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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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Every neighborhood has a story to tell.
It might be a local celebration, a holiday tradition, a street festival, a family business, a favorite gathering place, or the quiet rituals of everyday life. It might be the people who give a community its character or the moments that make one place feel unlike any other.

L.A. Photo Curator invites photographers from around the world to share the stories that make their neighborhoods, towns, and cities unique. We’re looking for photographs that reveal a sense of community, belonging, tradition, and everyday life. Show us the moments that define where you live—or a place that has become meaningful to you.

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Artells Magazine invites photographers worldwide to submit work in one of 8 topics: beauty, fashion, portraits, children, fine art, men, nude, nature. Eight winners (one per topic) will be published on the covers of the September 2026 issue — plus an Instagram feature, a webitorial and an interview, all free. Every accepted submission is guaranteed publication in the September issue. Winners are selected by the Editor-in-Chief; criteria are originality, idea, relevance to the topic, image quality and cover-layout potential. 2–12 images per submission, $30 entry fee.

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The Hand Magazine

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What does Rose mean to you? On Rose invites photographers to interpret “Rose” broadly—as a subject, color, place, symbol, story, emotion, act of resistance, moment of renewal, or something entirely their own. A rose does not need to appear in the photograph.

Photographers may submit up to three images, made with film, digital cameras, phones, or other camera-equipped devices. Entries will be reviewed anonymously by three accomplished Bay Area photographers: Becky Jaffe, Sarah Deragon, and Brandon Ruffin.

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SOFT PUBLISHING is a small and young independent publishing house focused on contemporary
photography and art. It is interested in new photographic trends and emerging artists, and publishes photo books in limited editions.

We are now accepting submissions for our next photobook on the theme of Black & White
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Overshoot invites photographers worldwide to respond to a changing climate. Up to 20 selected photographs will be presented at Magazzino 26 in Trieste as part of one of the main exhibitions of Trieste Photo Days 2026.

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We are excited to launch the official Call for Entry for Click! Plein Air, the Click! Photography Festival’s flagship outdoor exhibition now located at Dix Park in Raleigh, NC.

Public art installations bridge the gap between creative professionals and the broader community. We invite emerging and established photographers, visual artists, and storytellers to submit their work for consideration.

This is your opportunity to feature your work in front of 100,000+ visitors in one of Raleigh’s most iconic public spaces this October.

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Greetings Community,

We are reaching out to announce our new call for work.

Our theme for our Winter 2026 Issue, #173 is PLANT LIFE.

We invite work that interprets how you explore the intricate beauty and diversity of flora and its essential role in maintaining the intricate balance of ecosystems.

We ask you to consider, how may we deepen our connection to the natural world?

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The fine art nude has been a celebrated subject of photography since the beginning and played an important role in establishing photography as a fine art medium. Early on, both in history and most photographers experience, the nude has been featured in a classical pose and setting, maturing to illustrating the human body as a sculptural abstraction, and with some pushing boundaries.

Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations where legal are welcome.

Our juror for The Modern Nude is Howard Schatz. The photographs of Howard Schatz are exhibited in museums and photography galleries internationally and are included in innumerable private collections. He has received international acclaim for his work and has won virtually every award in his field including numerous “Photographer of the Year” awards and Gold Medals in the most prestigious competitions. His work has been published in twenty-three monographs.

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The Aaron Siskind Award celebrates the artistic legacy of Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), advances the practice of photography as a vital means of creative expression and honors the role that the Aaron Siskind Foundation played in supporting photographers through the Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, which was awarded for 28 years.

“The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is committed to nurturing and funding photographic artists through the Aaron Siskind Award,” said Director and CEO Alex Nyerges. “This extraordinary award program provides recipients with transformative financial resources so that they can pursue major artistic projects.”

The goal of VMFA’s Aaron Siskind Award for Photography is to provide material support that enables photographers to complete a meaningful body of work — whether the continuation or finalization of a photographic series; the development of an exhibition, monograph or book project; or another major creative endeavor.

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The Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards are an annual celebration of the photobook’s enduring role within the narrative of photography. The awards, established in 2012, recognize excellence in three major categories of photobook publishing: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalog of the Year. Each year, winners are selected from among nearly one thousand books submitted by artists and publishers from around the world.

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Dodho is currently selecting new projects to be featured in a curated volume designed to give contemporary photographers international visibility. An opportunity to present your work to curators, galleries, and festivals seeking new voices.

