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All About Photo has selected the best photo contests, photography competitions and call for entries. This list of international photo competitions and photo contests is thoroughly curated to help photographers find their next creative breakthrough and keep up with all the current opportunities to gain exposure. Exhibition, cash prize, publication... find the photo contest that is right for you.
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Deadline: July 01, 2025
The Shadow Aspect
We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that explores the formal, conceptual, and metaphoric implications of the shadow. Some photographs focus on the shadow as pure visual form expressed through the creation of line, shape, pattern, and texture, while others may examine the cultural and psychological implications of the s
Deadline: July 01, 2025
On the Street: with Harvey Stein
Street Photography takes many forms and this call looks to provide an updated look at this exciting and often challenging form of photography. This is a chance to explore our world today, to present a largely unscripted reaction to what you see, what you experience and what captures your attention. We want to see the world from your perspective, from what’s outside your front door to what’s happening Downtown and everything in-between. We are looking to celebrate the chance encounters, the
Deadline: July 01, 2025
By The Sea
The Open Call, titled By the Sea, invites a dive into the sea as a source of endless fascination and meaning. From the stillness of calm waters and the energy of bustling harbours to stories of human connection, adventure, and environmental change, each perspective reveals a new layer of its significance. This is a call to capture the sea’s presence in all its emotion. Let the sea’s vastness, beauty, and depth inspire images that resonate far beyond the shoreline. Exhibition Detai
Deadline: July 01, 2025
The Analog Forever Exhibit 2025
At the dawn of photography our hopes and sights were set on finding the science that would allow us to produce an image with light and to display the latent image. It was the inquisitive scientific mind, the human hand and creative ideas that furthered the Art of Photography. In the world today current photographic technology and past process discoveries are merging and we see creative photographic works that use both modern resources and the touch of the human hand with historical photographic
Deadline: July 01, 2025
Photography+ Emerging Talent Issue
We are excited to announce the launch of the open call for the Photography+ Emerging Talent Issue. We invite recent MA and BA graduates, and image-based artists within the first five years of their practice, to submit their work for the opportunity to be featured in the next issue of our online magazine, Photography+. Each year, we dedicate one Photography+ issue to showcase the work of recent graduates. This year, we are expanding this opportunity to support and celebr
Deadline: July 01, 2025
Embracing our differences: 2026 Exhibit
Artists possess a powerful tool to evoke social change. Without uttering a single word, they can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world. Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in creating a society where inclusion is embraced and individuality is celebrated. Become a part of this change by submitting your original art to Embracing Our Differences and its annual international outdoor juried art exhibit. Featuring 50 billboard-size images measuring 16 feet
Deadline: July 01, 2025
Critical Mass 2025
Critical Mass is an annual online program designed to foster meaningful connections within the photography world. Open to photographers at all levels and from anywhere across the globe, participants submit a portfolio of 10 images. After an initial pre-screening process, 200 finalists are selected to have their work reviewed and voted on by more than 150 distinguished international photography professionals. From this group, the TOP 50 are chosen, and a range of prestigious awards is presented.<
Deadline: July 02, 2025
Magic of Light
It’s all about the light! Light and shadow have been the foundation of photography since the beginning. While illumination is important, darkness is an equally compelling component and, together, the elements of a successful photograph. Entering Your Images You can enter your images online at www.SmarterEntry.com For best results, make sure your image is 1200 pixels @72 dpi on the longest side, Images should be in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Please name your files: Aband.Last N
Deadline: July 02, 2025
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists, a $10,000 grant, supports visual artists who are Black trans women. This grant is made possible entirely through support provided by visual artist Mariette Pathy Allen, whose body of photographic work over the last forty years has been squarely focused on expanding cultural consciousness around gender and transformation. The development of this grant was stewarded by consultant and writer Aaryn Lang, working in collaboration with Mari
Deadline: July 04, 2025
Resonance of Self
FREE ENTRY Photographers, visual designers and video artists are invited to submit 1 up to 3 works addressing the theme. The expression and the external reception of the "self" is always manifested in the same measure that one comes into contact with their environment or with others, through the transmission and the "resonances" of their own perceptions and emotions. In the exhibition "Resonance of Self" photography, video and digital art will make this idea theirs, elaborating new v
Deadline: July 06, 2025
Photographer of the Week 29
Showcase Your Talent: Become Our Photographer of the Week! Each week, from Monday morning to Sunday evening, you can submit up to 10 of your best shots! If your photo is chosen by our jury, you'll have your image featured across the All About Photo website and social media for an entire week. Don’t miss your chance to shine it's free! Showcase Your Talent: Become Our Photographer of the Week! For the entire week: Your winning photo will be sh
Deadline: July 07, 2025
PLACES AND SPACES
Showcase your unique perspective on the private and public spaces that define our everyday lives. Whether it’s the intimate corners of a home, the bustling energy of a public space, or the solitude of an abandoned room, we’re looking for work that captures the essence of interior spaces. ​ Benefits: The First Place entry will be offered a free Solo Exhibit in the gallery's Featured section. Digital badges will be awarded to all participants and Certificates will be gi
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Jun 17, 2025 | Source: Earth Photo
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Out of over 1,582 entries, a judging panel made up of experts from the fields of photography, film, geography and environment selected the Earth Photo 2025 shortlist: 195 images and 8 videos by 40 photographers and filmmakers from around the world. A selection of outstanding photography and film projects were chosen as the Earth Photo 2025 award winners.

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Contest
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We can’t think of a better day than Nature Photography Day to announce this year's Grand-Prize-winning image, Lemur’s Tough Life, photographed by Donglin Zhou of Hangzhou, China! This incredible image captures the moment a Common brown lemur makes a harrowing leap from one towering cliffside to another while carrying her baby on her back.
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Contest
May 28, 2025 | Source: Picto Foundation
Since 2016, Picto Foundation, PICTO laboratories’ endowment fund, has been pleased to partner with Gens d’images to celebrate and support the Niépce Prize. The 70th edition of the Niépce Gens d’images Prize has just been awarded to British-French photographer photographer Ed Alcock.
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Beauty can be found in every facet of life. The Lucie Foundation invites you to explore the concept of beauty especially in places less obvious. These forms of hidden beauty can be unconventional, unexpected, and misunderstood but revealed through photography. What is beautiful to you?
Announcing the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist
Contest
Apr 16, 2025 | Source: Aperture
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