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Theme: Dating Aliens. What does DATING ALIENS mean in our context? Following last year’s theme, New Encounters, we want to continue discovering new things and developing fresh ideas, whatever or whoever they may be. Dating Aliens embraces the unfamiliar, the mystique, and the unexpected...

Theme: Open. Put yourself in the shoes of a patient or caregiver, and through photography or video, recreate an emotion, a sensation, or a look that symbolizes what it means to suffer from a cancer that affects the skin and emotions: social isolation...

Theme: Open. The Kyoto Retreat dates are October 16 - November 13, 2025. Any visual artist, curator, or writer over 21 years old—based anywhere in the world, regardless of race, gender, culture, or religion—is eligible to apply...

Theme: Fine Art. This exhibition is open to artists in any media and subject matter. Artists must be age 18 and up. All work must have been completed in the past 3 years and never previously exhibited at Emerge Gallery. All pieces must fit through our exterior door...

Theme: Street Photography. Street Macadam is presenting the 2nd edition of the “Macadam Awards”, a street & documentary photography contest. This competition will be organized from Thursday 1st of May to Monday 30th of June -Midnight (UTC +1) The results of the competition will be communicated...

Theme: The Sound of Silence. We invite artists to submit work for an upcoming exhibition exploring the boundaries of abstract photography. This show seeks to celebrate images that challenge perception, blur reality, and transform the everyday into the extraordinary...

Theme: Water. Rural Water on Display will be the subject of the photo contest at the upcoming WaterPro Conference 2025 in New Orleans. Fifteen photos (five from each category) will be chosen by the contest committee to compete in different categories and as an overall winner...

Theme: Open. Tender Photos is pleased to announce a call for applications to Tender Visions, a new cross-disciplinary commissioning program for photographers and writers based on the African continent, supported by funding from the Open Society Foundation. Eight photographers will be selected...

Theme: Shadow Aspect. Motion Blur in photography creates a paradox: the image is a frozen moment in time, yet what it captures is movement—streaking, bending, or distortion of light and form in the frame. Blur can convey velocity, gesture, or emotional tone...

Theme: Color of Memory. Allora Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit work for our upcoming online group exhibition, “The Color of Memory.” Color carries the weight of our experiences—the golden hour of childhood summers, the muted grays of foggy mornings, the vibrant...

Theme: Open. For the past 15 years, Circulation(s) festival promote a modern and inclusive vision of photography. He has more than a decade of discovering new emerging talent, and still a burning desire to make new visual writing accessible to all. Every year, the festival brings together...

Theme: Make a Portrait or Passage. The Revue de l’Éléphant publishes portfolios, texts, drawings, and comic strips submitted and selected by the editorial team. TWO THEMES ARE PROPOSED: "Faire le portrait" (To make a portrait) "Passage" (Access, path, channel, pass, corridor...

Theme: Town Plazas. “Town Plazas” is the theme for the September 2025 contest.The December “Just For Fun” contest winner Terry Gallagher selected the theme. Submit up to three of your favorite photos from anything to do with “Town Plazas”). The winner will receive a year of free dues...

Theme: Open. The "Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (PX3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. A selection of work from this competition is displayed in Paris and...

Theme: Telling Tales. 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...

Theme: Chicago. Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago imagined a utopian metropolis: efficient, beautiful, harmonious, and accessible to all. Grand boulevards, sweeping lakefront parks, and integrated green space still echo that ambitious vision. Yet today, the shimmering...

Theme: Analog. This year, the Vilnius Analog Photography and Film festival invites you to experience vernacular photography, to be anonymous, informal and spontaneous through its characteristics. What happens when time erodes much of the historical context from a photograph, and what happens...

Theme: Art of Abandonment. The Art of Abandonment explores abandoned and rediscovered objects, locations, and structures. Through the captured image, we can glimpse the memory of ourselves; and our surroundings and preserve them before being lost to time and place. What do these structures...