People 2026 Grid Photo Gallery

Close on March 15, 2026

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: People

Eligibility: Open to all

Entry Fees: 7 Euros

Prize: Exhibition

People 2026 at Grid Photo Gallery is an international open call that invites photographers from around the world to submit compelling work that engages with the human figure in all its visual and conceptual richness. With no prescribed style, process, or narrative framework, the theme People embraces a broad spectrum of photographic approaches — including portraiture, documentary, street photography, photojournalism, and studio-based work — wherever the human presence is expressed through gesture, composition, context, or relationship within the frame.

Rather than defining “people” through a single visual or conceptual lens, this call celebrates diversity of interpretation and expression. Submissions should reflect each photographer’s individual approach to depicting human presence — posed or candid, singular or collective, observed or imagined — in ways that reveal clarity of intent and visual coherence. A curated selection of chosen works will be presented in a global online exhibition accessible worldwide. Photographers are invited to share images that contribute to a nuanced dialogue around people and presence, showing how meaning emerges through visual decisions whether in narrative, gesture, structure, or abstraction.

Prizes:
Selected photographs will be displayed in an online exhibition at Grid Photo Gallery. In addition to this:

1st Place (“Photographer of the Month”):
Featured prominently in our virtual exhibition
Profile interview published on Grid Photo Gallery
Priority placement on promotional banners and posters
One free entry in the next open call

2nd & 3rd Places:
Highlighted in the virtual exhibition

All Selected Entries:
Displayed in our main-page exhibition for at least one month, then kept online permanently
Promoted via our social-media channels
Digital certificate of participation
Personal profile page on our platform, including a link to your website

Selected works will be published in a printed catalog available for purchase.

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