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Mon, Nov 03
Decagon Gallery - "Forgotten Architecture" International Juried Photography Call for Entry
Fee: Yes / Prize: $1,000 + Solo Exhibition
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Nov 03, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: $1,000 + Solo Exhibition
Theme: Forgotten Architecture. Abandoned buildings are more than relics of the past—they are silent monuments to history, memory, and the passage of time. Their peeling paint, fractured walls, and quiet interiors hold stories that have slipped into stillness...
Mon, Nov 03
FREE ENTRY / Photoworks - "The People’s Pictures" Issue
Fee: Free / Prize: £80
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Nov 03, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: £80
Theme: The People’s Pictures. The next issue of Photography+, titled The People’s Pictures, will explore vernacular photography, the ordinary, the personal, and the overlooked moments of daily life. From family albums and tourist photos to amateur portraits, street snapshots, and even the...
Mon, Nov 03
Barcelona Experimental Photo Festival 2026 Open Call
Fee: €20 / Prize: €700 + Exhibition
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Nov 03, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: €20 / Prize: €700 + Exhibition
Theme: Open. The Experimental Photo Festival 2026 in Barcelona, one of the most important events on the global avant-garde photography scene, invites photographic and visual creators from all over the...
Mon, Nov 03
FREE ENTRY / Penumbra Foundation - Online Members Gallery 2025
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
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Nov 03, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Open. Starting in 2020, Penumbra Foundation has invited its members to submit their work for review by an acclaimed photographer, critic, or curator. Selected artists have their work featured in an...
Mon, Nov 03
FREE ENTRY / The Sustainable Darkroom - Open Call: Book of Essays
Fee: Free / Prize: £150 + Publication
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Nov 03, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: £150 + Publication
Theme: Photobook. Collected Writings on Photography in the Ecological Crisis Alternative photography has the potential to radically reshape the photographic landscape into the future. It is within the alternative that transformative ideas emerge like weeds from the...
Mon, Nov 03
A Smith Gallery - "History" Photography Contest
Fee: $40 / Prize: Exhibition
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Nov 03, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: $40 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: History. history : chronicle, archive, record, study, narrative, story, tale, saga, memoir, artifact, yesterday …… We think of this call for entry as an open call with a bit of a twist. How would you interpret the camera as a history machine...

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"The New Artist" Call For Entries by Boomer Gallery

• Boomer Gallery London • Deadline: November 5th, 2025 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in London + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free...

"Sanctuary" International Photography Exhibition by Decagon Gallery

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: November 30th, 2025 • Theme: Sanctuary (Spaces of refuge, renewal) • Prize: $1,000 + Online Solo...

International Image Festival 2026 by Getxophoto

• Getxophoto International Image Festival • Deadline: November 6th, 2025 • Theme: Reset • Prize: €500 + Exhibition in Spain +...

Street Photographers Foundation Awards 2025 - Portrait

• Street Photographers Foundation • Deadline: November 10th, 2025 • Category: Street Photography • Prize: €1,000 Cash Awards + Global Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Every pair of eyes perceives the world through its own unique lens. What one person sees as ordinary, another may find extraordinary. Each day unfolds differently for each of us, shaped by our distinct perspectives and emotions. Yet despite these differences, we share common desires — the l

Revela’t Contemporary Analog Festival - Call for Exhibition

• Revela’t Contemporary Analog Festival • Deadline: November 16th, 2025 • Category: Analog Photography • Prize: €1,000 + Exhibition at Revela’t Festival • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE We live in an era saturated by images and overwhelmed by the promises of technology. Our vision is constantly mediated, filtered, and redirected. In such a context, to continue looking with curiosity, to sustain a sense of wonder, becomes an act of emancipation—a way of resisting

All About Photo - Travel Photo Contest Open Call

• All About Photo • Deadline: November 4th, 2025 • Category: Travel Photography • Prize: $1,000 + Publication + Exposure • Entry Fees:...

PhotoPlace Gallery - "Filling the Frame" Open Call

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: November 10th, 2025 • Theme: Filling the Frame • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE “The more stuff in the picture, the better. . . . In a sense it’s more fun to add more stuff if you can, and still make the picture.” — Lee Friedlander What happens when you dare to fill every corner of your frame? When you embrace density, clutter, movement, and contradiction — and transform it into art? FI

The Chateau Gallery - The Art of Landscape Call for Entries

• The Chateau Gallery • Deadline: November 17th, 2025 • Theme: The Art of Landscape • Prize: Online Exhibition + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Art of Landscape , hosted by The Chateau Gallery , invites photographers worldwide to rethink what a landscape truly is. Beyond the familiar fields and mountains, landscapes can live in the urban sprawl, in forgotten industrial zones, in dreamlike horizons, or in abstract forms that defy geography altogether.

Swiss Photo Club - Berlin International Photo Award

• Swiss Photo Club • Deadline: November 7th, 2025 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in Berlin + Sales + 300CHF • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The celebrated SPC PHOTO AWARDS make their long-awaited return to Berlin , inviting photographers of all backgrounds to showcase their unique vision of the world. This year, we’re setting the stage in a newly designed, central, and contemporary venue , creating the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable exhibition. To tak