Brave New Visions: Creativity as Rebellion is PhotoVogue’s global open call, inviting photographers and video makers from around the world to submit work that engages with the present through original and compelling visual storytelling.
SUBMIT NOW!
Who
Delali Ayivi
When
May 14, 2026 to September 11, 2026 (11:59 PM CET).
Where
Online via Picter (Submit HERE)
Who can apply
Open to all artists aged 18 and above.
What we’re looking for
We welcome photography, video, and multimedia projects across all genres, including fashion, documentary, portraiture, fine art, and experimental work.
We’re looking for work that shows a clear point of view—whether through the ideas it explores, the emotions it stirs, or the strength of its visual language. This can take many forms, from powerful storytelling to images that stand out for their aesthetic impact.
Why this matters
In a time when images are constantly produced and quickly forgotten, this open call invites artists to create work that resists repetition, holds attention, and makes something felt.
Grants & Opportunities
– $12,000 in total grants awarded to three artists
– Presentation at the next PhotoVogue Festival
– Potential publication across Vogue’s global editions
– Participation in PhotoVogue Virtual Portfolio Reviews
Read more about the open call.
Kin Coedel
We are living through a time marked by violence, injustice, and speed. Wars continue. Atrocities unfold. Divisions deepen. Uncertainty grows.
And yet, even as the world becomes harder to bear, images move faster than ever. They pile up, repeat, and fade away. The more we see, the less we feel. A sense of déjà vu takes hold. A growing numbness. A quiet apathy.
One crisis follows another, and what should shake us risks being swallowed by the endless flow. What is urgent becomes familiar. What is unbearable risks becoming background noise.
Carla Rossi
In this landscape, it becomes harder to create work that holds attention, that stays with us, and that leaves a mark. This is true across visual culture—from documentary to fashion, from magazines to art practices. It’s not just because images are consumed so quickly, but also because these visual forms carry long histories. They are tied to old rules and expectations that make surprise hard to sustain.
At the same time, creative work happens within systems that often reward playing it safe. Across culture—from publishing to cinema to fashion—what is unfamiliar is softened, delayed, or shut out. Too often, the pressure is not to push further, but to stay clear, acceptable, and marketable.
And yet, this is exactly when new ways of seeing become necessary.
El Hardwick
The question is no longer just how to produce images, but how to create images that matter. And maybe more urgently: how to respond.
As artists and image-makers, how do we react to this situation? What do we choose to put into the world? What kind of images can still cut through the noise and fight indifference?
The answer is not what is expected. It is not what feels safe. It is what one has the courage to make visible now, in relation to the world we are living in.
Throughout history, moments of upheaval have sparked new artistic languages. These were never just styles—they were responses to conditions that demanded other forms, other gestures, other ways of seeing and saying. Today, the conditions are different, shaped by a globalized and hyper-connected image economy where everything circulates at once and at speed. What emerges may not be a single movement, but a scattered and urgent search across practices.
Andras Ladocsi
The Invitation
This open call does not ask you to illustrate a theme. It asks for a position. A position in relation to the world as it is. In relation to what you refuse. In relation to what you long for, question, resist, imagine, or defend.
There is no single answer. It might take the form of intimacy, care, or attention. It might take the form of confrontation, rupture, or refusal. It might involve invention, disobedience, new visual languages, new aesthetics, and the imagining of new worlds.
What matters isIt doesn’t matter if the work is fashion, art, documentary, photography, or video. What counts is the force, urgency, and necessity behind it.
To create in this context also means giving yourself a deeper kind of freedom. Freedom from repetition. Freedom from expectation. Freedom from needing approval. It means creating without the need to please.
Emma Sarpaniemi
At a time when so much is made to disappear into the endless stream, this open call invites you to resist that disappearance. Create from urgency, not habit. Create from conviction, not compliance.
Don’t just illustrate the world as it is. Respond to it.
Don’t do it because images alone can fix what’s broken, or because they need to shock to matter. Do it because images can still make things visible, still make them felt, and still make them present.
