About

The competition is open to emerging authors. We do not restrict submissions by place of residence, nor by age, nor by topic. The most important thing that the artist is starting his/her career or rethinking his/her creative strategies, conceptual approach and having a new series to share. The priority working technique should be photography, but we look openly at the submissions covering extended field of photography and lens-based art.

The series should consist of works which were never previously exhibited fully. The jury of artists, publishers and educators will choose 10 finalists. Their group exhibition will be opened in the end of July, 2026. There will be a catalogue published together with the exhibition. The three winners will be selected out of these finalists and announced at the exhibition opening.

This competition is one of the most important activities dedicated to emerging photographers in two-year plan to try to see what work is produced among the youngest future professionals and what kind of possible “forecast” we could expect. There are not so many competitions for emerging professionals here in Lithuania, so we deeply believe that participating here can be encouraging to keep working and a great possibility to show your work.

What winners receive

• Works of all 10 finalists will take part in a group exhibition at Prospekto gallery (Gedimino ave. 43, Vilnius, Lithuania)

• Three jury selected finalists (who collected highest rates) will get the opportunity to make a personal exhibition at the Vilnius Photography Gallery (Stikliu str. 4, Vilnius, Lithuania) the following year. The organization will support partly the production costs.

• Printed catalogues of the exhibition will be shipped or given at the opening.

• All 10 finalists will be featured on the website www.photography.lt

• Works of all 10 finalists will be featured in a Projection night during the Symposium "NIDA. Meeting photography" in September.

About Lithuanian Photographers Association

From the very beginning the mission of the Lithuanian Photographers Association was to promote the art of photography in a way of exhibitions, books, lectures, or symposiums, that it would reflect the actual and the best what is going on in this lively field of constant change.

In 1973 Lithuanian Photographers Association opened Vilnius photography gallery, which was the only exhibition space devoted to the photography at the time. In 2000 when Lithuania was already an independent state the Lithuanian Photographers Association has opened a new photography gallery - Prospekto gallery after the title of Gedimino avenue where it is situated.

Both galleries show a wide range of photography styles from very classical black and white documentary to conceptual and contemporary photography. Beside local and international exhibitions the organization also publish books, organize lectures, every year organize International Photography Symposium "NIDA. Meeting Photography".

How to enter

• The competition is open to authors, who are 18 years old or older, living in Lithuania or abroad.

• Theme is open.

• The series should consist of 10 to 20 photographs, created no earlier than 2021.

• Dimensions of the images: 2500px on the long size is the default (4000px max)

• The series of photographs cannot be exhibited and published before (individual photographs may be displayed in group exhibitions or published in catalogues).

Judging Criteria

• Clear topic expressed in series of work.
• Innovative approach.
• Creative use of visual language.
• Creative use of media.
• Ability to explain the work.