

Mon, Jul 27
|Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Exposure
Allora Gallery - "Black & White" International Photography Contest and Exhibition
Theme: Black & White. Colour draws the eye — but black and white reveals something deeper. Without colour, light becomes the...
Deadline / Fee / Prize:
Jul 27, 2026, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Exposure
About:
Colour draws the eye — but black and white reveals something deeper. Without colour, light becomes the subject itself: the way it falls across a face, sculpts a landscape, or catches the edge of an object in motion. Shadows gain weight. Textures become tactile. Contrast tells stories that colour sometimes obscures. Black and white photography is not an absence — it is a different kind of seeing.
We seek photographs that use the full range of tone and light to reveal what colour might conceal. How does removing colour change the mood of a portrait? What does a landscape become when reduced to light and shadow? Can the absence of colour make an image feel more immediate, more timeless, more true? We welcome portraits, landscapes, street photography, architecture, abstract work, and any photograph where the choice to work in black and white is not a stylistic habit but a considered decision — one that makes the image stronger.