Tag: Cityscapes

The European Photography Awards welcome photographers from worldwide nations ready to hone their photography skills and their extraordinary takes on diversity, whilst portraying the majestic cultures passed down for generations. Recognising exquisite and artistic content, the awards honours vast arrays of genres in the photographic medium, extending the reaches of your talents all across the […]

A portal suggests passage. It invites us to look through, step beyond, or imagine what lies on the other side. For Portals: New Perspectives, we invite photographs that explore openings, thresholds, and points of transition. Windows, doorways, mirrors, gates, archways, reflections, and frames within frames may serve as literal portals, while shifts in light, shadow, […]

At the International Aerial Photographer of the Year awards, we believe there are many ways to create stunning aerial photographs. Whether you’re using a drone or a balloon, a helicopter or a jet plane, it’s not up to us to tell you how to capture your aerials. It’s not up to us to tell you […]

What does your city look like when it starts to glow? Neon reflections, streetlights on wet pavement, high-rise windows, night crowds, quiet corners, or the buzz of motion in the dark. City Lights invites artists and photographers worldwide (18+) to celebrate urban life, architecture, and the moments that make a city feel alive.

Summer / Winter is an annual polarity that is experienced throughout the world to varying degrees. The theme can be more than just a shift in temperature or season, it can explore the contrasts such as growth and dormancy, abundance and stillness, vibrancy and quiet. It reflects changes in landscape and daily life, from long […]

The Shape of a Moment. An Instant. A Revelation. An Image. There are moments that pass like a breath, yet leave an indelible mark. This call invites you to capture the mystery of the fleeting: those subtle intersections of light, emotion, and time that, for a second, reveal something essential. The Shape of a Moment […]

We are proud to announce the opening of the Monochrome Awards 2026, the latest edition of one of the world’s leading annual competitions dedicated exclusively to black and white photography. Black and white photography stands at the very foundation of the medium itself. Free from distraction, it speaks the language of light, shadow, form, and […]

Allora Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit work for our international photography competition, “Stone & Stories.” This competition welcomes both architectural and street photography, exploring the built environment and the life within it. Cities are built from stone, steel, and glass — but they come alive through the stories written within them. […]

At night, urban environments become spaces where movement and interaction coexist in complex, sometimes contradictory ways. Streets, squares, intersections, and public areas take on a different character after dark, where attention is guided as much by light as by human presence. “City Lights” invites submissions that engage with these conditions with clarity, attention, and intentionality. […]

Photography of the Year 2025 at Grid Photo Gallery invites photographers from around the world to take part in our most important annual challenge and compete with the most outstanding images showcased in our gallery throughout the year. With no thematic limitations, this open call celebrates the very best in photography. What truly matters is […]