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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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The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is pleased to announce the return of Deck the Walls, our Annual Holiday Art Auction. Bid online or in person, with a buy-now option available.

We hope you’ll submit your artwork to this annual event celebrating the best of Cape Cod art, open to artists near and far.

Proceeds support the Arts Foundation’s mission to strengthen a vibrant, diverse arts and cultural community across the region.

Your participation helps make our creative sector more resilient, vibrant, welcoming, and connected.

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For our Winter 2026 exhibition, the Atlanta Photography Group is partnering with The Nature Conservancy (https://www.nature.org) to produce a member-based exhibition opportunity that will encourage people locally, regionally and nationally to do everything in their power to create a world where people and nature can thrive.

This CFE invites photo-based artists to submit work around nature, landscape, environmentalism, nature conservation, flora, fauna, nature-based documentary / Fine Art or work about animals/insects/reptiles/fish and their habitat.

Our esteemed juror for this exhibition will be Alex Snyder, Senior Photo Editor, The Nature Conservancy.

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PhotoPlace Gallery invites photographers to submit work for Animalia: Our Shared World, a juried exhibition celebrating the remarkable diversity of animal life. From beloved companions and backyard visitors to wildlife, birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, marine life, and the countless creatures that inhabit our planet, animals inspire wonder, curiosity, and connection.

We welcome photographs that explore the beauty, character, behavior, and relationships of animals in all their forms. Whether documenting life in the wild, intimate moments with domestic animals, or the complex relationships between animals, people, and the natural world, we seek photographs that reveal a thoughtful and distinctive way of seeing. All photographic genres and processes are encouraged.

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Silence is always juxtaposed against its opposites: sound, noise, and loudness. It is strongly associated with loneliness, alienation, the unknown and disturbing landscape on the one hand, and known tranquillity and peace on the other. Photographically, the contrast between deep darkness and dazzling light is also crucial. After natural or social catastrophes, everything falls silent: empty cities, villages, abandoned public transport and empty workplaces serve as reminders of the transience and fragility of humankind. Silence is accompanied by quiet activities such as contemplation and meditation, which negate the very nature of action itself. Additionally, silence is often present in still lifes, cityscapes, portraits, and many other photographic genres.

PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for our group exhibition themed Silence. We welcome submissions from all photographers interested in sharing their experiences of silence with a broader international audience through exposure at PH21 Gallery. The theme is broadly construed without any photographic genre restrictions. We are interested in all possible creative photographic interpretations of the theme.

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Issue #140 will be a Portfolio issue. A portfolio should be a single project or body of work. Submit 12-20 photographs along with a project statement.

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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 how you’re telling your story.

There’s a world out there to explore. Open your eyes to its landscapes, people, cultures – on your doorstep or 10,000 miles away. Expand our horizons!

All genres, capture types, color and B&W, traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production processes are welcome for submission.

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Black Box Gallery is excited to announce an open themed juried group photo show. Show us your favorite photographic shots! Open to all themes and ideas, all styles and genres, all perspectives on crafsmanship and photographic creativity. Great opportunity for landscape, architecture, portraiture, documentary, fashion, still life, conceptual projects, street, color and black and white, nature, night photography. This will be an exciting exhibition with a great diversity of photographs!

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Established in 2001, Texas Woman’s University (TWU) and the Photographic Artists’ Coalition (P.A.C., a student-run photography organization), the biennial Joyce Elaine Grant (JEG) Photography Exhibition provides a national venue for the exhibition of artistic expression as seen through the eye of the camera.

Biennially, a distinguished female curator serves as juror and selects images submitted by photographers throughout the United States. The exhibition is on view to the public at the TWU’s East | West Galleries every other spring. The juror also awards one artist a solo exhibition, scheduled during the following JEG Exhibition.

The exhibition and endowment were established by alumna Christine Shank and a small group of graduate students, named in memory of the mother of Professor Susan kae Grant. Exhibition proceeds fund the Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition Endowment, which supports photography scholarships for future graduate students in the Division of Visual Arts.

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FRAME/SEQUENCE is a semiannual print periodical spotlighting underrepresented and emerging photographers, writers, artists, and communities across Philadelphia and Greater Pennsylvania — connecting art, story, and place in a uniquely intimate and enduring form.

