9th International photo competition for young photographers from the Central and East Europe (CEE).
The open call for young and emerging artists in the field of contemporary art photography, organised by Photon Gallery – Centre for Contemporary Photography from Ljubljana, enters its 9th edition this year.
The call is open to artists up to 35 years old (including those born in 1986) working in the region CEE (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia) and Austria or originating from these states and working abroad.
With this open call we would like to promote artistic photography. Therefore, the jury will give preference to works that show originality, unconventionality and innovation both in their formal approach and in relation to the selected themes and concepts. There is no set theme for the call for entries. We accept work from the broad spectrum of photography and related practises (photography, photomontage, photocollage, photographic installation, appropriation of found photographs, etc.).
The first prize is €1,000 towards the production costs of a solo exhibition at Photon Gallery in 2022. The 10 best applicants will be rewarded with € 200 for production costs and their work will be exhibited in a group exhibition in Ljubljana, Vienna and elsewhere.
THE JURY
The selection of the artists and the works will be in the hands of an international 3-member jury, composed of Martin Fojtek, the director of the renowned Galerie Fotografic in Prague, Jošt Dolinšek, the winner of the Different Worlds 2020, and Špela Pipan, a curator at Photon Gallery.
THE APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:
- The author’s portfolio with a maximum of two completed projects or projects in progress, each of which can contain a maximum of 10 photos with a resolution of at least 1,800 pixels on the long side in PDF or JPG format.
- The description of the projects and concepts (in English) with a maximum of 1,500 characters.
- A brief biography of the applicant.
- Additional technical information: Format and dimensions of the works, optimal way of presentation in an exhibition format.
SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION
The complete application should be packed in a zip file and have the following title:
Name_Surname_ProjectTitle.zip.
Please send the zip file along with the application form at
If you have any problems submitting your application, please contact us at info@photon.si.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Applications should be submitted by midnight on Friday, October 15 27, 2021.
Applicants will be notified of the results of the call by Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
THE EXHIBITION
The work of the selected artists will be presented in a group exhibition at Photon Gallery, expected to open in mid-November 2021 (exact date to be announced). The exhibition, accompanied by a small catalog, will then travel from Ljubljana to Photon Gallery Vienna and also to other cities where the partners of the project are located. The exhibition Different Worlds 2020 traveled to Vienna and to Galerie Fotografic in Prague in 2021.
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information contact us at info@photon.si and phone number +386 59 977907 (Monday to Friday from 12 to 18); contact person: Špela Pipan.