We’re looking for forms that unsettle or comfort, disturb or illuminate, confront or accompany. We want images that carry the weight of a real encounter. Images that don’t soften themselves to be accepted. Images that insist, in the face of indifference, that something is still at stake.
Because to see—and to help others see—is still a deep form of responsibility. And maybe now more than ever, an act of courage.
Alex Huanfa Cheng
How to Submit
Who We’re Looking For
We invite photographers and video makers from around the world whose work engages with the present through a distinct and compelling visual language. Across all genres—from fashion to documentary, portraiture, fine art, and beyond—we’re looking for practices that carry a strong point of view and a sense of necessity.
Eligibility & Submission Period
Submissions are free and open on Picter from Thursday, May 14th, until Friday, September 11th (closing at 11:59 PM CET).
The open call is open to all artists aged 18 and above.
If you’ve applied to a PhotoVogue Open Call before, we encourage you to submit a new project.
What to Submit
We welcome photography, video, and multimedia projects across all genres.
AI-generated works are not eligible.
You may submit:
– A series of up to 15 images, or a combination of images and video for multimedia projects
and/or
– A 60-second video trailer
Xavier Scott Marshall
Grants & Opportunities
A total of $12,000 in grants will be awarded to three artists whose work shows a powerful and necessary engagement with image-making today:
– $6,000 – Outstanding Vision Grant – For an artist whose work pushes the boundaries of visual language
– $4,000 – Vision Grant – For an artist with a strong and unique perspective
– $2,000 – Rising Voice Grant – For an emerging artist whose work shows clarity, originality, and promise
The international jury will be announced later, along with additional opportunities tied to the open call.
Li Hui
Recognition & Exposure
Selected artists will:
– Be presented at the next edition of the PhotoVogue Festival
– Have the opportunity to be published across Vogue’s global editions
– Be invited to participate in the next PhotoVogue Virtual Portfolio Reviews
More opportunities and updates will be shared throughout the open call.
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Devin Oktar Yalkin
About PhotoVogue
PhotoVogue is a global Condé Nast initiative dedicated to supporting artists and shaping a more conscious visual culture. Through its network of 32 markets and partners, it offers opportunities for publication, commissioning, exhibitions, and public programming.
Its mission is to champion talent, foster diversity, and promote visual literacy, contributing to a more just, ethical, and inclusive image-making landscape. Through both global and regional open calls, PhotoVogue continues to discover and amplify voices across geographies and communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here is a list of FAQs about Brave New Visions Creativity as Rebellion a global open call by PhotoVogue
Beginner Questions
1 What exactly is Brave New Visions Creativity as Rebellion
Its a global open call by PhotoVogue looking for photographers and visual artists who use their work to challenge the status quo The theme is about using creativity as a form of protest resistance or social change
2 Who can apply
Anyone 18 years or older from anywhere in the world can apply You dont need to be a professional photographer but you do need to submit work that fits the rebellion theme
3 Is it free to enter
Yes the open call is free to submit
4 What kind of work are they looking for
They want images that challenge normswhether thats about beauty politics gender race or the environment Think powerful thoughtprovoking or subversive visuals that tell a story of resistance or change
5 What do winners get
Selected artists get global exposure on Vogues platforms publication in a special editorial and the chance to be featured in a curated online gallery Some winners may also receive mentorship or portfolio reviews
6 How do I submit my work
You upload your images directly through the PhotoVogue platform during the submission period Youll need to create a free PhotoVogue account first
Advanced Practical Questions
7 Can I submit a series of images or just one
You can submit up to 10 images per entry Its often better to submit a cohesive series that tells a clear story about your rebellion rather than random single shots
8 Does my work have to be brand new or can I use existing projects
You can use existing work as long as it fits the theme and you own all the rights However creating new work specifically for the call can help you craft a stronger more focused narrative
9 What technical requirements do the images need to meet
Images should be highresolution in JPEG format and free of watermarks The exact file size limit will be listed on the submission page but aim for highquality files