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2026 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter (in the Q1: Winter, Q2: Spring, Q3: Summer, and Q4: Fall), to one Photographer and one Artist. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org

Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.

Innovate Grant awards:
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grants to a Photographer
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grants to a Visual Artist*
+ 12 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

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“To take photographs means to recognize – simultaneously and within a fraction of a second – both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one’s head, one’s eye, and one’s heart on the same axis.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Calling All Visionaries! Unleash Your Creativity at All About Photo Awards 2026 – The Mind’s Eye!

Step into a world of creativity and recognition with the 11th edition of the All About Photo Awards – The Mind’s Eye. For over a decade, we have provided photographers from around the world with a global platform to showcase their work, gain international exposure, and compete for over $100,000 in prizes awarded to date.

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Our annual Member’s Choice exhibition always kicks off the new year of exhibitions at the Atlanta Photography Group (APG). This curated exhibition is open to all current members of APG. This year APG is honored to have Madeline Beck, Curator at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art as the guest curator for our CHOICE 2026 Exhibition. Ms. Beck will choose 1 image from the first 100 members who submit their work. This exhibition has the largest number of individual works compared to any other show that we do throughout the year. It offers an amazing selection of work from a variety of photographic processes, genres, and styles. Last year we exhibited 90 images. This year, we will utilize both the Main and Maloof spaces and exhibit 100.

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Solitude is not merely being alone; it is a state of being. It can be a profound silence, a chosen peace, a moment of introspection, or the stark reality of isolation. We seek photographs that explore the many dimensions of solitude—in landscapes, in urban environments, in portraiture, and in the quiet details of life. Show us the beauty, the melancholy, the strength, and the stillness found within a solitary moment.

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We’re looking for your best monochrome work! Whether you shoot street, fine art, documentary, portrait or landscapes, we want to see how you use light and composition to tell a story. Show us how a monochromatic lens defines your perspective.

1st Prize – $1000

2nd Prize – $600

3rd Prize –  $400

Each of the 7 finalists also receive $100.

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The 2026 Edition of the renowned Gomma Black and White Awards is now open.

Submit your strongest work and join a global community of visionary photographers.We’re looking for originality, depth, and photographic integrity — across all genres.

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Mythography VI is open: a free international call exploring the tension between Jupiter (order, strength) and Bacchus (ecstasy, transformation). Submit single photos and/or portfolios by 31 January 2026 for a chance to be published in the Mythography VI book and exhibited at Trieste Photo Days 2026, with prizes including STELE, SIGILLO awards and PhotoPoints for the best authors.

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CPW (formerly the Center for Photography at Woodstock) is launching the first-ever Upstate Photography Biennial in Summer 2026, alongside a free, open call for submissions open until January 31, 2026.

Conceived as a major recurring platform for photographers living and working in Upstate New York, the Biennial will spotlight the region’s dynamic and diverse lens-based practices—from fine art and documentary to experimental and installation work—across CPW’s newly renovated Kingston space. Building on nearly 50 years of supporting photographers beyond NYC, CPW is positioning this as a landmark moment for the upstate photography community.

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Woodstock AIR, our nationally recognized artist-in-residence program, was established in 1999. It is committed to providing direct support to artists who are working with photography and expanding the critical dialogue around diversity, race, and identity in the context of social justice. The one-month residencies allow photographers the time and space to break new ground, complete ongoing projects, and advance their artistic vision within an environment that has inspired artists for over a century. To date, over 175 artists have participated, including LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya.

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Show us what love looks like. LENSCRATCH is looking for diverse representations of love and community to celebrate its annual LOVE Exhibition.This is an open exhibition, all appropriate images if correctly submitted will be published.

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Why do we do the things we do? What forces shape our choices, behavior, and sense of identity?

Analog Forever invites photographic artists working with film and analog processes to submit works that explore the cultural, social, and psychological pressures that inform our actions. As we consider the expectations placed upon us, what motivates conformity, rebellion, and everything in between?

