international open awards: reflecting the real

Photo Museum Ireland is delighted to announce its first-ever International Open Call Exhibition Awards, a global opportunity for photographers to showcase their work and gain international recognition.

We invite photographers from around the globe to submit works that explore the theme 'Reflecting the Real'. Submissions will be reviewed by an international panel of photography experts, who will select the shortlisted works for exhibition and the overall award winners.

Five winning artists will exhibit their work in a major exhibition in Photo Museum Ireland, the national centre for contemporary photography. The winners' work will be professionally printed, framed, and installed per the highest museum standards. The five winners will each receive a cash award of €1000 and will receive their exhibited fine art prints at the end of the show.

A broader selection of work by 15 shortlisted artists will be featured in a projection installation within the exhibition space and in a dedicated online gallery, offering photographers an exciting opportunity to gain global exposure and recognition.

In today's image-saturated world, often shaped by AI, misinformation, and the manipulation of truth, we increasingly turn to artists for authentic reflections on contemporary, lived realities. This Open Call invites artists to share their perspectives on authenticity, truth, and the human condition in contemporary society reflected through photography.