Theme:  On the Destruction of Art

What does it mean to exist in an age of cultural and societal destruction? How do artists continue to create in these environments, and how do we as a society respond to the destruction of art? How does our role as artists change in response?

In issue 4, FRAME/SEQUENCE asks artists and writers to respond to these difficult and weighty questions, looking back to history, as well as sharing their own experiences of the present.

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We are currently seeking two photographers to be featured in our fall exhibition. Selected artists will have their printing and exhibition promotion fully covered. Artists are simply responsible for making their own arrangements should they decide to attend and enjoy the opening night.

For this open call, we invite photographers to explore the theme “Lines” in any direction they choose. We are honoured to have Eric Bouvet as our guest juror. An award-winning French photojournalist and member of The VII Foundation, Bouvet is a five-time World Press Photo winner, recipient of the Frontline Club Award, a two-time recipient of the Visa d’Or News, and the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents.

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People are at the heart of countless artistic stories — as individuals, communities, memories, and reflections of society. This exhibition explores the human figure and the human experience in all their diversity: identity, relationships, emotions, everyday life, belonging, isolation, transformation, and the ways we see and understand one another.

We are now accepting submissions for PEOPLE, our virtual 3D group exhibition. We invite artists from around the world to share their personal perspectives on the theme People.

The subject may be approached through portraiture, figurative art, abstraction, symbolism, or experimental forms.

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Do you want to share with the world the wonders of the planet and contribute to its protection? Then don’t miss the opportunity to participate in The Nature Photography Contest, an international photography contest for professionals and amateurs.

The Nature Photography Contest has 10 categories for you to submit your images of natural landscapes, wildlife, macrophotography and more. You can win cash prizes and international recognition. The winner of the best photograph of the year will receive €1000, the winner of each category will receive €100 and the best photographer of the year will receive a trophy. In addition, for each participant, a tree will be planted in the country chosen by the winner.

The jury is composed of three renowned nature photographers: Luke Stackpoole, Cynthia Bandurek and Mario Cea. They will be in charge of evaluating the technical, artistic and emotional quality of the photographs.

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$4,500 Grants for Photographers & Artists
The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for Fall 2026 artist grants. They will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is an open call to visual artists age 18 and older. All visual media eligible.

In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via their online Journal as well as their Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 175k.

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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: December 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 Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is excited to announce the call for entry to this year’s upcoming 24th Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC) exhibition. This year’s exhibition will be juried by Maggie Flanigan, artist and Director of the AFA Visual Arts program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, who chose, “Staring at a Glimpse” as this year’s exhibition theme. Flanigan says:

“I’m forever trying to know this place. To learn by working its endless puzzles, every mountain, neighbor’s story, church, and river. Rather than searching for answers, I’ve become interested in the ghosts that linger within them.

Ghosts are not always supernatural beings. Rather than something to fear, ghosts are evidence that something needs our attention. They are histories, absences, environmental change, lost industries, displacement, grief, rituals, collective emotion, and unresolved questions. The region has always carried its own hauntings, but I wonder what new ghosts we are creating. The things that haunt us are the things we love, inherit, mourn, and, often, what we’ve yet to understand. What losses, silences, inheritances, and unprocessed feelings will remain long after we’re gone?

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Midwest Nice Art is excited to announce our Fall virtual juried exhibition, art·i·face, is now open for submissions. Please share with your colleagues, students, community, and we would love to see you apply yourself!

art·i·face is a juried open call to artists internationally, working with materials in a surprising manner. While most utilitarian objects have a specific use, artists often transform their purpose in a new and surprising way. consider Robert Rauschenberg’s combines where objects are removed from their use and put together into a sculpture-painting hybrid, becoming art itself; El Anatsui’s transformation of bottle caps into installed wall hangings; Ingrid Calame’s paintings featuring shapes traced from forgotten stains on the street; or Rachel Whiteread’s unconventional casting sculptures.

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We invite photographers of all Genres, skill levels and all career stages to submit to Black and White for a group exhibition at Black Eyes Gallery in Tucson Arizona. 25 images will be selected, selected images will be printed, matted, and framed for exhibition by Black Eyes Gallery.

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Decode Gallery is happy to announce our upcoming theme, Blue. You can find blue everywhere, from landscapes and seascapes to portraits and abstracts. All the different hues and shades of blue draw us in and stir up feelings of calm or even melancholy. We can’t wait to see how photographers use this color. Submit your work today for a chance to be part of this exhibition.