We are looking for work that investigates the forces that mold identity, broadly or personally.

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Numbers, symbols, and letters circulate through daily life as systems of order, instruction, measurement, and belief. However, when detached from their intended functions, characters shift from language into shape—from carriers of information into visual actors.

Praxis seeks work that frames, isolates, interrupts, or recombines numbers, symbols, and letters—whether deliberately composed or discovered through chance. These approaches produce images that surprise, amuse, or operate as visually compelling forms without requiring fixed interpretation.
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Submissions should emphasize organization, rhythm, scale, or spatial relationships over readability or meaning. Word-based imagery, slogans, and textual content are welcome—but the focus of this exhibition is not what characters say, but how they behave once freed from the work of saying. All lens-based artwork is welcome.

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The history of photography has a long tradition of representing women as subjects but has less to say about women as artists. Today, the roles of women in photography are both behind the camera and in front of it. Who understands women better than women? The female perspective offers an important view of the many facets of womanhood and women’s role in society. This exhibition seeks women photographers who explore and celebrate the myriad ways that they render female-identifying subjects.

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The natural and the artificial are diametrically opposed concepts that evoke contrasting ideas such as organic versus geometric, spontaneous versus designed, instinctive versus deliberate, wild versus tamed, and more. However, there exists a continuum between these opposing forces, manifesting in the form of tamed nature like gardens or abandoned spaces being reclaimed by nature, for instance. The interplay, cross-border interactions, struggles, and coexistences of the two at these junctures provide unique experiences to explore, especially in the visual realm. Throughout the history of the medium, photographers have been drawn to the creative possibilities of capturing, interpreting, and presenting the natural, the artificial, and their many intertwined forms. Images of these subjects are among the most captivating ways of elucidating our intricate and often conflicting relationship with our environment. By exploring and depicting the natural and the artificial in all their varied forms, photographers can offer us insight into the complexities of the world we inhabit.

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LAS Contemporary will debut at The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD, this April, and is seeking submissions for a curated online photography exhibition running concurrently with the fair. The theme is open and will be shaped by the submissions; we are interested in strong, cohesive photographic work with a clear point of view, spanning a wide range of approaches, aesthetics, and subject matter.

The exhibition will be presented online on the LAS Contemporary website and promoted to our VIP list of collectors and curators via the gallery’s newsletter.
The exhibition will be juried by Chrissy Lush, LAS Contemporary’s exhibiting artist at AIPAD 2026. One artist will be selected for a featured Artist Spotlight across the gallery’s social media channels during fair week.

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H2O – one of the first chemical equations we learn.

Water surrounds us as rivers, lakes, oceans, seas. It is also so very central to much of our lives – the rain that makes our flowers grow, the ice cubes that cool our drinks, and on and on.

And it is beautiful to photograph. This call is about how you, the photographer, capture water in all its forms. Is it the crest of water hitting a seaside rock? Is it water heated to become steam or frozen like ice? There are the glistening droplets of water from a puppy shaking itself off, tears expressing heartfelt emotion, reflections in a city pond as well as active steam from a geyser. Maybe you used a slow shutter to create the soft image of flowing water in a stream or ventured out on a winter day to watch patterns emerge in the city ice rink. Raindrops, dew drops …. ice floes, waterfalls, rapids and serene lakes. The list goes on. Black and white, color, abstract – all 2D mediums are welcome.

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The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) is excited to announce the 2026 Members’ Juried Exhibition! This year we are offering $2400 in awards and prizes. New or current CPA members working in all still photographic media are welcome to enter. There is no theme; any subject matter is eligible.

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Analog – Made by Hand celebrates photography as a slow, tactile, and intentional practice. In contrast to digital reproduction, analog photography emphasizes craft, material engagement, and presence—from the moment light meets film to the physical act of printing. This exhibition highlights photographs shaped by time, chemistry, and handwork, where process is central to the photographic experience.

