Circulation(s) 2026 Open Call

The 16th edition of the Circulation(s) festival will take place at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, a cultural venue in eastern Paris, from 21 March to 17 May 2026, and will continue in the form of tours and off-site events in France and Europe.

Overview

For the past 15 years, Circulation(s) festival promote a modern and inclusive vision of photography. It 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 Circulation(s) festival program is overseen by the artistic direction of the Fetart collective, made up of independent curators specializing in emerging photography.

Practical Info

The call for entries is open to all photographers of European nationality and/or resident in Europe at the start of their careers, with no age limit, who have never had a major exhibition in France. There is no set theme and 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).

Applicants must send a file via the online form, accessible on the Circulation(s) festival website, including a written biography of approximately 10 lines, in French or English, specifying the candidate's career, important dates, past exhibitions and/or major publications; one photographic series; an explanatory text on the series presented, approximately 20 lines long, in French or English; and a maximum of 20 images from the series presented. Each applicant may send a supplementary document, maximum 10 pages, containing for example a scenographic intention, views of previous exhibitions, or any other element useful for the study of his/her application.

Fetart collective will be responsible for the production of prints, laminations and framing of the photographs exhibited, within the limit of a budget defined by the festival and communicated to the artist in November 2025. The prints, except for prints on specific media, will be made in their partner laboratory. All works produced remain the property of the photographers. The transport of the works already produced by the artist, which are on loan for the festival, will be taken care of by the Fetart association.

About Fetart Collective

Fetart is the creator and organiser of the Circulation(s) festival. The artistic direction is fully handled by the artistic committee of the collective, composed of 8 independent curators specialised in emerging photography. Fetart also relies on a permanent team and brings together a community of passionate volunteers with extensive expertise.