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Green sits at the psychological midpoint of the color spectrum, and the eye processes it with the least strain of any hue. It’s tied to safety, stability, and growth, though it can just as easily tip into envy or unease. That range makes it one of the more emotionally loaded colors artists can work with. Show us your version of GO GREEN.

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Mary Kocol Studio has issued an official Solicitation for Proposals (Ref. MK-RFP-2026-026) inviting qualified partners, printers, and service providers to submit proposals. Interested parties may review the full scope and submit a complete response by November 20, 2026.

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Starting this year, the call for entries opens to women authors residing in over 40 European nations, under the artistic direction of Sara Munari and a jury including Alessia Locatelli, Federica Berzioli and Greg Tiani.

This year’s theme, “Reclaiming the Frame”, invites participants to rewrite the rules of the photographic gaze, moving past gender stereotypes: the goal is not to photograph women, but to look at the world through their eyes.

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The world around us is filled with with areas or neighborhoods we think of as rural, suburban and urban. They each invoke images of the kinds of buildings that fill them. Are they farm houses, split level ranches, skyscrapers or are they some of the many other structures we see in daily life and our travels. We are familiar with architects like Gehry, Wright, and Gaudi as well as famous buildings like the Empire State Building in New York and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. But are buildings like that a requirement? No, it is much broader than that and can include the Oculus in downtown Manhattan, the wonderful pyramids in Mexico, interiors of cathedrals or the main hall at New York’s Grand Central Station. And as important, examples of architecture do not have to be world famous. Private houses, bridges, structures old and new, skylines etc. all fit the bill.

Send us your visions of architecture with images that represent any of the facets mentioned above or another interpretation you envision. Whole structures and architectural detail are all good.

As with all NYC4PA calls all 2D photo mediums are welcome.

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This is a call for the photograph that lives in the low light, in the quiet spaces between heartbeats. Send us your images that know the weight of an unlit room, your portraits of the unseen, your landscapes of the hour before dawn, your still life’s of the barely visible, your reckonings with the void through the lens. We want work that finds its power not in spite of the dark, but because of it.

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Fellowship is Silver Eye’s annual program recognizing exceptional artists working with photography, particularly those who have not yet received significant recognition or support. Juried by peers in the photography community, it encourages new directions in contemporary photography. Awardees and honorable mentions receive curatorial guidance, a cash prize, and production support from The Lab @ Silver Eye. All selected artists will be included in the Fellowship 27 exhibition in May 2027.

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Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work for “pinhole” to A Smith Gallery by November 30, 2026. Both digital and analog pinhole images are eligible for this call. Entries of 13 or more images are eligible for a complementary review by the gallery directors. The entry fee is $40 for the first 5 images and $5 for each additional image. Up to forty seven images will be selected for exhibition and shown in the online gallery from January 1 to February 28, 2027. An exhibition catalogue with all the accepted images will be available for purchase. Also, 27 images from the total 47 images will be selected for “The 27”, a limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. Both the Juror and Director Award’s will each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book as well as an online solo exhibition and GalleryTalk. The Visitors’ Award is $100 and is selected by most Instagram likes. All exhibition images receive exposure on both Instagram and Facebook over the duration of the exhibition.

Juror for “pinhole” will be Amanda Smith, gallery director and artist.

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We are now accepting proposals for the 2026 Aftermath Project post-conflict grant.

As I reflect on the last few Aftermath Project grant recipients’ projects, it occurs to me that several address the fallout of conflicts, in Ukraine and in Gaza, that are still ongoing. It is clear that the need to recognize and understand the still-unspooling aftermaths of conflict — these and others — is as great as ever.

We should not look away, and this grant exists to help ensure that we do not, by supporting photographers working on projects that address what is required, after conflict, “to rebuild lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace.”

As always, we will award one $25,000 grant and name four finalists. The grant is open to photographers working on post-conflict issues anywhere in the world.

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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, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.

