LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards put the spotlight on the year’s most talented photographers — maximizing visibility and opportunities for those ready to step onto the global stage and enter international markets. This year’s panel of 20 critics includes photography experts and influencers from world-renowned museums, art galleries, magazines, news media, online platforms, book publishers, and […]
Sarajevo Photography Festival (SPF) is an annual month-long international event celebrating photography in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bringing together both emerging and established photographers, the festival serves as a platform for artistic exchange, cultural dialogue, and social engagement. The opening week of the 2026 edition will take place from June 1 to June […]
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, […]
Deadline: 6 April 2026
Entry fee: $39 for 5 images, $6 for each additional image
SCAN, the international photography festival organised by the Tarragona City Council, has opened the call for entries for Talent Latent, aimed at creators from all over the world who use photography as an essential and preferred means of expression. Projects and artists selected in this year’s call for entries will take part in the Talent […]
Share your story of how you or your community rebuild life and recovery from major adversity or changes. It seeks to capture if and how communities and individuals rebuild, recover and revitalise their environments and their spirits after life-changing incidents such as disasters and wars, displacement, immigration and radical political changes. Reconstruction covers many aspects […]
The Creative Photo Awards stands as a premier competition for professional and amateur photographers globally. Our international judging panel, comprised of distinguished photographers, editors, and industry experts, evaluates submissions with an eye for innovation and creativity. Winners in the primary categories earn an exclusive invitation to the AWARDS CEREMONY and GALA, where they compete for […]
Dark Frames III is a continuation and transformation of the ongoing inquiry into monochrome photography. This edition embraces images that dwell in subtlety and depth, that linger in the quiet spaces between revelation and concealment. Minimalist compositions and complex arrangements hold equal value, provided they engage with the essential grammar of black and white. It […]
Deadline: 1 April 2026
Entry fee: £20 for one showcased artwork. £30 for two showcased artworks. £35 for three showcased artworks.
The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest was established on December 22, 2014 under the patronage of the Russian Federation’s Commission for UNESCO. The Stenin Contest is the only competition in Russia that discovers new names in international photojournalism and develops quality standards for documentary photography. The contest aims to support young photojournalists aged 18 […]
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 […]
Human Body: The Art of Seeing Ourselves invites photographers to look beyond surface appearances and explore how the body becomes a language of presence – where vulnerability and strength, gesture and stillness, identity and universality intersect. We seek photographs in which the body is not simply depicted but felt: a mirror of emotion, history, culture, […]
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Entry fee: $5 for one entry, $4 each additional entry. After 8 entries the next two are free.
