EXPIRED: The Photo Open Calls Directory #3 (39 Open Calls)
The list of opportunities for photographers ending between: December 5th - December 11th, 2024
Deadline: December 5th. 2024
The Bureau of Queer Art - 4th Annual Foto(grafia) Group Exhibit
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $25 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Open. Join the 4th Annual Foto(grafia) group exhibit, which is a unique event connecting the vibrant art scenes of San Diego and Mexico City. Showcase your innovative, boundary-pushing work and challenge the photography norms. This exhibition will be hosted by The Studio Door...
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Decagon Gallery - ''Found Objects'' Photography Contest
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Found Objects. We are excited to announce an open call for entries for our upcoming online exhibition, “Found Objects”. This exhibition invites photographers to explore the beauty, mystery, and narrative potential of objects found in everyday life. Whether discovered in a natural...
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FREE ENTRY - Der Greif - Guest Room: Michael Grieve & Rut Blees Luxemburg
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Publication
Theme: Open. Guest Room is all about sparking creative collaboration. For this edition, Michael Grieve, Director of Werkstatt Fotografie in Berlin and ArtFotoMode, teams up with artist Rut Blees Luxemburg, a Professor of Urban Aesthetics at the Royal College of Art, and founder of FILET, a space...
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FREE ENTRY / BRAC - "Between Inspiration and Collecting" - Open Call
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Multi-Discipline. We are pleased to announce an open call for artists who maintain collections of any kind to participate in an upcoming exhibition that explores the intimate relationship between artistic practice and collecting. About the Exhibition ‘Between Inspiration and...
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FREE ENTRY / Decagon Gallery - ''Landscapes'' Photography Contest
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Landscapes. We are excited to announce an open call for entry for our upcoming exhibition, dedicated to the breathtaking beauty of landscapes. We invite photographers from all backgrounds and experience levels to submit their work that captures the spirit, emotion, and grandeur...
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 - Adult Competition
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: £35 / Prize: £10,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Wildlife. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual international wildlife photography competition organized by the Natural History Museum in London. It is open to everyone.
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FREE ENTRY / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 - Young Competition
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: £1,500 + Exhibition
Theme: Wildlife. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual international wildlife photography competition organized by the Natural History Museum in London. It is open to everyone.
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FREE ENTRY / Les Rencontres de la Photographie Arles - Curatorial Research Fellowship 2025
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: €20,000
Category: Curatorial Research. The Rencontres d'Arles is having a €20,000 curatorial research fellowship open to all the exhibition curators. The chosen project will unfold in two parts: -research -followed by an exhibition based on the results. The €20,000 grant includes: -€5,000 for research...
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Night Photography 2024 by The Artist Gallery Awards
Dec 05, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $9 / Prize: Cash Prize
Theme: Several Categories. Welcome to our Night Photography Contest, where we celebrate the magic and mystery of the night through the lens of talented photographers. From the shimmering beauty of city lights to the breathtaking expanse of starry skies and our milky way, this contest showcases...
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Deadline: December 6th. 2024
Decode Gallery - Square Photography Exhibition
Dec 06, 2024, 10:20 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Sales
Theme: Square. We are seeking photography of any genre in a square format. This exhibit will mark the grand opening of the gallery’s new location. Decode Gallery has been around since 2021, and we are growing into a beautiful two-room venue in the same prime neighborhood. Our new gallery space...
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FREE ENTRY / Snap Collective - Visual Artists: Publish Your Art Book With No Investment
Dec 06, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Publication
Theme: Visual Art. Snap Collective is an innovative and unconventional publishing concept. We publish high quality art books without financial participation of the artist. SNAP COLLECTIVE is dedicated to supporting artists and helping them realize their dreams by making art book publishing...
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Upstream Gallery - Microcosm: Small Works 2025
Dec 06, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $45 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Microcosm. Every work of art is a universe of its own. For this year’s Small Works show, we invite artists to submit work that speaks to the idea of the microcosm: an echo of a larger universe. The show will be held at Upstream Gallery, our well-known, beautiful venue only 20 minutes from..
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The Boomer Gallery - "Transcendence" Open Call for Artists
Dec 06, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Transcendence. Will future generations grasp the depth of our love, the transformations we undergo, and the mysteries we conceal just beneath the surface? Passion, conflict, love- a potent fusion lies hidden within canvases, photographs, sculptures, and countless other mediums...