Our juror for Black, White & More is Jennifer Schlesinger. Schlesinger is an Artist, Curator, Gallerist, and Educator based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Schlesinger has approached her fine art photography with an interest in the historical development of photography as an artistic medium – having influences from the age old camera obscura, to 19th century albumen process, to 20th century gelatin silver printing. She is interested in how the evolution of photography can expand upon the development of photography as an art form. Her artistic mediums of choice have been the 19th Century albumen process and gelatin silver printing processes and her work mostly focuses on the landscape and how humans philosophically interact with the natural world around them. She uses photography as a tool to capture the world around her both poetically and metaphorically, and is highly influenced by the investigation of life through philosophy.

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Greetings Community,

We are so happy to announce our new call for work.

Our theme for our Spring 2027 Issue, #174 is

POEMS & PROPHECIES

Please take this theme and interpret it as you will – we embrace a broad, unusual and creative interpretation of our themes – no need to be literal.

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ZELZAL 004 — The Beauty of the Margins / جمال الهامش
The scenes, communities and rituals that live on the margins. Any subject, as long as it’s yours.

Open call for image makers: photographers and directors.
For image makers from the Global South and its diasporas. Your culture, seen from inside: living traditions, contemporary scenes, the people around you. Any subject, your idea. A finished work or a project in progress.

ZELZAL is an independent bilingual (EN/AR) art & fashion publication highlighting artists from the Global South. Printed, numbered, collectible books. Our 003 print edition sold out in 24 hours.

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Rfotofolio believes in community building. Our calls are meant to expand the creative community, to support fellow photographers, and to share the inspiration that we can get from one another.

This year the call is for Photography as an Object. Folios, Books,Three-Dimensional work.

We are pleased to have K.K. De Paul as this year’s juror.

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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. In this spirit, art photography has always aimed for the unity of form and content. Abstract photography has gone even further, celebrating abstract compositions for their own sake, without the need for appreciating or even recognising depictive content in the images. Turning a photograph upside down tends to strip it of its representative function because the depicted scene and objects are difficult, if not impossible, to recognise when the image is turned on its side or upside down. However, the formal, compositional aspects of photographs become more pronounced in this manner, as our attention is directed away from scene and object recognition. In our Upside down exhibition, we aim to showcase photographs that are indeed turned upside down. Any photograph is eligible if the artist is willing to present it in this unconventional way. Abstract photographs might be considered the most suitable candidates for this experimental exhibiting method, but there are many depictive works as well whose compositional qualities might also be appreciated in novel ways when turned upside down. This allows us to liberate ourselves from scrutinizing and concentrating solely on their representational content. Landscapes, bodyscapes, symmetrical compositions, and even architectural and street photography may be excellent candidates for presenting images upside down, but photographs from other genres may also be considered for this exhibition.

PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a group exhibition with the theme Upside down. We welcome submissions from all photographers interested in this subject, eager to share their work with a broader international audience through the exposure of PH21 Gallery. The theme is broadly interpreted, as it is independent of generic or stylistic constraints. We are interested in all creative photographic interpretations of this theme.

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Entries are now open for the 168th RPS International Photography Exhibition, one of the world’s longest-running contemporary photography exhibitions.

Photographers of all ages, experience levels and specialisms are invited to submit their work, with one free entry for everyone.

Selected photographers will exhibit at an RPS-partnered venue, with prizes to support future projects, an Under 30s Award and the opportunity to feature in the award-winning RPS Journal.

One free entry is available to all entrants, then for four as a series of work or a set of single images £20 – £35.

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This fall, we invite photographers worldwide to explore the theme “Calm Before the Storm”. We want to see photos that are quiet, yet full of tension. The definition of “storm” is up to you. Is it extreme weather, a high-stakes performance, a protest, a party, or something unknown? We want to revel in the feeling of rest before the action begins.

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We are gearing up for our 16th annual festival in 2027, and we cannot wait to see what you will bring. This year, Photoville Festival returns for three weeks of free public art, exhibitions, and community programming in Brooklyn Bridge Park and across all five boroughs.

We’re proud to have the steadfast support of our longtime partners, Brooklyn Bridge Park and NYC Parks, along with VSCO, returning as our Lead Marquee Partner. Alongside a vibrant network of cultural institutions and public spaces, these partnerships help Photoville amplify diverse perspectives and connect audiences across New York City with powerful visual stories from around the world.

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Panopticon Gallery invites photographers to submit a cohesive body of work for First Look 2027, our annual juried portfolio exhibition celebrating photographic storytelling.

