The Nexus International Photography Awards (NIPA) invites photographers from around the world to participate in its 2026 edition. Created to recognize outstanding photographic talent and celebrate the power of visual storytelling, NIPA provides an international platform for photographers whose work reflects creativity, artistic vision, and technical excellence. Open to both professional and amateur photographers, the […]
The purpose of the Emerging Photographer Grant is to provide a $10,000 grant to visual storytellers at the beginning of their careers, to develop impactful visual narratives. The program places particular emphasis on photographers from undeserved and diverse communities, expanding access to resources and opportunities to bring their stories to life. Three members of the […]
A PhotoVogue Open Call for Image-Makers from Middle East and North Africa and Their Diasporas This year’s PhotoVogue Regional Open Call celebrates the multiplicity of voices across Middle East and North Africa, foregrounding works that offer new perspectives, challenge dominant narratives, and expand visual storytelling. MENA Panorama is PhotoVogue’s regional initiative to champion the plurality […]
Fostering the growth of visual arts across the globe, the Global Photography Awards welcomes inspiring photographers from every corner, no matter professionals, amateurs, or students to express themselves through a single masterpiece. The mission is simple, to gather the world’s greatest individuals who believe that their photographs can make a difference, and to showcase this […]
The FESTAS 2026 – Climate Extremes International Photo Contest is part of the first edition of FESTAS, an art and science festival entitled NEXUS, taking place from 22 to 26 June 2026 in the historic centre of Naples (Italy). FESTAS 2026 – NEXUS explores connections, relationships, and intersections: between art and science, between sensory and […]
Landscape photography is not only about places. It is about the feeling of being in front of space that feels larger than you, quieter than you, or completely indifferent to you. It can create distance, calm, unease, nostalgia, or emptiness without needing to explain itself. A landscape image holds time in suspension. It turns movement […]
Deadline: 20 June 2026
Entry fee: £20 for one showcased artwork. £30 for two showcased artworks. £35 for three showcased artworks.
Berlin Photo Awards is an international photography competition dedicated to discovering and promoting exceptional visual talent from around the world. With a strong focus on creativity, originality, and artistic expression, the award welcomes both emerging and professional photographers across a wide range of categories, including street photography, portrait, architecture, fine art, landscape, and more. Designed […]
Home / Away, the polarity being explored in this exhibition will be that between familiarity and novelty/otherness. Photography can capture the different feelings of the familiar, love, calm and comfort that we associate with the theme of home. This may be done by creating a feel of nostalgia with use of film photography, or by […]
Deadline: 31 May 2026
Entry fee: Free to submit, Participation fee based on number of images selected
The PhotoArtDoc Documentary and Art Photography Festival invites photographers and artists from around the world who use the medium of photography in their practice to participate. The theme of the 2026 open call is TRANSFORMATION (category: “State of Transition”). Concept We live in a state of continuous shift, where uncertainty has become a basic condition […]
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 […]