photography competition and exhibition restart2026

The competition is open to emerging authors. We do not restrict submissions by place of residence, nor by age, nor by topic. The most important thing that the artist is starting his/her career or rethinking his/her creative strategies, conceptual approach and having a new series to share. The priority working technique should be photography, but we look openly at the submissions covering extended field of photography and lens-based art.

The series should consist of works which were never previously exhibited fully. The jury of artists, publishers and educators will choose 10 finalists. Their group exhibition will be opened in the end of July, 2026. There will be a catalogue published together with the exhibition. The three winners will be selected out of these finalists and announced at the exhibition opening.

This competition is one of the most important activities dedicated to emerging photographers in two-year plan to try to see what work is produced among the youngest future professionals and what kind of possible “forecast” we could expect. There are not so many competitions for emerging professionals here in Lithuania, so we deeply believe that participating here can be encouraging to keep working and a great possibility to show your work.