• Rotlicht Festival For Analog Photography • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: Anthropocene: Hybrid Realities • Prize: €250 + Exhibition in Wien + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The term Anthropocene refers to an era in which human activity has become one of the dominant forces shaping the planet’s ecosystems, climates, and geological processes. Yet beyond scientific classification, the concept also raises philosophical and cultural questions about

• Allora Gallery • Deadline: June 27th, 2026 • Category: Black & White Photography • Prize: Solo Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Colour often defines what we first notice in a photograph, but black and white reveals what lingers beneath the surface. In the absence of colour, the eye begins to move differently. It follows light across skin, traces shadows through architecture, and notices the quiet tension between darkness and illumination. T

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: July 8th, 2026 • Theme: Seen/Unseen • Prize: $1,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Seen / Unseen calls for photographic work that navigates the interplay between what can be observed and what remains hidden from view. This theme invites artists to consider not only the visible elements within a frame, but also the unseen dimensions that exist beneath the surface—whether they relate to the subject, the

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• Decode Gallery • Deadline: June 27th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in Tucson + Sales + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE No theme. No boundaries. No creative limitations. Decode Gallery's Collection 2026 is an invitation to photographers everywhere to share the images that matter most to them. This annual open-call exhibition celebrates photography in all its forms, welcoming submissions from emerging artists, established professionals, and pas

• Berlin Photo Awards • Deadline: June 27th, 2026 • Theme: Several Categories • Prize: €4,000 + Certificate + Honorable Mention • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE You’re just one step away from becoming part of the Berlin Photo Awards 2026. Submit your most compelling photographs and showcase your creative vision on an international stage. Compete for a total prize fund of €4,000 while gaining valuable recognition, worldwide exposure, and the opportunity to have you

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• Dusk Photo Gallery • Deadline: June 25th, 2026 • Theme: Red • Prize: Exhibition in Santa Fe (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Photographers are invited to submit work for RED, a juried exhibition centered on the intensity, symbolism, and visual force of red. Vibrant and emotionally charged, red can evoke love, rage, heat, urgency, seduction, violence, celebration, or survival — often all at once. It is a color that demands attention, alters atmosphe

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: August 3rd, 2026 • Theme: Overcoming • Prize: $1,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Things fall apart. Lives are disrupted. Landscapes transform. Time leaves its mark on people, places, and memories. Yet even in the aftermath of struggle, there is often something that remains—a trace of strength, a quiet act of endurance, or a reminder that survival itself can be extraordinary. Overcoming — What Remain