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Pets fill our lives with comfort, chaos, humor, and devotion. They are companions, family members, muses, and sometimes mirrors of ourselves.

This call invites artists to submit work exploring relationships with animal companions—real or imagined, present or remembered. Submissions may be literal or conceptual, documentary or staged, tender or absurd. We welcome portraits, narratives, abstractions, and experimental approaches that reflect the emotional, cultural, or visual presence of pets in our lives.

All interpretations are encouraged.

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Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a juried group photo show on Trees and Water. This exhibition will look to feature both subjects in a dynamic and diverse exhibition on contemporary photography. Trees and Water are both powerful and important subjects. Water can be an ocean, a river, a pool, a fountain, rain or mist or fog, lakes, snow and waves. And Trees can be great subjects of composition, giving the picture a strong foundation to play with the visual elements of space and time. This exhibit will look at both subjects and the powerful visual language of contemporary photographers who are exploring and documenting these exciting subjects. There is a lot of space here for magical and poetic pictures, explore your technique and ideas, the gallery looks forward to hosting a dynamic and exciting exhibition.

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Illuminance
A national competitive exhibition featuring photographic work. The Fine Arts Program of the Buddy Holly Center is committed to the promotion of contemporary visual arts and educational programs.

Theme: Darkness After Light
This exhibit explores the way light transitions into darkness and how shadows shape emotion from mystery and tension to calm and quiet serenity. Darkness invites viewers to look deeper and use their imagination to complete the story, highlighting the power that follows the light. All capture methods and processes are welcome.

Eligibility
Illuminance is open to all artists using photographic processes as their media. Please do not submit work that has been shown in a previous Illuminance exhibition.

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photoED Magazine shares diverse photography stories in a brand new light.

Issue #76 will feature the work of photographers exploring Order VS Chaos – with UNIQUE, LENS BASED methods.

Our 2026 season explores fresh directions in photography, exploring contrasting themes interpreted through photographers lenses. This Call seeks submissions of fine art photography projects that present Order and minimalism, or observe Chaos and maximalism, or juxtapose the two.

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The Alexia is pleased to announce that its 2026 grants competition for professionals and students is open for submissions until 11:59 p.m. EST Feb. 13. Open judging will take place March 27–28 at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York.

The Alexia grants exist to help professional and student visual storytellers produce projects that inspire change and foster understanding by addressing significant topics around the world, and it encourages a diversity of creators, issues and approaches.

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We’re looking for fresh approaches to black and white photographic portraiture: images that breathe new life into the timeless language of monochrome. Submit one photograph capturing the essence of black and white that also reveals your signature style and the character of your sitter. Priority will be given to portraits created within the last three years. Notes: Please specify that it is a Staff’s Pick exhibition, up to 100 images will be published.

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Photo Trouvée Magazine is excited to host an international open call for Issue 19. We are looking for artists who work with or are inspired by vintage found or family photographs in any media and at any stage in their careers. Artists may submit works previously created and/or published or we would encourage you to create something specific for this issue.

There is no theme for this issue.

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Each month, a talented photographer will be featured in a Solo Exhibition on our dedicated showroom pages, providing incredible visibility.

Next Exhibition Dates: March 1 – 31, 2026.

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work to a global audience!
Maximize Your Exposure: Enter the Solo Exhibition Competition for a Month-Long Online Showcase

At All About Photo, we celebrate extraordinary photography that inspires, transforms, and connects with us on a deeper level.

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The PhMuseum Photography Grant is an annual initiative that recognises the importance of photography and visual storytelling.

Over the years it has grown into a leading photography prize, with previous editions having awarded work by photographers like Max Pinckers, Poulomi Basu, Jacob Aue Sobol, Diana Markosian, Alejandro Cartagena, Bieke Depoorter, Salvatore Vitale, Camille Lévêque, and Tomas van Houtryve, among many others. Now in its 14th edition, the initiative is designed to support the production and promotion of visual projects through cash prizes, exhibitions at international festivals, educational activities and exposure on online media.