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Dec 06, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: €22 / Prize: Publication
Theme: Open. Dust Collective is involved in the publication process from start to finish. They make an edit of imagery, design the book, and bring it to press. Artists are in dialogue with them throughout the process. The artist’s intention for their work is always held at the highest..
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FREE ENTRY / UNESCO - Onewater's Walk on Water
Dec 06, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: 4000 EUR + Feature
Theme: Walk on Water. Welcome to the "WALK OF WATER: WATER TOWERS" Photo Story Contest! Every year, UN-Water sets the theme for World Water Day. In 2025, the focus will be on glaciers, coinciding with the International Year of Glacier Preservation. To celebrate this, Onewater, the UNESCO World...
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Deadline: December 7th. 2024
Close-up Photographer of the Year - CHALLENGE: Something Beautiful
Dec 07, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: £300 Cash Prize
Theme: Something Beautiful. The CUPOTY CHALLENGE is a themed contest, supported by Affinity Photo, that runs alongside the annual competition of Close-up Photographer of the Year. Something Beautiful is this year's theme. Pictures can be of any subject using any device...
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FREE ENTRY / Griffin Museum of Photography - 2024 Winter Solstice
Dec 07, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Winter Solstice. In the darkness of winter, we search for the light. Our Winter Solstice exhibition brings together our community, lighting up the museum with images, ideas, and boundless creativity, celebrating the works of our photo community in all of its splendor. This year's Annual...
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FREE ENTRY / Pixoto - "Frost on subject" - Close Ups
Dec 07, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: $214
Theme: Frost on subject. As winter is approaching, usually in the morning things are covered with frost. In this contest we want to see your close up images of subject with frost. – color and B&W images allowed – no nudity, no typography, no Illustrations, no Traditional art...
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The Motif Collective - Silhouettes Photography Competition
Dec 07, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $12 / Prize: Up to $10,000
Theme: Silhouettes. Silhouettes can be both subtle and dramatic. They will always have an impact on the mood, composition and overall flow of our work. From the sublime to the bold they have also long been a critical part of many of the worlds finest images...
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Deadline: December 8th. 2024
FREE ENTRY / Onewater - Photostory Contest: Walk of Water - Water Towers
Dec 08, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: €10,000 + Feature
Theme: Water. Welcome to the "WALK OF WATER - WATER TOWERS" Photostory Contest! Every year, UN-Water sets the theme for World Water Day. In 2025, the focus will be on glaciers, coinciding with the International Year of Glacier Preservation. To celebrate this, Onewater...
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Southeast Center For Photography - "Shades of Black & White" Open Call
Dec 08, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $38 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Black & White. Shades of Black & White Monochrome photography, images produced with a single hue, rather than recording the colors of the object that was photographed. The SE Center is looking for all forms of Monochrome imagery, black-and-white and toned photography- all subjects...
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The Material Works Art Award 2024 Open Call
Dec 08, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $40 / Prize: $2500.00 Grant
Theme: Open. The Material Works Art Award supports artists through a one-time $2500.00 grant in exchange for an original artwork that will join our growing contemporary art collection. This award recognizes artistic excellence and aims to promote career advancement through increasing...
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Bird Photographer Of The Year 2025
Dec 08, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: £30 / Prize: £3,500 + Exposure
Theme: Wildlife. The Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY), photography competition organized by Bird Photographer of the Year Limited, based in England, is an internationally contest that brings together the world’s best bird photography, offering a platform for photographers to showcase their...
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Dodho Magazine - Call For Entries #31
Dec 08, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: €10 / Prize: Publication + Exposure
Theme: Color. We are committed to elevating your photographic work beyond traditional barriers. We offer a platform to showcase your projects to directors of prestigious galleries, at world-renowned festivals, and through leading industry agencies. If you're ready to expand your horizons and join..
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FREE ENTRY / Leica - M is M: What’s Your M Moment? Photo Contest
Dec 08, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Leica M11-P
Eligibility: M is M: What’s Your M Moment? To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Leica M-System, we invite you to participate in the contest “M is M: What’s Your M Moment?”. The letter “M” can stand for many things, such as mood, motivation...
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Deadline: December 9th. 2024
FREE ENTRY / Arts Center East - 12 th Annual Photography Exhibit
Dec 09, 2024, 12:50 AM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Open. Each year, Arts Center East dedicates an exhibit to the art of photography. Open to photographers ages 18 and older who work in digital and film photography. All subjects are welcome, whether nature photography, architecture, close-ups of small details, portraits, etc.
