Photography Contest
Black & White Photography Open Call 2025
Deadline |
11/15/25Theme |
Black and whiteTerritory |
WorldwideEligibility |
Open to allEntry Fees |
7 EurosPrizes |
ExhibitionHost |
Grid Photo GalleryBlack & White Photography Open Call 2025 at Grid Photo Gallery invites image-makers everywhere to explore the timeless strength of monochrome.
When color falls away, form, light, and emotion take the lead—whether you’re drawn to crisp contrasts, velvety midtones, or the quiet poetry of grain.
Show us portraits, street scenes, abstractions, architectures, landscapes, or moments in between—so long as the story lives in black and white.
This call celebrates the discipline’s clarity and depth: how a fleeting gesture, a weathered surface, or a dramatic silhouette can turn the ordinary into something iconic.
We welcome diverse approaches and techniques—from classic film to digital minimalism—provided the work engages with tone, shape, and light in ways that resonate.
Selected photographs will appear in a global online exhibition launching December 1, 2025.
The top three images will move forward for consideration toward “Photography of the Year,” and chosen works will be included in a printed catalog available for purchase.
Submissions are open now; the deadline to enter is November 15, 2025.
Entry fee: €7 per image, with no limit to the number of submissions.
Share your monochrome vision with a worldwide audience through Grid Photo Gallery.
Black & White Photography Open Call 2025 at Grid Photo Gallery invites you to distill vision to light, tone, and form—across portraits, streets, abstractions, and more.
Enter your strongest monochrome work.
Prizes:
Selected photographs will be displayed in an online exhibition at Grid Photo Gallery. In addition to this:
1st Place (“Photographer of the Month”):
Featured prominently in our virtual exhibition
Profile interview published on Grid Photo Gallery
Priority placement on promotional banners and posters
One free entry in the next open call
2nd & 3rd Places:
Highlighted in the virtual exhibition
All Selected Entries:
Displayed in our main-page exhibition for at least one month, then kept online permanently
Promoted via our social-media channels
Digital certificate of participation
Personal profile page on our platform, including a link to your website
The top three photographs from the Open Call will be eligible for the title “Photography of the Year.”
Selected works may be published in a printed catalog that will be available for purchase.
When color falls away, form, light, and emotion take the lead—whether you’re drawn to crisp contrasts, velvety midtones, or the quiet poetry of grain.
Show us portraits, street scenes, abstractions, architectures, landscapes, or moments in between—so long as the story lives in black and white.
This call celebrates the discipline’s clarity and depth: how a fleeting gesture, a weathered surface, or a dramatic silhouette can turn the ordinary into something iconic.
We welcome diverse approaches and techniques—from classic film to digital minimalism—provided the work engages with tone, shape, and light in ways that resonate.
Selected photographs will appear in a global online exhibition launching December 1, 2025.
The top three images will move forward for consideration toward “Photography of the Year,” and chosen works will be included in a printed catalog available for purchase.
Submissions are open now; the deadline to enter is November 15, 2025.
Entry fee: €7 per image, with no limit to the number of submissions.
Share your monochrome vision with a worldwide audience through Grid Photo Gallery.
Black & White Photography Open Call 2025 at Grid Photo Gallery invites you to distill vision to light, tone, and form—across portraits, streets, abstractions, and more.
Enter your strongest monochrome work.
Prizes:
Selected photographs will be displayed in an online exhibition at Grid Photo Gallery. In addition to this:
1st Place (“Photographer of the Month”):
Featured prominently in our virtual exhibition
Profile interview published on Grid Photo Gallery
Priority placement on promotional banners and posters
One free entry in the next open call
2nd & 3rd Places:
Highlighted in the virtual exhibition
All Selected Entries:
Displayed in our main-page exhibition for at least one month, then kept online permanently
Promoted via our social-media channels
Digital certificate of participation
Personal profile page on our platform, including a link to your website
The top three photographs from the Open Call will be eligible for the title “Photography of the Year.”
Selected works may be published in a printed catalog that will be available for purchase.
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