Deadline:
Sep 11, 2026About PhotoVogue and the Global Open Call:
PhotoVogue is Vogue Italia's global photography platform — one of the world's most prestigious visual arts platforms. Each year, PhotoVogue launches a Global Open Call inviting photographers and video makers worldwide to submit work that engages with the present through original visual storytelling.
The 2026 edition, "Brave New Visions: Creativity as Rebellion," embraces creativity as an act of rebellion — inviting artists to use image-making to challenge indifference, disrupt conventions, and expand visual storytelling. PhotoVogue seeks work that expresses a clear point of view, whether through ideas explored, emotions evoked, or the strength of visual language.
What They're Looking For:
Work that resists indifference and engages meaningfully with the present world. A clear point of view — conceptual depth, emotional resonance, or powerful visual language. Challenging conventions — pushing beyond expected narratives and aesthetics. All genres welcome: fashion, documentary, portraiture, fine art, experimental practices. Original work only — AI-generated content is NOT eligible.
Submission Format:
Three Grants + Beyond Money:
Selected artists also receive:
Nepal Eligibility and Relevance:
Nepal is fully eligible — the call is open to all artists aged 18+ worldwide with no geographic restrictions. Submission is free.
Nepal has a growing documentary photography and visual arts community producing internationally acclaimed work.
Nepal's rich visual landscape — from Himalayan peaks to Kathmandu Valley heritage, from Terai communities to mountain cultures — provides extraordinary material for compelling visual storytelling.
Nepal Visual Stories That Could Succeed:
Life in communities adapting to climate change — glacier retreat, flood-prone rivers, changing agriculture.
The human cost of migration — families separated, empty villages, returnees.
Post-earthquake rebuilding — communities reconstructing heritage, lives, and identity.
Caste, gender, and identity — visual exploration of social structures and their disruption.
Festival and ritual life — Indra Jatra, Dashain, Tihar, Holi as living cultural expression.
Faces of Nepal's diversity — 125+ ethnic groups, 123 languages.
Women leaders — from community forestry chairs to parliament members.
Ageing artisans — last practitioners of traditional crafts.
Migrant workers — before departure, abroad, upon return.
Kathmandu Valley transformation — urbanisation consuming heritage.
Mountain and light — Nepal's dramatic landscapes as visual meditation.
Sacred and profane — the collision of traditional and modern in everyday Nepal.
Climate and landscape — documenting environmental transformation through artistic lens.
Nepal's textile traditions — dhaka, pashmina, Tharu weaving — reimagined. C
ontemporary Nepali fashion designers using traditional materials.
Street style in Kathmandu — youth culture, identity, self-expression.
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McGraw Fellowship: Up to $15,000 + editorial support for experienced journalists producing investigative/enterprise stories with business/economic angle. 5+ years experience. Twice yearly. Nepal relevant.