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PhotoPlace Gallery invites photographers to submit work for Quiet Landscape, a juried exhibition celebrating the beauty, stillness, and quiet power of the landscape. From sweeping vistas to intimate details, untouched wilderness to cultivated fields, this exhibition seeks photographs that encourage reflection and reveal the subtle relationships between people, place, light, and time. Rather than dramatic spectacle, we are drawn to landscapes that invite us to slow down, observe, and connect more deeply with the world around us.

We welcome photographs exploring natural, rural, urban, and cultivated landscapes through traditional, documentary, conceptual, and fine art approaches. Images may celebrate solitude, atmosphere, changing seasons, or the quiet moments that often go unnoticed. Whether expansive or intimate, we encourage work that reflects a personal vision and demonstrates the enduring ability of landscape photography to inspire contemplation and discovery.

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

Issue #78 will feature the work of photographers exploring REAL vs IMAGINARY stories – 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 the idea of REALITY, constructed IMAGINED photo-based stories, or a juxtaposition the two.

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Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a Black and White juried group photo show. There is often a classic, nostalgic and dynamic translation to black and white photography. Black and White has an important tradition of luminous, well-crafted and thoughtfully composed imagery. Contemporary photographers are involved in this dialog of history and tradition, but with their own modern voice, visions and aesthetics of imagery. Black Box will be looking for a diversity of photographic works and ideas for this exciting exhibition!

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We are looking for photography of any genre, as long as it’s in a square format. Whether you shoot portraits, landscapes, documentary, architecture, conceptual work, or anything else, we want to see how you use the square frame creatively.

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VSCO is selecting fifty US-based photographers, one from every state, to have their work featured on billboards across the country and licensed by VSCO. No fee to submit.

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This show is your chance to demonstrate your talent and point of view. The work of photography students that are emerging into the art world is how we picture the future. The Colorado Photographic Arts Center is having an open themed call for entry for students. This call for entry is open to current undergraduate and graduate students in photography. All capture types, subject matter, and photographic processes are eligible to submit.

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F-STOP Issue #139 will focus on photography of and about food.

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We’re excited to announce that our annual call-for-entry exhibition, Living Image, is now open for submissions! This year we’ve invited Amanda Smith, owner of A Smith Gallery, to join us as our guest juror. She will be selecting work to be included in the exhibition, as well as one grand prize winner who will receive not only a cash prize but the opportunity to be the cornerstone of our spring invitational exhibition. We hope to see your work!

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This is a call for entries to capture, in photographs, [the United States of] America today. We are looking for pictures of your community, your friends, your neighborhood, local events, landmarks and just everyday activities that represent your daily life in America. We are looking to put together an exhibition to document the unique times we live in and take a Snapshot of these United States.

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Since the beginning of photographic history, the idea of chance has been the operative element at the heart of photographic and scientific discovery. The idea the occurrence, the sleight of hand, the accident and magic of chance became, both then and now, a singular element in defining the alternative to the cultural order of photography, developing the art of photography.

In celebration of photography’s 200 years of defining the ongoing experimentation, the visual inquiry into the artistic potential of photography, PhotoSC announces this call, The Alternative Aesthetic.

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The street photographer moves through public life as both observer and participant—attentive to gesture, chance, humor, tension, and the fleeting relationships between people and place. An ordinary moment becomes a record of how we live; the familiar becomes strange, revealing the mystery and energy of everyday life.
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Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that explores the streets from all angles, including people, public spaces, urban structures, and documentary subject matter. We welcome all photographic styles and interpretations, in black and white or color, traditional or experimental. Juror: Jonathan Pavlica.

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Monochrome photography is commonly associated with black-and-white images. However, throughout the history of photography, other tones such as sepia and cyan have also been utilized. Today, numerous examples of monochromatic images exist, deriving their photographic qualities from the tonal range of a single colour. While monochromacy was once a technological constraint, it has now become more of an artistic choice. Photographers may opt to work with the shades of a single colour for compositional or expressive reasons, and their decision should be interpreted accordingly. Our appreciation of contemporary monochromatic images is rooted in the understanding that the lack of colour range holds significance and meaning, rather than being a mere technological limitation.

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The Lucie Foundation is dedicated to celebrating all forms of photography. This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to hand-made books and zines. The awards are presented to photographers and publishers.