The theme is open. All approaches are welcome, from traditional documentary photography to experimental ways of telling a story or sharing a concept. Applicants retain full image copyrights.

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Diptych • Open Theme: A photographic diptych pairs two images side by side—creating a visual conversation across space, time, or meaning. The diptych format invites artists to explore balance, tension, narrative, and contrast. It can unite opposites, mirror similarities, or reveal subtle relationships through juxtaposition.
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Praxis Gallery seeks photographic diptychs of any theme or style. The only requirement is that both images appear within a single frame or presentation, forming a unified visual statement. All lens based artwork welcome. Created by Praxis Directors.

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There are two kinds of photographs with respect to the significance of their use of colours. On the one hand, ever since colour film technology became widely available, colour has become the default in most photographic practices. That is, some photographs are in colour not because their colours bear some special significance (compared, for instance, to their possible black and white counterparts) but simply because the available film or digital technology has long made colour the common method of capturing photographic images. We may think of these photographs as colour by default. On the other hand, colours are often central to the meaning of photographs for their emphatic, symbolic, psychological, social, compositional, etc. significance. These photographs would not work in black and white the same way, or they would not work at all. That they are in colour is not merely a technological given; rather, it is an integral, formative, and significant aspect of their photographic meaning. We may think of these photographs as colour by significance.

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We’re looking for photographs that don’t just show the past, but make us feel it. The quiet dignity of weathered objects, the fleeting light of a late summer evening, a gesture, a place, or a moment that holds a story just beneath its surface. Maybe it’s a personal story, a cultural echo, or a universal sense of longing for a time you may not have even lived in.

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Here we go for a 5th edition of the Black & White International Photo Awards competition. After the previous edition which crowned the work of the photographers Simone Morelli and Adam Neuba, our competition come back this year with the renewed ambition of revealing new talents and introducing the public to new winning photographers.

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Dodho Magazine announces Magazine Selection #36, an international call for entries open to photographers from all over the world working with a contemporary, personal, and author-driven approach. The call is aimed at photographers who understand photography as a language, not just an image, and who seek meaningful editorial visibility rather than a one-off award.

With more than a decade of experience as an independent publication, Dodho has established itself as a curatorial platform that connects emerging and established photographers with a global audience. Each edition is conceived as a carefully edited volume, designed to give context, coherence, and lasting presence to the selected works.

Magazine Selection #36 is open to all photographic genres and techniques. Submissions are evaluated exclusively on artistic and editorial criteria, with particular attention to conceptual strength, visual consistency, and narrative depth. There are no thematic restrictions. What matters is the clarity of the author’s voice.

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WABI-SABI is a Japanese term that refers to that which is impermanent, imperfect, aged, humbled, and unconventional. It is a state of mind and a way of being. It expresses a whole new world of seeing. Perhaps being open to mistakes and accidents will lead us somewhere new, beautiful, and authentic. As artists, we know this all too well. Visually, it is the simplicity of composition and exploring the meaning and beauty of everyday objects. Show us WABI-SABI from your perspective.

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The Color photograph. We want to celebrate Color in all its forms at the SE Center. Our juror would like to see creativity and self-expression. He has no preference for subject, or style but would like to be able to see the photographer’s mind at work, his or her use of visual composition and original thinking.

Our Juror Dreams & Visions is Michael Pannier, opening his first gallery in the Washington, DC suburbs in 1987, Michael has continuously been involved in art and photography gallery circles. Initially concentrating on works on paper and multiples, he has been focused on photography for the past 20 years.

Based in his Greenville, SC studio, conveniently located between the Charlotte and Atlanta metro areas, he frequently travels to Los Angeles and New York maintaining studio relationships in both locations. Working on personal projects, Michael may be found wandering the streets of major cities or the desolation of the desert southwest.
Michael hosts and conducts fine art photography workshops in his studio and on location in Death Valley, the Alabama Hills and the Owens Valley, and Joshua Tree.

