Human Body: The Art of Seeing Ourselves

Decagon Gallery

Free

About the Open Call

The human body is more than form — it is evidence of experience, memory, movement, and life itself. Human Body: The Art of Seeing Ourselves invites photographers to look beyond surface appearances and explore how the body becomes a language of presence — where vulnerability and strength, gesture and stillness, identity and universality intersect. We seek photographs in which the body is not simply depicted but felt: a mirror of emotion, history, culture, and the quiet truth of being alive. Whether through intimate portraiture, expressive gesture, formal abstraction, or experimental approaches, show us how your vision of the human body reveals what is deeply human.

What is Offered

$1,000 total in cash prizes ($500 for First Place, $300 for Second Place, $200 for Third Place). First Place also receives a Solo Online Exhibition. All selected works are included in a professionally designed catalog (print and digital), a YouTube video showcase, and international promotional campaigns.

Requirements

The call is open to photographers worldwide. Submissions are not limited to self-portraits or classical nudes and should interpret the human body beyond traditional portraiture.

How to Apply

Submit JPEG files (2100px minimum, max 4MB each, 300 dpi) via the online submission form. Title each file with your name and the title of the work.

Key Information

Deadline

January 31, 2026

Categories

Photography