Photography Contest

Circulation(s) Call for applications 2026

Circulation(s) Call for applications 2026

Deadline |

CLOSED

Theme |

Open

Territory |

Europe

Eligibility |

The call for entries is open to all European photographers or photographers residing in Europe, at the beginning of their career as authors

Entry Fees |

20 Euros - Free until June 30

Prizes |

Exhibition
For the past 15 years, Circulation(s) festival promote a modern and inclusive vision of photography. He has more than a decade of discovering new emerging talent, and still a burning desire to make new visual writing accessible to all.

Every year, the festival brings together the general public, artists and professionals around a multi-faceted, adventurous and innovative program that questions the boundaries between photography and contemporary art. It’s the must-attend event for tomorrow’s photography.

The call for entries is open to all photographers of European nationality and/or resident in Europe
• The call for entries is open to all photographers at the start of their careers, with no age limit, who have never had a major exhibition in France.
• There is no set theme
• All applicants are welcome to submit photographic projects that mix formats or involve other media such as video, installation or sound
• Group projects are accepted
• The use of artificial intelligence to produce all or part of the images in the series presented must be explicitly mentioned in the application (at least in the text presenting the series)

Pre-selection of applications by the Fetart collective: August – September 2025
Winners announcement: mid-October 2025
The next edition of the Circulation(s) festival will take place from March 21 to May 17 2026 at the CENTQUATRE-PARIS. The festival also extends to satellite locations in France, Europe and internationally with off the walls events or tours.

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