The Open Call List #38
Calls for Entry: November 18 - November 24, 2024
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Welcome to The Open Call List #38!
In this weekly newsletter, I share opportunities for photographers for exhibitions, publications, fellowships, grants, residencies, jobs, and more. My goal is to make the photography world more accessible, especially to emerging artists. While I include both free opportunities and calls for entry with submission fees, I only share opportunities that favor artists.
Opening Remarks:
This week’s Open Call List contains 18 calls for entry, seven of which are free to enter! Below are several international competitions and awards, opportunities to exhibit alt-process and photo collage, prizes, fellowships, photography festival exhibitions, several publication opportunities, a New Year’s commission, and more. As always, in the final section are photography-related jobs in the fine arts industry, as well as in academia.
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The Open Call List #38
Table of Contents
Open Calls Ending This Week
Upcoming Calls
Jobs
Open Calls Ending This Week
November 18 - November 24, 2024
Les Rencontres d’Arles’ Prix Découverte 2025 | Deadline: 11/18, Fee: FREE, Submission: Submissions are made collecting by an artist and representing organization, and include an artist bio, statement of organization, title and information of project, and estimated production budget for exhibition, Award: Two separate projects will be awarded €15,000 and €5,000, respectively, with works from winning projects being acquired into the Rencontres d’Arles collection. Both projects will also receive funding to exhibit at Les Rencontres d’Arles in June 2025.
Silver Eye Center for Photography’s Fellowship 25 (Award + Exhibition) | Deadline: 11/18, Fee $40, Awards: Six awardees will receive cash prizes between $500 and $1,000 as well as production and curatorial support, and all six will be included in Silver Eye’s Fellowship 25 exhibition in Spring 2025, Exhibition Location: Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Dek Unu Magazine’s Open Call (Publication) | Deadline: 11/20, Fee: FREE, Submission: 11 Images, CV, project commentary, Publication Includes: Dek Unu publishes one photo-based artist per issue of the magazine, and each issue includes 11 images, as well as accompanying text from the artist.
Fotofestiwal’s Open Call 2025 (Exhibition + Funding) | Deadline: 11/24, Fee: €15, Submission: Bio, 10-20 images from a single project, Selection Includes: Six artists will be selected for exhibition at Fotofestival in Łódź, Poland, and each artist will receive an honorarium of €400, accommodation during the festival’s opening weekend, travel reimbursement up to €300, and a production budget of €500, Festival Dates: June 2025.
Boutographies’ Open Call (Exhibition + Awards) | Deadline: 11/24, Fee: €23, Submission: 10-20 Images, project statement, bio, CV, Selection Includes: Various levels of selection include up to three nights’ accommodation during exhibition in Montpellier and/or Arles, purchase of works up to €5,500, eligibility for other awards, €100 in royalties, Exhibition Dates: May 10 to June 1, 2025.
Revela’t Festival’s 2025 Open Call (Exhibition + Award) | Deadline: (Extended) 11/24, Fee: €20, Submission: CV, bio, 10-15 images, project description, Awards: Three photographers will receive awards ranging from €500 to €1,500, and all will receive a small travel honorarium, one night’s accommodation during the festival’s opening weekend, a pass to the festival, and more, Exhibition Dates: TBD, Exhibition Location: Barcelona, Spain.
Upcoming Calls
Select Calls November 25, 2024+
Photoworks UK’s New Years Commission 2025 | Deadline: 11/25, Fee: FREE, Submission: Portfolio, proposal, personal info, Selection Includes: A commission to create a new image to mark and celebrate the start of 2025 for Photoworks UK, a payment of £500, and an Photoworks Instagram takeover in January 2025.
World Photography Organisation’s Sony World Photo Awards Student Competition | Deadline: 11/29, Fee: FREE, Submission: Award: One winner receives Sony digital imaging equipment worth approximately €30,000, as well as flights and accommodation for student and one tutor to award ceremonies in London, UK.
The Hand Magazine’s Issue #47 | Deadline: 11/30, Fee: $15-25, Submission: Up to 5 images, Publication Date: November 2024. Restriction: This call is open to photographers working with alternative and historic processes.
Analog Forever’s Edition 11 Open Call (Print Publication) | Deadline: 11/30, Fee: FREE, Submission: Bio, artist statement, up to 20 images, Selection Includes: Publication in Analog Forever’s 11th edition, printed and released Summer 2025. Restriction: This call is open to any form of analog photographic work.
The Independent Photographer’s Landscape Awards 2024 | Deadline: 11/30, Fee: $15 for 1 image, $30 for 3 images, $40 for 6 images, Submission: Up to 6 images, Awards: Ranging between $400 to $1,000, as well as exhibition in London, UK.
