chateaugallery Competitions / Calls for Entry
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Memory: What Remains
Every photograph becomes a record of something that no longer exists in precisely the same way. A moment passes. A place changes. A person ages. A relationship ends. A building disappears. Even as photography attempts to preserve experience, it simultaneously reminds us of its impermanence.
Memory: What Remains explores this tension between preservation and loss. The exhibition seeks photographs that investigate what endures after time has passed and what traces remain when people, places, and experiences recede into memory. We invite artists to reflect on the visible and invisible remnants of the past and to consider how photographs themselves function as vessels of remembrance.
Memory: What Remains is an international open call for photographers and visual artists ages 18 and older. Digital, film, alternative process, documentary, fine art, conceptual, experimental, and mixed-media photographic works are welcome.
Elemental: Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Elemental is a photography exhibition centered on earth, air, fire, and water. The elements are not just scenery. They are pressure, weather, heat, erosion, breath, flood, smoke, stone, ash, light, atmosphere, and survival. They shape the physical world, but they also carry emotional weight. They can suggest beauty, danger, memory, destruction, renewal, and transformation.
We are seeking photographic and lens-based work that engages with one or more of the four elements, either directly or symbolically. The work may be quiet, violent, minimal, surreal, documentary, abstract, staged, or experimental. A photograph of water does not have to be about water. A photograph of fire does not have to show flame. The strongest images may come from what the elements leave behind.
Elemental: Earth, Air, Fire, Water is an international open call for photographers and visual artists ages 18 and older. All forms of two-dimensional images, traditional and non-conventional media, and conventional or alternative photographic processes with an analog or digital photographic base are welcome.
The Art of Abandonment
The Art of Abandonment explores abandoned and rediscovered objects, locations, and structures. Through the captured image, we can glimpse the memory of ourselves: and our surroundings and preserve them before being lost to time and place. What do these structures and ephemera convey about humanity as we leave them to decay? What is the essence of time and place, and whom or what are we abandoning?
The Art of Abandonment is an international open call for photographers ages 18 and older. All forms of two-dimensional images, traditional and non-conventional media, and conventional or alternative photographic processes with a subjective analog or digital photographic base are welcome for submission.
The Narrative
A narrative can tell stories about a wide range of subjects, recount tales from religion, myth, legend, history, and literature, or examine existential questions, such as the meaning of life, death, and the nature of reality. A well-crafted narrative can transport us to another time and place, entertain, educate, and inspire or help us to view the world in a new way, reminding us of our shared humanity and the beauty of the world around us. Tell us, what's your story?
The Narrative is an international open call for photographers ages 18 and older. All forms of two-dimensional images, traditional and non-conventional media, and conventional or alternative photographic processes with a subjective analog or digital photographic base are welcome for submission.
In the Nude Volume No. 2
In the Nude Volume No. 2 is a photography exhibition that strips away pretense to confront the raw, unapologetic beauty of the human body. From the divine proportions of antiquity to the stark vulnerability of contemporary flesh, these works expose the nude not as an object to be idealized, but as a living canvas of desire, defiance, and truth. In the Nude Volume No. 2 is an international open call for photographers ages strictly 18 and older. All forms of two-dimensional images, traditional and non-conventional media, and conventional or alternative photographic processes with a subjective analog or digital photographic base are welcome for submission.