Decagon Gallery - "Overcoming" International Photography Exhibition 2026

• Decagon Gallery

• Deadline: August 3rd, 2026

• Theme: Overcoming

• Prize: $1,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition

• Entry Fees: Yes

• REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE

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Challenges are an inevitable part of the human experience. People face loss, uncertainty, illness, displacement, and change. Communities recover from crises. Places evolve over time. Yet amid these struggles, stories of perseverance continue to emerge.

Overcoming — What Remains Standing is a call for photographic work that examines resilience, endurance, and the lasting impact of hardship. This exhibition seeks images that explore what survives after difficult experiences and how individuals, communities, and environments respond to adversity.

We invite photographers to submit work that reflects personal, social, emotional, or physical journeys through challenge. Subjects may include recovery from illness, experiences of grief, migration and displacement, rebuilding after disaster, overcoming personal obstacles, or the quiet persistence found in everyday life. We are interested not only in moments of struggle but also in the strength, adaptation, and hope that can follow.

The theme is intentionally open to interpretation. Photographers may choose documentary approaches that capture real-world experiences, conceptual works that use symbolism and metaphor, carefully staged narratives, portraiture, fine art photography, or experimental techniques. Whether your images are visually dramatic or understated, we are looking for work that communicates an honest and meaningful perspective on resilience.

This call welcomes photographers at every stage of their creative journey. Emerging artists and established professionals alike are encouraged to apply. All photographic methods, processes, and formats are accepted. Through this collective exploration of overcoming adversity, we hope to create a powerful visual conversation about what endures when everything else changes.