We are excited to announce the launch of the open call for the Photography+ Emerging Talent Issue.
We invite recent MA and BA graduates, and image-based artists within the first five years of their practice, to submit their work for the opportunity to be featured in the next issue of our online magazine, Photography+.
Each year, we dedicate one Photography+ issue to showcase the work of recent graduates. This year, we are expanding this opportunity to support and celebrate the innovative contributions of international voices within the first five years of their artistic practice.
10 Awardees will receive the following
- Feature in the next issue of Photography+, our online magazine.
- A selected artist will receive a one-year Photoworks membership, along with mentoring from our curatorial and editorial teams.
- Our printing partner, Spectrum Photographic, will award a selected artist a £200 printing voucher and an Instagram takeover on their account
Artists will be selected through this open call, and a jury panel of curators, editors, and artists will make the final selections.
How to enter
This is a free of charge international open call and all recent graduates and emerging artists are welcome to apply. Please submit via Picter up to 10 images from a single project alongside a statement of no more than 200 words by 30 June 2025.
Please be aware that you can enter once with one single project only – we cannot accept multiple projects. Your entry does not necessarily need to be your final graduation project, you can submit any recent body of work.
This opportunity is funded by Photoworks, Picter and our print partner Spectrum Photographic. Photoworks is a registered charity and part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio.
Jury
Mariama Attah
Mariama Attah is a curator, writer and lecturer with a particular interest in overlooked visual histories, and understanding how photography and visual culture can be used to shorten the distance between art, artists, and communities. Mariama is currently Director of Metal Culture Liverpool.
Louise Fedotov-Clements
Louise is the Director of Photoworks where she leads the strategic vision and artistic direction of the organisation. Established in 1995, Photoworks is an international platform focused on the development of photography through a programme of exhibitions, residencies, publications, engagement and the biennial Photoworks Festival.
Jermaine Francis
Jermaine Francis is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily with photography, video, and other mediums. His practice is characterised by investigations into the parameters of these mediums, and how they shape our understanding of visual culture. He explores their roles in storytelling and the construction of memory within contemporary and historical narratives.
Katy Hundertmark
Katy Hundertmark is an Amsterdam-based artist, editor and curator with a special interest in art practices that reframe and expand the photographic canon. She currently works as managing editor of Foam Magazine as well as curator at Foam Museum, and writes a Substack newsletter on all things photography and publishing, called Dear Midnight. Through an international approach she aims to create cross cultural connections and mutual understanding between makers, audiences and institutions worldwide.
Amin Yousefi
Amin Yousefi, born in 1996 in Abadan, Iran, is a London-based writer, researcher, and image-based artist. His practice focuses on the implications of archival processes, methods for reversing imperial violence in the Middle East, and how photography can conceptually mirror complex power structures. Yousefi has been working as the Assistant Curator and Editor for Photoworks since 2024.
