Pasadena Photography Art Photo - "Excellence in Contemporary Photography" Open Call

Pasadena Photography Arts is pleased to announce an open call for our PPA Photo Award 2025: Excellence in Contemporary Photography (Open Theme). This is an annual award for both emerging and professional photographers with residence in the United States. *Photographer must have a US bank account to complete application.

The winning photographer will receive a $2,000 cash prize, a published interview on our website, a feature on Lenscratch.com, and a virtual hosted artist talk.

The PPA Photo Award 2025 is accepting entries December 20th, 2024 through April 7th, 2025. Results will be publicly announced August 22nd, 2025. Photographers are invited to submit cohesive bodies of work between 10 - 20 images with an accompanying statement. Analogue, digital, portrait, abstract, mixed-media, documentary, street photography, conceptual, still-life photography, landscape, alternative photography, cell phone photography is acceptable.  No fully generated AI images allowed, however, AI as an editing tool is permissible. 

The jury panel is composed of Pasadena Photography Arts Advisors alongside esteemed guest juror Eve Schillo, Associate Curator at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), for the final round decision. Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, originality, quality, and responsiveness to the call.