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PH21 Gallery - "Monochrome" Exhibition Call
Dec 09, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: €25 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Upside down. While photographs are valued for their depictive potential and representative content, the non-depictive, non-representational aspects of photographic works are also strongly related to their aesthetic significance...
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Photo Place Gallery - Call for Entries: "Monochrome"
Dec 09, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $39 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Monochrome Photography. In this exhibition, we explore the beauty and powerful expressive ability of monochrome photography. Any capture method and all processes, including black and white, alternative process and monochromatic toning, are welcome. The subject is completely up to you...
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Artdoc Magazine - "Life Today" Photography Contest
Dec 09, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: €24 / Prize: Publication
Theme: Life Today. We invite photographers worldwide to submit their work for "Life Today"—an online photo exhibition and magazine publication dedicated to capturing the many facets of life as we know it. Whether your lens reveals the elegance of natural landscapes, the profound depth...
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Dec 09, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: €25 / Prize: €500 + Exhibition
Theme: Festival. LUMÍNIC is conceived as an inclusive and participatory event, a space for photographic knowledge and dissemination, where visitors will be able to enjoy consecrated and emerging authors, both national and international. The festival is a visual experience, breaking into the city...
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Inglewood Photography Festival Book Grant 2025
Dec 09, 2024, 10:59 PM
Fee: $10 / Prize: Publication
Theme: Book Grant. Are you an emerging photographer with a complete, unpublished body of work? The Inglewood Photography Festival is excited to announce its Book Grant—an incredible opportunity to publish your first book, with international distribution and a featured exhibition at the Inglewood...
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Deadline: December 10th. 2024
British Journal of Photography and Nikon - Female in Focus
Dec 10, 2024, 9:59 PM
Fee: £20 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Female in Focus. n August 2024, we surveyed over 1,000 respondents from our audience. The findings reveal that, on average, the women working in the photography industry who took part in the survey earn 30% less than their male counterparts. 55% of the women had experienced gender...
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All About Photo - "Travels" - 45th Printed Issue
Dec 10, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
Theme: Travels. We are looking for your travel photographs, near and far, to the edge of the earth and to the places perhaps known only to you. Whether you're hauling around a view camera and a tripod or just pulling a mobile phone out of your back pocket, we want to see what you've captured and...
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LACP Los Angeles Center of Photography / Staring at the Cloud: Collage Between Analog and Digital
Dec 10, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Collage Between Analog and Digital. Disruption in photographic arts started long before artificial intelligence upended the contemporary visual landscape. Artists such as Hannah Höch, John Heartfield and Man Ray used collage in their work during the first decades of the twentieth century...
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Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival - Photofolios 2025
Dec 10, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: €15 / Prize: Exhibition
Category: Open. Topics Awards Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival invites photographers to apply for its exhibition Photofolios:25 in Agrinio, Greece...
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Deadline: December 11th. 2024
FREE ENTRY / Photoville - The Brian Lehrer Show - The Best Photo Sitting on Your Phone: 2024 Edition
Dec 11, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Phone Photo. Every year, The Brian Lehrer Show teams up with the Photoville team to present listeners with this challenge: What’s the best photo sitting on your phone? This year marks the 5th annual edition of our ongoing collaboration with WNYC...
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New York Photography Awards 2024
Dec 11, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $20 / Prize: $3,000
Theme: Several Categories. The New York Photography Awards program honors, recognizes, and promotes outstanding photographers worldwide, who share their vision with the world, through the lenses that portray the beauty of immutable reality, along with the dichotomy of Big Apple’s panorama...
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Artist Space Gallery - "Nature" Art Competition
Dec 11, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $20 / Prize: Exhibition + Certificate
Theme: Nature. We are pleased to announce our third Nature online Art Competition for the month of December 2024. The theme may include everything that is nature related, (landscapes, seascapes, skies, world of flora and fauna, etc). A variety of interpretations of nature...
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MPA - Mobile Photography Awards 2024
Dec 11, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: $15 / Prize: $10,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Mobile Photography. The Mobile Photography Awards is the longest running international competition open exclusively to photographs shot & edited on all mobile phones and tablets. Founded in 2011, we recognize and celebrate the talent and imagery...
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