionate beginner, we’re here to elevate your art...
Deadline: March 17th. 2025
The Barcelona Experimental Hub - Open Call
Mar 17, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Scholarship + Exhibition
Category: Creative, Alternative, Experimental. The Barcelona Experimental Hub Open Call invites photographers and artists worldwide to submit their creative, alternative, and experimental photography projects. This open call offers a unique opportunity to explore the future of photography...
FREE ENTRY / Picto - Prix Picto de la Mode 2025
Mar 17, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: €2,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Open. The 27th edition of the Picto Fashion Photography Award holds a special significance for Picto Foundation. The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of PICTO laboratories, founded in 1950. The Picto Fashion Photography Award is a crucial pillar of PICTO’s ongoing commitment...
Photo Artfolio - Prospectus: Shadowscapes
Mar 17, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: $25 / Prize: $500 + Exhibition
Theme: Light and Shadow. "Light is the magician that turns the mundane into the extraordinary." – Anonymous Photo Artfolio invites photographers worldwide to submit their work for Shadowscapes, an online exhibit celebrating the dynamic interplay of light...
FREE ENTRY / Prix Pour la Photographie Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac 2025
Mar 17, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: 30,000€ + Exhibition
Theme: Open. Simultaneously a museum, a cultural center, and a place for research and teaching, the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac was born from the political desire to highlight non-European cultures, in the heart of Paris. The museum gathers a collection...
FREE ENTRY / SPMOP - Photo Laureate 2025
Mar 17, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition in Florida
Theme: Open. A Photo Laureate must be willing to create a document of Tampa Bay life, events, and its people for a year. The Photo Laureate must be engaging, curious, interested in, and inclusive to all Tampa Bay’s inhabitants. The Photo Laureate will be selected based on technical quality...
Photo Oxford - "Revealing Truth" Open Call
Mar 17, 2025, 10:50 PM
Fee: €27 / Prize: Exhibition
Category: Revealing Truth. We are very excited to announce the launch of the Photo Oxford 2025 Open Call. Out theme this year is ‘Revealing Truth’ which reflects the broader theme for Photo Oxford 2025 of 'Truth and Photography’. Our judges are looking for photography...
Deadline: March 18th. 2025
Lumicroma - In Colors Project 2025 ED#3 | JOY
Mar 18, 2025, 12:59 AM
Fee: Free / Prize: €8,500
Theme: Joy. The IN COLORS PROJECT is an open path. Its definition will emerge through the lens of those who explore Photography as Art and Reflection. Recognised, emerging or still unknown photographers of any nationality are invited to propose their work for an exhibition...
All About Photo - Solo Exhibition April 2025
Mar 18, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Solo Exhibition
Theme: Open. The winner will be promoted on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts, with links to his website and social media during his Solo Exhibition month. The winning photographer will also be featured in a newsletter sent to thousands of artists, friends and industry experts giving...
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