The PhMuseum 2026 Photography Grant Is Now Open For Submissions

Present your work for €10,000 in money prizes, solo exhibitions and screenings at worldwide festivals, portfolio critiques, and options on-line and within the PhMuseum Annual printed journal.

The 14th version of the PhMuseum Photography Grant is now welcoming submissions. From at the moment, you may current your tasks to the open name that gives €10,000 in money prizes to help photographers and recognise the significance of visible storytelling. Beyond the financial prizes, your work can be thought of for a number of alternatives to exhibit, get suggestions, and publicity on-line and in print.

Three candidates can be granted solo exhibits due to our collaboration with main pictures establishments. For the eighth consecutive 12 months, the group of PhEST (Monopoli, Italy) will choose a venture to be exhibited in the course of the eleventh version of the competition in Summer 2026. For the seventh time in a row, one other work can be exhibited at Getxophoto (Getxo, Spain), chosen by head curator Maria Ptqk for the primary programme of the twentieth version of the Basque competition. In addition to the present manufacturing, the chosen artist will obtain a €400 payment and lodging for two nights in the course of the Opening Week. Moreover, a 3rd artist will exhibit at PhMuseum Lab (Bologna, Italy) in February 2027 throughout ArteFiera, the oldest artwork truthful in Italy, whose program additionally consists of greater than 80 exhibitions throughout city. The prize consists of manufacturing prices plus journey and keep.

Plus, Krzysztof Candrowicz and Mafalda Ruao will invite an artist to be a part of Photo-Match at Lodz Fotofestiwal 2026. The group will cowl journey and lodging to permit the prize recipient to attend the progressive presentation and portfolio evaluate in Lodz, Poland, in June 2026.

Additionally, 9 candidates will obtain a free 30-minute on-line portfolio evaluate with a mentor of their selection from PhMuseum Education particular person program. Shortlisted tasks (as much as 40) can be screened at Lodz Fotofestiwal (Lodz, Poland), Kranj Foto Fest (Kranj, Slovenia), and PhMuseum Days (Bologna, Italy). All submissions can be eligible for publication within the second version of PhMuseum’s printed Annual Magazine, which can be launched on the subsequent version of PhMuseum Days in October 2026.

To enter, you’re invited to current a number of tasks that includes between 5 and 20 pictures. The theme is open, and any photographic method is welcome. All entries can be reviewed by an impartial jury comprised of Rafał Milach (Visual artist, Photographer, Artivist, and Educator), Charlotte Cotton (Curator, Writer, and Creative Consultant), Carmen Winant (Artist and the Roy Lichtenstein Endowed Chair of Studio Art on the Ohio State University), and Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo (Artist and Researcher). The evaluate will occur in March, with the shortlist being introduced in April.

Over the years, the PhMuseum Photography Grant has grown into a number one pictures prize, awarding photographers like Max Pinckers, Poulomi Basu, Jacob Aue Sobol, Diana Markosian, Alejandro Cartagena, Bieke Depoorter, Camille Lévêque, Tomas van Houtryve, Tara L. C. Sood, Jaclyn Wright, and Hashem Shakeri, amongst many others. We look ahead to persevering with this custom and discovering new voices.

The deadline is ready for 19 February, whereas there’s a decreased entry payment choice till 29 January. Learn extra and apply at phmuseum.com/g26