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  • FREE ENTRY / Women Photograph Mentorship Program 2025
    FREE ENTRY / Women Photograph Mentorship Program 2025
    Wed, May 21
    Fee: Free / Prize: $2,000
    May 21, 2025, 3:00 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: $2,000
    Theme: Open. We're now accepting applications for the Women Photograph Mentorship Program! This year, we will pair five early career photographers with an industry leader as a mentor, and provide $2,000 in support for work on a local visual storytelling project over the course of six months...
  • FREE ENTRY / Gaze Magazine - “New Eye” Call for Entries
    FREE ENTRY / Gaze Magazine - “New Eye” Call for Entries
    Thu, May 22
    Fee: Free / Prize: Mentoring Program
    May 22, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: Mentoring Program
    Theme: New Eye. The program is open to all, regardless of age, career advancement, or photographic genre. The “promotion” will consist of a group of five photographers, chosen for the diversity and complementarity of their perspectives. Each month, the group will be supervised by the Gaze team...
  • A Photographers Place - "Inscrutable" Photography Exhibition
    A Photographers Place - "Inscrutable" Photography Exhibition
    Thu, May 22
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition
    May 22, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition
    Theme: Inscrutable. We invite photographers to submit work for an upcoming exhibition centered around the theme: Inscrutable. What lies beneath the unreadable? What happens when clarity becomes elusive? Inscrutable asks photographic artists to explore ambiguity, opacity, mystery...
  • All About Photo - Solo Exhibition June 2025
    All About Photo - Solo Exhibition June 2025
    Fri, May 23
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Solo Exhibition
    May 23, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Solo Exhibition
    Theme: Open. We want to showcase incredible work. Photography that awakens our imagination, transforms our way of thinking, or simply resonates with who we are. The Solo Exhibition enables you to reach a wider audience through our independent magazine that has become one of the most vibrant...
  • Decode Gallery - ''Black and White'' Photography Contest
    Decode Gallery - ''Black and White'' Photography Contest
    Fri, May 23
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Sales
    May 23, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Sales
    Theme: Black and White. Decode Gallery is pleased to announce our upcoming theme: Black and White. Black and white photography is a powerful and timeless medium. It’s how photography began; it’s the deep unending shades of grey. We look forward to seeing through your lens in grayscale...
  • The Lumen Prize 2025 - Call for Entries
    The Lumen Prize 2025 - Call for Entries
    Fri, May 23
    Fee: $30 / Prize: $12,000 + Exhibition
    May 23, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $30 / Prize: $12,000 + Exhibition
    Theme: Several Categories. These are the nine categories you may enter, each with a $2,000 prize. All submissions will be reviewed by members of our International Selectors Committee. 50-75 artists will become finalists, whose work will then be reviewed and selected by the Jury Panel...
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