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Issue #136 will feature all black and white photography.

Submit up to 12 photographs. Please see the submission guidelines for details on how to submit your work.

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Lucie Foundation invites you to join us “on the block”, where stories unfold in the open and every corner hides unexpected beauty. ‘On the Block’ celebrates the unposed, unfiltered, and fleeting moments that define the art of documenting everyday life, whether in dense urban streets or sleepy rural towns. From street photography to urban landscape, this competition seeks images that reveal the quiet truths and vivid stories concealed beneath everyday moments.

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In 2026, SPMOP will select its fourth Photo Laureate, who will have the honor of documenting and representing Tampa Bay for one year. The final five nominees will be exhibited during the Saint Petersburg Month of Photography in May 2026 at the Morean Arts Center. Work created by the new Photo Laureate will culminate in a solo exhibition at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts during SPMOP 2027.

What Does a Photo Laureate Do? A Photo Laureate is tasked with creating a documentary record of life in Tampa Bay, its people, events, and everyday moments, over the course of one year. The ideal candidate is engaging and curious , interested in and inclusive of all Tampa Bay communities, and able to convey strong storytelling through photography.

Photographers of all genres are encouraged to apply, including conceptual, fine art, portrait, street, and nature photography. We are seeking an artist with a unique vision and style to capture the stories of Saint Petersburg and the wider Tampa Bay region.

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One of the most popular photography genres is travel photography, and as rewarding as seeing far-flung places, exotic lands, and tasting new cuisines can be, the people you meet are often the most memorable part of any journey, near or far. For our 18th edition, KLPA seeks portraits taken during your recent travels. Simple as it may sound, creating enigmatic and engaging portraits of strangers requires more than chance encounters, good fortune and quick snapshots.

An acknowledged nod or smile can lead to a friendly conversation, offering new insights and opportunities to gain trust, make new friends, and capture memorable photographic moments. New perspectives allow you to see the world and its people within it in a whole new light.

We are looking for portraits that speak to the viewer on many levels, open conversations, and present an element of intrigue and uniqueness. Portraits may be posed or spontaneous, and can be photographed indoors or outdoors in any of the typical photography genres. Portraits that connect the viewer and the subject at a deeper level. Quite often, the photographer’s approach and methodology are more evident than the camera and lens used. Suitable captions also assist the jurors in placing meaning and context to your portraits.

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The Asian American Museum of Orange County (AAMOC) is announcing a Juried Photo Art Contest to celebrate storied images of Asian American life. We are creating a visual that highlights our vibrant Southern California Community by inviting photo artists to express their individual and/or shared interpretations of Asian America through their lenses. Just as a mosaic is composed of countless unique pieces that, together, create a singular work of art, so too is the Asian American experience. Our identity is not a monolith, but a fluid diverse, multiracial, multigenerational spectrum. Both professional and amateur photographers are encouraged to submit black and white and/or color photos for the contest.

We invite you to contribute your creative vision to this mosaic. Our distinguished judges include professional photographers, artists, photo educators, and members of the media.

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The SRO Photo Gallery at the Texas Tech University School of Art hosts an annual open call for six to eight exhibitions of still photographic artwork to be exhibited between August 2026 and May 2027. We will also be presenting four solo moving image exhibitions to be presented during the same academic year. Portfolio submissions will be reviewed by a committee consisting of the Digital & Narrative Arts faculty and students of the School of Art and the Landmark Arts staff.

We seek portfolios that utilize lens-based and photographic adjacent art in all styles, techniques, and aesthetic approaches which speak to the ever-developing and shifting landscape of contemporary photographic art practice. Consistency in the work as well as creative vision is important in the selection process.

Photographic artwork can only be displayed without framing (either matted, loose prints or mounted on thin backing). The works will be exhibited within eight glass display cases which measure 30 inches tall x 72 inches wide x 1 inch deep. When thinking about the exhibition layout please take this into consideration.
Moving images will be displayed on four video monitors, wall mounted next to each other. We only accept .MOV, .MPG, and MPEG-4 files for display.

