FIGURES - Mentorship Program 2025/2026

FIGURES is launching its first mentorship, dummy book and grant program dedicated to supporting emerging artists in developing and finalising new photographic projects.

Through this open call, we will select projects that are in the very early stages of creation. It is not required to show any picture of the project to participate, as we are interested in supporting the concept from birth. Projects that are too advanced will not be accepted. Selected artists will receive personalised, in-depth guidance through a monthly meeting, with mentorship structured around all key phases of the creative process, up to the point of printing a dummy book, as well as a financial grant of €500 to support some of the creation fees.

We encourage projects with a strong connection to what we call Slow Photography: a sensitive, personal, meaningful approach to the creative process, placing the story at the center.

To ensure fairness, the number of selected artists will scale with participation: we will select 1 winner for approximately every 250 entries.