Call to Photographers | Elemental | TCG Gallery
Submit up to 3 photographic or lens-based images engaging with the four elements (earth, air, fire, water) for a curated online exhibition.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 24 days left
- Entry fee
- $15
- Award
- Inclusion in curated online exhibition, full artist and artwork credit, promotion through gallery channels, and permanent website archive
- Location
- Online · organized from Online
- Exhibition window
- Oct 1, 2026 → Oct 31, 2026
- Applicants notified
- Sep 25, 2026
About
Overview
TCG Gallery invites photographers and lens-based artists worldwide to submit work for Elemental: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, a curated online exhibition centered on the physical, emotional, and symbolic force of the four elements. Documentary, fine art, conceptual, staged, surreal, abstract, experimental, alternative-process, and mixed-media photographic work is welcome.
Themes & Media Accepted
Work engaging with weather, atmosphere, erosion, flood, smoke, stone, ash, light, heat, breath, destruction, renewal, survival, and transformation.
Key Dates
- Submission deadline: September 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET
- Artist notifications: September 25, 2026
- Exhibition: October 1–October 31, 2026
Eligibility
Open to photographers and lens-based artists worldwide, ages 18 and older.
Submission & Fees
- Submit up to 3 images
- Entry fee: $15 USD
- Fee waivers available on request for artists experiencing financial hardship
Awards & Benefits
Approximately 35 images will be selected. Selected artists receive inclusion in the curated online exhibition, full artist and artwork credit, promotion through gallery channels, and a permanent website archive.
- Award
- Inclusion in curated online exhibition, full artist and artwork credit, promotion through gallery channels, and permanent website archive
- Entry fee
- $15 USD for up to 3 images; fee waivers available on request for artists experiencing financial hardship
- Entries per artist
- Up to 3
- Theme
- Work exploring the physical, emotional, and symbolic force of the four elements—earth, air, fire, and water—through themes of weather, atmosphere, erosion, flood, smoke, stone, ash, light, heat, breath, destruction, renewal, survival, and transformation.
- Eligibility
- Open to photographers and lens-based artists worldwide, ages 18 and older.
- Audience
- Ages 18 and older, worldwide
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