What the Streets Hold – Street Photography Open Call
- Deadline: 15 January 2027
- Website: https://decagongallery.com/what-the-streets-hold-entry
Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit to WHAT THE STREETS HOLD, a juried open call for street photography about what people reveal without intending to: how they wait, protect themselves, occupy space, move toward one another, or remain separate while standing side by side. Photographs may be made on streets, in stations, markets, public transport, neighborhoods, or anywhere strangers temporarily share the same place. A person may be central to the image, barely visible, or present only through what they have left behind. The gallery is not looking only for dramatic events or perfectly timed gestures, but for photographs that make the viewer pause because something in them feels known.
Juror: Teona Machavariani, Curator and Artistic Director of Decagon Gallery.
Selected photographers receive an online exhibition (February 10 – April 10, 2027), publication in a professionally designed catalog, and digital badges and certificates.
Fees:
Paid
Prizes:
$1,000 in cash awards: First Place $500, Second Place $250, Third Place $150, two Honorable Mentions $50 each, plus a Human Presence Award (free entry to a future Decagon exhibition). Online exhibition and printed catalog for selected artists.
Eligibility:
Open to photographers worldwide; all photographic processes and styles.
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
Photographers retain all rights, including copyright, to their photographs. Entrants grant Decagon Gallery the right to publish selected photographs in the online exhibition and catalog and to promote the exhibition on social media and in newsletters.