A full color brochure listing the selected artists along with reproductions of their work, and exhibition dates is published annually and distributed locally and nationally.

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Pasadena Photography Arts is pleased to announce an open call for our PPA Photo Award 2026: Excellence in Contemporary Photography (Open Theme). This is an annual award for emerging photographers with residence in the United States.

The winning photographer will receive a $2,000 cash prize, a published interview on Pasadena Photography Arts’ website, a feature on Lenscratch, and a virtual artist talk.

The PPA Photo Award 2026 is accepting entries through April 12th, 2026. Results will be publicly announced August 21st, 2026. Analogue, digital, portrait, abstract, mixed-media, documentary, street photography, conceptual, still-life photography, alternative processes, landscape, cell phone photography is acceptable.

The jury panel is composed of Pasadena Photography Arts Advisors alongside esteemed guest juror Craig Krull, art dealer and founder of Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica.

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The Portrait Awards return in 2026 for their fourth edition, reaffirming a commitment to portrait photography as a space of presence, responsibility, and authorship. In a visual landscape saturated with immediacy and repetition, this call insists on the portrait as a deliberate act, one that requires time, attention, and a clear position from the photographer.

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ViewPoint Gallery is an artist-run co-operative dedicated to promoting the art of photography. Since 2011 our annual International Photography Competition has promoted the photographic print – its creation and display – in an era dominated by simple, small online occurrence. This competition offers 12 winners the opportunity to display their work on our gallery wall for one month each.

We are the only international photography competition in Eastern Canada to offer gallery display of winning entries. In an age where online display is the norm, ViewPoint gallery is dedicated to the art and display of the printed fine art photograph.

Twelve juried winning images will be professionally printed, matted, and framed at no cost to the photographer. Each print will be displayed for one month at the gallery between June 2026 and May 2027.

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The COTM | BarTur Grant was created for photographers who carry a story not only in their imagination, but in their daily effort, those who have already invested their own time, resources, and heart into bringing a vision to life. Developed in collaboration with Cortona On The Move, this international award honors visual storytellers who push the medium forward through courage, curiosity, and steadfast commitment.

We believe every photographer has a project that won’t let them go – an idea they have nurtured, returned to, and pursued as far as they could on their own. The COTM | BarTur Grant exists to meet them at that threshold, offering the support needed to take that work further: to refine, complete, and elevate a story already born from dedication.

This grant celebrates photography shaped by authorship and intention, grounded in cultural resonance, and expressed through a clear, fearless point of view. It is an invitation for committed storytellers to step deeper into their vision and bring long-imagined projects to their fullest realization.

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Join us in celebrating the timeless, eternal nature of black and white photography with the Black & White Photo Contest by Exposure One. Winners will receive career-enhancing cash prizes, an immersive, dedicated digital gallery to share their works in a global Artist Directory, and way more.

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Join us in distinctive images that celebrate and honor color photography with the Color Photography Contest by 1839 Awards. Winners will receive $4,000 in cash prizes, an immersive, dedicated digital gallery to share their works in a global Artist Directory, and way more.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES. Celebrate the timeless nature of black and white photography with the Black & White Photo Contest by reFocus. Photography winners will receive career-enhancing cash prizes, and more.

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CHICAGO – Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP) will begin accepting submissions for the 2026 Snider Prize, a purchase award given to emerging artists upon completing their graduate program. The application portal is open January 8, 2026 and will close June 12, 2026 at 11:59pm (ct).

Established by Lawrence K. and Maxine Snider, the Snider Prize is a purchase award for emerging artists in their final year of graduate study. This award forms a part of the museum’s ongoing commitment to support new talent in the field of contemporary photography.

Each year, museum curatorial staff select one recipient to receive an honorarium of $3,000 with two honorable mentions each receiving $500. These funds support the acquisition of the selected works into MoCP’s permanent collection.

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