Selected artists will exhibit a curated selection of their work in our Boston gallery. All submissions receive additional consideration for Second Glance, our ongoing program highlighting emerging photographic talent.

We welcome submissions from photographers at all levels working across genres, styles, and approaches to the medium.

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ARRIVAL Gallery offers a free rolling grant for artists worldwide. Applicants submit one original artwork to the current round. Once 1,000 valid submissions have been received, one eligible artist is selected to receive a £100 grant and a new round begins. Photography and other contemporary visual practices are welcome.

Note: Deadline is rolling — each round closes after 1,000 valid submissions.

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EMBODIED is dedicated to photographic and interdisciplinary work exploring body politics, embodiment, identity, intimacy, memory, trauma, sexuality, health, and lived experience. We are currently accepting ongoing submissions from photographers and visual artists working across any medium and from any location.

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An international competition dedicated to photographers who use photography to explore ideas, challenge conventions, and develop their own artistic vision.

Photography does not always seek to show the world as it is. Sometimes, its purpose is to transform it, reinterpret it, or construct an entirely new reality. The Fine Art Awards 2026 celebrate this creative freedom, recognizing photographers who approach the image as a medium for personal and artistic expression.

We are looking for photographs that go beyond the obvious. Works that raise questions, evoke emotions, or suggest new ways of seeing. From conceptual and experimental photography to minimalist, abstract, or narrative approaches, every interpretation of Fine Art photography has a place in this competition. No single technique, aesthetic, or process defines a great work of photographic art. What matters is the intention behind each image, the originality of its concept, and the photographer’s ability to transform an idea into a compelling visual experience.

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Arrival Gallery is inviting photographers, artists and creative professionals with genuine connections to practising artists to apply for its Certified Online Agent Programme.

Selected applicants complete the free Arrival Gallery Academy before introducing suitable artists to approved international exhibition opportunities.

Once certified, agents receive 15% commission on eligible completed bookings generated through their approved links. There is no joining fee, no minimum sales target and no commission for recruiting other agents. This is an independent, commission-based opportunity rather than salaried employment.

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Dow’s, the legendary Port wine brand from the Symington family, launches the 4th edition of its Black & White Photography Competition, this year under the theme “Generations”. The international competition invites photographers to interpret the concept of generations, from human relationships to the passage of time, from memory to heritage, and from tradition to modernity.

With entries open until January 2nd, 2027, the competition aims to bring together different perspectives and forms of artistic expression around a theme that transcends cultures and generations.

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Perspective Gallery in Evanston, IL is proud to sponsor Lens 2027, our 17th annual international juried exhibition of fine art photography. This year our juror is Anne Leighton Massoni is Executive Director & Curator of the Houston Center for Photography in Texas. Photographers are invited to submit work for possible inclusion in the exhibition. All subject matter and photographic processes are welcome, except for AI images.

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Issue #141 will explore abstraction in photography. Submit up to 12 photographs.

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Light and shadow speak to the parts of us that words miss. Light reveals, shadow conceals, and in the space between them, mystery and emotion come alive. In any medium, light and shadow guide our attention and shape how we sit with a piece. Show us your version of THROWING SHADE.

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What Makes Us Human?

Saturday Review invites photographers from around the world to submit images exploring the richness, complexity, and shared experience of being human.

We are looking for photographs that reveal something meaningful about human life: connection, family, work, joy, struggle, ritual, solitude, community, aging, childhood, culture, identity, or the quiet moments of everyday existence.

The photographs may be intimate or expansive, documentary or artistic, local or universal. We are especially interested in images that make us stop, look again, and consider what connects us across geography, culture, and circumstance.

Selected photographs will become part of Saturday Review’s international photographic project examining humanity through the eyes of people around the world.

Each entrant may submit up to three photographs.

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The non-profit cultural organization Photonisos Arts & Culture NPO has officially launched the Open Call for the 1st International Mute Photo Festival (IMPhF 2027), taking place in Samos, Greece.

In an era dominated by high-resolution digital sensors and tech saturation, IMPhF proposes a radical return to materiality, low-fi aesthetics, and visual silence: it requires artists to capture their work exclusively using low-resolution children’s thermal print cameras (approx. $20 toy cameras printing directly on receipt paper).

Given Lenscratch’s commitment to showcasing exceptional contemporary photography and creative projects, we believe this conceptual call will strongly resonate with your readership and community.

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