Pride Photo 2026 Open Call
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Opens1 Nov 2025
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Deadline31 Dec 2025
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Entry feeFREE
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The Pride Photo Foundation strives to expand its horizons, and those of its audiences, through a rich, multi-faceted, and diverse collection of stories representing the global LGBTQIA+ community.
Overview
The contest aims to showcase a diverse and multifaceted representation of the global LGBTQIA+ community through photography, offering both exposure and financial recognition for selected photographers. Chosen artists will receive €500 for each work included in the Pride Photo Exhibition 2026. They will gain exposure to visual arts professionals, photography lovers, thousands of visitors, and the media through exhibition displays and online platforms. Their work will also be featured on Pride Photo’s website and social media, credited and tagged where possible.
Practical Info
Participants can submit either a series of images (3–15 images per project) under the Stories category or single images (up to 5 per project) that tell a story in a single frame. Each photographer may submit a maximum of two projects per application, and multiple applications from the same artist are allowed. Applicants must provide personal information, biography (up to 1,500 characters) and CV. All photographic formats and approaches, including documentary photography, portraiture, collage, photographic intervention, or AI-assisted imagery, are welcome.
Selected photographers will receive €500 for each work included in the Pride Photo Exhibition 2026, which will be shown in Amsterdam and travel internationally over the following year. Their work will also be featured online and on social media platforms, providing global exposure to visual arts professionals and the public.
About Pride Photo
Pride Photo is an Amsterdam based non-profit organisation founded in 2010, which aims to celebrate, and create awareness around, the multiplicity of LGBTQIA+ experience through the medium of photography and visual storytelling. By bringing together the work of international photographers, artists and makers, Pride Photo strives to represent the plurality and diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community. Pride Photo has been recognised by the Dutch tax authorities as a Public Benefit Organisation (ANBI), which classifies the organisations efforts as committed to the public benefit.
