Open call Rotterdam Photo 2027

Show us your most powerful photographic project. Rotterdam Photo invites photographers worldwide to submit bold, original work for our 2027 festival. Be part of an international celebration of photography in the heart of Rotterdam.

Theme 2027: VIBRANCE – The Pulse of a Living World

Vibrance is an exploration of energy in its many forms – from the intimate to the collective, from physical presence to digital intensity.

In a time where narratives are often shaped by crisis and fragmentation, this theme turns toward what continues to move, connect, and generate meaning. Vibrance is not only movement, but tension, rhythm, resistance, and transformation. It exists in bodies coming together, in cities in flux, in cultural expression, and in the invisible forces that shape everyday life.

We invite photographers to interpret Vibrance freely – as a social condition, emotional state, visual rhythm, or conceptual framework.

Your vision. Our city. Your moment. Enter Rotterdam Photo 2027 and be part of it!