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The official opening of the Click! Festival is October 1st, which also happens to be World Postcard Day. We are asking people from around the world to send us postcards, and for the first 100 we receive, we’ll send one back! And for those that arrive by Sept. 15th we’ll post them on October 1st in recognition of both the start of Click! and the 157th anniversary of the postcard.

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Not the easy kind. Not the posed smile or the perfect moment. We’re talking about the joy that surprises you — that shows up in an ordinary afternoon, in a stranger’s face, in light falling just right on something nobody else noticed.

Something Like Joy invites photographers to submit work that finds delight, warmth, wonder, or beauty in the world as it actually is. Big celebrations and quiet moments are equally welcome. So is the complicated happiness that comes after hardship — the laugh through tears, the small victory, the unexpected gift.

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For the inaugural exhibition at Black Eyes, we want to see your very best shot, the one with the best composition, or the best light, the one with the most emotional resonance, or simply the one you always return to.

Images can be from one genre: documentary, portrait, landscape, abstract, conceptual-whatever you feel is your best.

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We are excited to announce our Self Portrait call for photography. The act of creating a self portrait is an important process for an artist. Self portraits reveal stories, it’s an exploration of identity, it’s an intimate glimpse into the life of the artist. As we explore image and personal identity, we gain insight into the life of the artist. We are looking forward to seeing your best self portrait photography.

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Elemental seeks photographic and lens-based work engaging with earth, air, fire, and water as physical forces or symbolic structures. Submissions may explore weather, atmosphere, erosion, heat, flood, smoke, stone, ash, survival, renewal, and transformation.

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Photography is often seen as a record of what is real. But the frame can also become a portal—an invitation into the imagined, the unconscious, and the symbolic. In the realm of dreams, time folds, logic dissolves, and meaning slips through what is revealed and what is withheld.
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Praxis Gallery seeks photographic works that explore dream states and interior worlds. Submissions may encompass constructed realities, surreal compositions, symbolic gestures, lyrical narratives, and emotionally resonant abstractions. We welcome images that feel like fragments of the subconscious—poetic, uncanny, or mythic. Curated by Praxis Directors. All lens-based artwork is welcome.

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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: October 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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In celebration of the spooky season, we are bringing back Nocturne for our second year in a row!

We are looking for photography, videos and mixed media of the macabre, from the shadows, the ghastly and the grim.

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The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture is a $20,000 prize awarded annually to a photographer whose work demonstrates a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture. The jury will select a Top Ten, from which the winner and three finalists will be chosen. The three finalists receive a $500 stipend each. All artists recognized in the Top Ten will be included in the online exhibitions hosted by Maine Media.

In addition to cash awards for the Prize recipient and Finalists, all photographers selected for the Top Ten in the 2026 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture will be featured in a professionally produced publication celebrating the work of the Prize recipient, three Finalists, and six additional photographers recognized in the Top Ten.

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Dusk Gallery is seeking three distinct photographers for a curated group exhibition that celebrates the power of the series. We are looking for image series or strong portfolios unified by a common theme—work that demonstrates intentionality, visual consistency, and narrative depth.

We want to see bodies of work that hold together—whether through subject matter, tone, color palette, conceptual framework, or recurring visual language. Selected artists will be allotted 6, 8, or 12 images of wall space based on their respective series.

As always, the gallery handles all printing, matting, and framing at no cost to the artist.

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beau – ty : grace, charm, refinement, allure, allurement, lovely, glamor, delicacy, cuteness, pretty, elegance ….

Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme “beauty” to A Smith Gallery by September 28, 2026. 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 October 16 to November 26, 2026. 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 “beauty” will be Wendi Schneider, photographer and artist.

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The street never stops telling stories. A stranger’s glance, a shadow cutting across pavement, the chaos of rush hour or the hush of an empty corner at 3am — street photography catches the world when it isn’t posing. This is your invitation to show us how you see it.

Street photography, as Encyclopedia Britannica defines it, is “a genre that records everyday life in a public place.” Photographers have been chasing this exact moment since the birth of the medium itself — Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre’s 1838 image of the Boulevard du Temple is often cited as the first. As cameras grew smaller and faster, generations of photographers took to the streets to document urban life: Charles Nègre, Eugène Atget, Alfred Stieglitz, André Kertész, Berenice Abbott, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier, Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, William Eggleston, and many more iconic names who shaped how we see the fast-changing life of towns and cities.

