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OVERCOMING – what remains standing

Things break. People struggle. Places change. And yet — something endures.

"Overcoming — What Remains Standing" invites photographers to submit work about survival, resilience, and what's left after hardship. We're looking for images that show what it means to get through something — whether that's personal loss, illness, grief, displacement, or simply the passage of difficult time. There's no single right approach: your work can be documentary or staged, abstract or portrait, raw or quiet. What matters is that it's honest.

All photographic processes and experience levels are welcome.

Juror: Douglas Beasley’s work explores the spiritual and emotional dimensions of people and place, seeking to reveal how the sacred can be recognized and expressed in everyday life.

Fees:

Paid

Prizes:

First Place: $500 + Solo Exhibition on the Decagon Gallery website
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Two Honorable Mentions: $50 each
Human Presence Nomination: Free entry to a future Decagon open call

Eligibility:

Open to all photographers, worldwide, over 18

Copyrights & Usage Rights:

Photographers retain all rights and copyrights to their submitted photographs. We will never distribute your photos to anyone. You grant Decagon Gallery the right to publish your photograph in the online exhibition, in the exhibit catalogue and to use your photograph to promote the exhibition.

Theme:

Multi-categories