Sun, Apr 12
|Fee: $42 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication
Pasadena Photography Art Photo - Photo Award 2026 Open Call
Theme: Open. Pasadena Photography Arts is pleased to announce an open call for our PPA Photo Award 2026: Excellence in Contemporary Photography (Open Theme). This annual award recognizes and promotes emerging photographers, with residence in the...
Deadline / Fee / Prize:
Apr 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
Fee: $42 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication
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Pasadena Photography Arts is pleased to announce an open call for our PPA Photo Award 2026: Excellence in Contemporary Photography (Open Theme). This annual award recognizes and promotes emerging photographers, with residence in the United States, exemplifying excellence in contemporary photography. Photographer must have a US bank account to complete application.
The 2026 PPA Photo Award is accepting entries through April 12th, 2026. Results will be publicly announced August 21st, 2026. 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 (e.g., Photoshop, Capture One, etc.).
The jury panel will be composed of Pasadena Photography Arts Advisors alongside guest juror Craig Krull, art dealer and founder of Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica. Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, originality, quality, and responsiveness to the call.