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The Lucie Foundation is proud to support professional and emerging talent with vision and dynamic ideas that challenge and progress the art form of still photography into work that compels. Our support of photography is broad, from Fine Art to Documentary and Photojournalism, to digital and film-based works. Our concern is to support photographers producing work that is at once gripping, and original.

The Lucie Foundation is pleased to offer four cash grants and a variety of prizes to support the work of emerging and established photographers.

Winners will be part of a group exhibition. This exhibition will then travel to the House of Lucie Galleries worldwide, including Los Angeles, Athens, Budapest, Ostuni, and Samui.

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Filter Photo invites photographers making work about the Midwest to submit to Field Notes from the Middle, an inaugural juried exhibition. This call is open to photography, photographic materials, and other lens-based artwork that engages with the region.

Juror Nathaniel M. Stein, Curator of Photography at the Cincinnati Art Museum, will select five artists to each exhibit 5–7 works from a single body of work. As a survey of contemporary photography across the Midwest, the exhibition embraces a broad understanding of the medium and the many ways artists are engaging with photographic practices today.

Artists making work in the following Midwestern states are eligible to apply: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) is excited to announce the 2026 International Juried Exhibition with over $6,000 in awards! Forty-five juror-selected photographs will be exhibited from December 6, 2026 through January 3, 2027 in our historic gallery in Carmel, California, and vie for eight cash awards totaling more than $6,000. These photographs will also be featured in an online gallery on the CPA website along with an additional forty-five juror selected images. An exhibition catalog of the entire gallery and online exhibition will be available for purchase. An entry discount is available for new and current CPA members.

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The Monte-Carlo Photo Contest is an annual international photography competition, open to photographers of all nationalities, whether amateur or professional.

The competition is under the patronage of the FIAP (Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique) and the AAPMC (Académie de l’Art Photographique de Monte-Carlo).

The rules comply with FIAP document 048/2025 E, therefore the Monte-Carlo Photo Contest classifications are valid for FIAP honours and distinctions.

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Diptychs tell stories, Triptychs tell larger stories, Collages and Multiples (more than a Triptych) tell even larger stories. What kind of a storyteller are you?

Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme “diptych/triptych/multiples/collage” to A Smith Gallery by October 7, 2026. 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 October 1 to December 31, 2026. 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 will be Manuela Thames, photographic artist, writer and educator.

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IN SERIES highlights artists who explore an idea across multiple works. Five pieces. One vision. We’re curating a lineup of mini collections that showcase a cohesive series and each artist’s unique voice. Think of it as a mini solo show within a group exhibition. Show us your work IN SERIES.

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A Single image can have a powerful storytelling impact, change the way we see, and leave a lasting impression. Often, a signature image or motif is associated with an artist or photographer or project. We’re looking for images that stand on their own, able to tell a story without supporting images. Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.

Our juror for the Telling Tales is Brian Clamp. Brian Clamp is the owner and director of ClampArt, a gallery in Chelsea in New York City specializing in modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on photography. ClampArt mounts ten to fifteen exhibitions per year featuring the work of emerging and mid-career artists. Mr. Clamp opened the gallery in 2000 after completing a Master of Arts degree in Critical Studies in Modern Art at Columbia University.

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For its 7th edition, Mesnographies is launching its annual call for applications around the concept of happiness. What is happiness? Is it a goal, a state to be reached? Does it lie within us, or do we build it over time?

« Happiness is a positive emotion which is experienced as being pleasant and sometimes activating. Amongst the so-called universal emotions, happiness is one of the most desirable. It does not only arise in response to doing or receiving something, but also from a sense of connection between people or a sense of wellbeing. »

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The New York Center for Photographic Arts (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $4,000 in cash awards, be featured in the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the Prize Winners catalog. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page.

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This prestigious annual contest names Photographers and Discoveries of the Year across all categories, plus two overall winners. Prizes include cash awards, digital galleries, and a global Artist Directory.

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Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a juried call for entry for a published hardbound photography book on Landscape Photography. Landscape photography is the art of capturing pictures of nature and the outdoors in a way that brings your viewer into the scene. From grand landscapes to intimate details, the best photos demonstrate the photographer’s own connection to nature and capture the essence of the world around them. The gallery will be selecting 10 photographers to feature 5 photographs each for this hardbound book project.

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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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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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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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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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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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