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CALL FOR ENTRY: PLACES AND SPACES Online Photography Exhibition
Theme: PLACES AND SPACES
Deadline: June 30, 2025
What does it mean to belong to a place—or to feel out of place entirely?
The Decagon Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit to PLACES AND SPACES, an online photography exhibition exploring the environments we live in, move through, or envision. From expansive landscapes to intimate interiors, from busy urban scenes to quiet retreats, this juried show highlights how spaces influence us—and how we transform them in return.
All interpretations are welcome: documentary or conceptual, urban or rural, personal or political, literal or abstract. Surprise us.
JUROR: Matthew Christopher
Matthew Christopher has had an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child, and started documenting them in 2006 while researching the decline of the state hospital system. Since then, he has photographed and written about the ruins of schools, churches, industrial sites, amusement parks, malls, hotels, and prisons across the world, including defunct auto factories in Detroit, former gold mining towns in California, and the rusting husk of what was once the largest and fastest ocean liner built in the United States. His website, Abandoned America, has been featured in books, magazines, and media outlets worldwide, including The New York Times, ABC and NBC News, The Atlantic, Photographer’s Forum, and many more. His articles chronicling the lost histories of iconic places and the disastrous social consequences of our disposable culture have appeared in numerous publications and media outlets.
AWARDS:
First Place: $500 cash prize and an online Solo exhibition
Second Place: $300 cash prize
Third Place: $200 cash prize
Juror’s Awards and Honorable Mentions
All selected photographers will receive a digital award badge
Selected work will be published in a printed exhibition catalog available for purchase.
A short video presentation will be created and shared on YouTube and the gallery website and social media.
ENTRY FEES:
$24 for up to 4 images
$4 each for entries 5 through 8
Two additional entries free if submitting 8 paid entries (up to 10 total)
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
Exhibition Opens: July 15, 2025
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
All submissions must be original works of photography.
Open to all photographers over 18, worldwide
Format your files to be at least 2100 pixels on the long side, and under 3 mb.
Name the files: “FirstName-LastName_title.jpg”
For more information, please visit the Event Website.
