EXPIRED: The Photo Open Calls Directory #8 (32 Open Calls)
In this list there are 32 opportunities for photographers ending between: January 16th. 2025 - January 22nd, 2025
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Deadline: January 16th. 2025
WMPO World Masters of Photography 2025
Jan 16, 2025
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Trophy
Theme: Open. We invite you to participate in the 2025 edition of the WMPO, dedicated to the best photographers from around the world. Our international jury selects outstanding photographers - from all cultures, from all angles, without age limit. The awards include the coveted WMPO Awards and...
Jan 16, 2025
Fee: $30 / Prize: $3000
Theme: Open. The MUSE Photography Awards celebrates the creative ethos and underlying afternotes of what makes a photograph so influential. We want to see the ever-thriving visuals arts community grow from the view of their camera lens and share stories that will live on for decades to come.
FREE ENTRY / The Centre for British Photography - Realisation Grants 2025
Jan 16, 2025
Fee: Free / Prize: £10,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Open. The Centre for British Photography is delighted to announce the second year of our grants and mentorship programme, supporting artists working with photography across Britain. During 2025 the Centre for British Photography will be awarding a total of £10,000 with a maximum...
FREE ENTRY / Photoville - Educator Exhibition Grant Application
Jan 16, 2025
Fee: Free / Prize: $500 + Exhibition
Theme: Open. The Photoville Educator Exhibition Grant, in partnership with PhotoWings, provides funding, resources and consultation for educators in our community to create an outdoor photo exhibition of their students’ work as part of the Photoville festival this Summer...
Deadline: January 17th. 2025
FREE ENTRY / HypoVereinsbank - Exhibition in the HVB KunstCUBEs “K4” in Munich
Jan 17, 2025
Fee: Free / Prize: €4,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Open. We invite you to visit the installation “Chrysomallos” by Maria Braune in the premises of HypoVereinsbank at Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße 12 , Munich. The exhibition will be on display in the entrance area of Private Banking from October 2024 to September 2025 and will be...
Month of Photography Denver - Portfolio Reviews
Jan 17, 2025
Fee: $330 / Prize: Portfolio Review
Theme: Portfolio Reviews. Are you looking for opportunities to exhibit, publish, or sell your photography? Do you need feedback or advice about an ongoing project? If so, Month of Photography Portfolio Reviews are an excellent opportunity to advance your photography practice and career...
Meta Space Gallery - "Contrast" Issue #3
Jan 17, 2025
Fee: £25 / Prize: Exhibition + Publication
Theme: Open. Contrast!, Issue 3 is an exhibition and a publication surrounding the theme and concept of contrast- what it means in art and how it is portrayed. We encourage you to take the idea as conceptually or literally as possible, as it is a form of creative research on how...
FREE ENTRY / Powerhouse - First Nations Right of Reply Photography Commission 2025
Jan 17, 2025
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Open. Powerhouse invites expressions of interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander photographers to undertake a photography commission that responds to the Powerhouse Collection. Developed in collaboration with Powerhouse and including both First Nations and Powerhouse...
Deadline: January 18th. 2025
Join Social Documentary Network - 2025 Zeke Awards
Jan 18, 2025
Fee: $25 / Prize: $2,500
Theme: Documentary. ZEKE Award for Systemic Change SDN is proud to partner again with the Foundation for Systemic Change for the fourth year. SDN will award one photographer the ZEKE Award for Systemic Change and a $2,500 honoraria to recognize their outstanding visual stories documenting...
Deadline: January 19th. 2025
Decagon Gallery - ''Beyond the Mirror'' Photography Contest
Jan 19, 2025
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Beyond the Mirror. We invite photographers to submit their work for a juried exhibition celebrating the evocative and multifaceted theme of "Beyond the Mirror". This competition seeks photographic interpretations that explore mirrors both literally and metaphorically...
Art Square - 3D Online International Photography Exhibition: End Of The Year
Jan 19, 2025
Fee: $19 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Open. Experience the marvel of photography, bringing the world's beauty to your doorstep. Photography, with its myriad styles, caters to every individual's preferences. In this festive season, amidst the enchantment of the holidays, we've chosen to keep the theme open...
FREE ENTRY / Goddessarts Magazine - "Space and Time" Exhibition
Jan 19, 2025
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Open. We invite artists of all disciplines to submit work for our upcoming exhibition centered around the theme of Space and Time. This open call seeks works that delve into the vastness of the cosmos, the intimacy of personal moments, the fluidity of time, or the interplay between...
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