​THE FORMAT

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HIGH 5 is Decagon Gallery’s short-format Open Call, open for only two weeks. Submit one photograph for $5, and invite one photographer to submit for free. One photograph will be selected as the winner, and that photographer will receive 5 free entries to future Decagon Gallery Open Calls.

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HUMANS

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There is no single way to photograph a person. Sometimes we come close. Sometimes we watch from a distance. Sometimes a photograph holds someone we have known all our lives, and sometimes someone who was in front of us for only a few seconds.

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For HUMANS, we are looking for photographs where human presence matters — a face, a body, a gesture, a relationship, a private moment, a chance encounter, or something harder to name. Portraits, street photography, documentary work, self-portraits, staged photography, family photographs, and experimental approaches are all welcome.

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The person does not need to be fully visible, and the photograph does not need to explain who they are. We are simply looking for images that make us feel there is someone there.

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ELIGIBILITY

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Open internationally to photographers 18 years and older.

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All photographic approaches are welcome.

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SUBMISSION

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Please submit one photograph in response to the theme HUMANS. Single entry · $5. Each paid submission includes one free invitation for another photographer. Invited submissions do not include an additional free invitation.

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AWARD

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One photograph will be selected as the HUMANS winner and the photographer will receive 5 free entries to future Decagon Gallery Open Calls. Selected photographs will be presented in the HUMANS online exhibition at Decagon Gallery.

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HOW TO SUBMIT

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Submit JPGs sized to 2100 pixels on the long side, without text, watermarks, or borders.

Preferably under 4 mb.

Name files: First Name-Last Name_Title.jpg

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PHOTOGRAPHERS RETAIN ALL RIGHTS,

 

including copyright, to their photographs. We will never distribute your photographs to anyone without your permission. You grant Decagon Gallery the right to publish your photograph in our online exhibition, in the exhibition catalog, and to promote the exhibition in social media and newsletters.