Film Photo Award’s Fall 2024 Open Call | Deadline: 12/1, Fee: $25 for students, $35 for others, Submission: Project proposal, CV, up to 15 images, Award Includes: Three awardees will receive between 75-100 rolls of film or 150-200 sheets of 4x5 film, as well as film processing, a feature on Lenscratch, and the student awardee will receive a 4x5 camera. Restriction: This call is open to photographers completing projects using film.
Smithsonian Magazine’s 22nd Annual Photo Contest | Deadline: 12/2, Fee: FREE, Submission: Up to 15 images per category, with information about process, camera used, and more for every image, Awards: Prizes range from $500 to $2,500. Note: Photographs can be entered in the following categories: Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Artistic, Drone/Aerial.
The Halide Project’s Living Image 2024/2025 (Exhibition + Award) | Deadline: 12/2, Fee: $40, Submission: Up to 3 images ($10 per extra image), Exhibition Dates: February 1 to March 16, 2025, Exhibition Location: The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Awards: One grand prize winner will receive $250, as well as the opportunity to show a body of work in The Halide Project’s annual Spring Invitational. Restriction: Artwork must be made using traditional, pre-digital photographic printing techniques.
Dust Collective’s Dust Publishing Prize | Deadline: 12/6, Fee: $25, Submission: 20-40 Images, project statement, screenshot of payment, Selection Includes: One winner will receive a photo book designed, edited, printed, and published by Dust Collective, including distribution and promotion, as well as a portion of personal copies of the book from the first print run.
Los Angeles Center of Photography’s Staring at the Cloud (Award + Online Exhibition) | Deadline: 12/10, Fee: Starting at $25, variable depending on amount of images, Submission: Image files, Award: Various awards range from $250 to $1,000, Exhibition Dates: January 30 to March 30, 2025, Exhibition Location: Virtual. Restriction: This call is open to photographic collages that combine analog and digital processes.
Blue Sky Gallery’s Pacific Northwest Drawers 2025 (Exhibition) | Deadline: 12/18, Fee: FREE, Submission: 10 Images, image information, CV, artist statement, Selection Includes: Selected photographers exhibition 10 prints each in flat file drawers for a full year accessible to visitors at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, OR USA, Restriction: This call is open to photographers who are current residents of Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington.
The Photography Foundation’s Photography Foundation Awards 2024 | Deadline: 12/31, Fee: One FREE image, then £8 for each subsequent image, Submission: Image files, Awards: Wide ranging awards include a £2,000 cash prize, a portfolio review, a Manfrotto tripod, and more.
Jobs
Note: When possible, job postings include application deadlines. When application deadlines are not public, the original posting date is included. Remote and hybrid listings are indicated.
Deputy Director, Luminary Arts, San Marcos, CA, USA (Posted: October 21).
Intern, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, DK, (Posted: October 22).
Assistant Director, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, USA (Posted: October 23).
Gallery Attendant, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, USA (Posted: October 23).
Artwalk Coordinator, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, USA (Posted: October 23).
Videographer, Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India (Posted: October 24).
Photographer, Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India (Posted: October 24).
Site Coordinator, Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India (Posted: October 24).
Digital Imaging Specialist, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY, USA (Posted: November 12).
Programme Assistant, Art at HMP Spring Hill via Ikon Gallery, Edgcott, UK (Deadline: November 18).
Teacher, EPQ in Photography, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK (Deadline: November 18).
Executive Assistant / Office Manager, Arts Council Indy, Indianapolis, IN, USA (Deadline: November 21).
Head of Productions, Marquand Books, Seattle, WA, USA (Deadline: November 28).
Intern (Paid), Aurora Photo Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA (Deadline: November 29).
Intern (Remote, Paid), Tiger Strikes Asteroid, USA (Deadline: November 30).
Community Outreach Coordinator, Baxter St Camera Club of New York, New York, NY, USA (Deadline: November 30).
Associate Director of Community Arts Education, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL, USA (Deadline: November 30).
Assistant Professor, Photography/Video, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA (Deadline: December 6).
Art Registrar, Driskell Center, College Park, MD, USA (Deadline: December 6).
Festival Producer, Format Festival, Derby, UK (Deadline: December 8).
Intern (Paid), Monument Lab, Philadelphia, PA USA (Deadline: December 9).
Intern (Unpaid), Bemis Center, Omaha, NE, USA (Deadline: December 15).
Book and Paper Conservator, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA (Deadline: December 18).
Professor of Practice, Photography, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA (Deadline: January 15).
Intern (Credit/Unpaid) Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, USA (Deadline: January 17).
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-Aidan Avery
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