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Human Body

the art of seeing ourselves

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    an online photo exhibition

Cash Awards • Solo Exhibition • Global Exposure

Deadline: January 31

“In my work … I combine still photography and video to capture these extended moments of reflection and allow for the grandeur and magic of The Everyday to unfold.”

- Lynn Bianchi, juror

Why Submit?

 

šŸ’µ Submissions start at only $5

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šŸ’µ Cash Awards:

$1,000 total in prizes

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šŸ–¼ A Solo Exhibition for the First Place winner

 

šŸ“• Exhibition Catalog

professionally designed, available in print & digital

 

šŸŽ„ YouTube Video

showcase of selected works

 

šŸŒ International Reach

promoted via newsletters, press, and social media

 

🚚 No Shipping Hassles — entirely online

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Theme: Human Body

the art of seeing ourselves

Human Body: The Art of Seeing Ourselves invites photographers to look beyond the surface—to see the human form not merely as a subject, but as a mirror of experience.


Every curve, every line, every gesture becomes a language of its own, expressing vulnerability, resilience, and grace. Through light and shadow, through texture and tone, the camera reveals what is universal in each of us: the quiet truth of being alive.


This exhibition celebrates the body as both art and evidence—an ever-changing landscape that carries memory, emotion, and the stories of our shared humanity.

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"I feel that fate has guided me to you. I don’t know how to fully thank you, but your work has created a real light in this world of darkness and challenges, making a meaningful difference in the lives of people like me."

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Awards & Recognition

 

  • First Place: $500 + Solo Online Exhibition 

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  • Second Place: $300

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  • Third Place: $200

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  • Juror’s Awards and Honorable Mentions

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​         Above awards will receive a free catalog*

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  • All Selected Photographers are featured in the Human Body exhibition, catalog, video, and social promotions

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*Free catalogs are offered only to places Blurb delivers to.

Key Dates

 

  • Deadline: January 31

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  • Notification of Acceptance: February 20​

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  • Exhibition Launch: Feb. 20 — Apr. 20, 2026

Entry Fees

 

  • Special Offer: Enter just one image: $5

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  • $25 for entering 2 to 4 images

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  • Additional Images (after 4): $4 each

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  • Bonus: Enter 8, get 2 more free (up to 10 total)

How to Submit

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  • Submit below

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  • JPEG files, 2100px minimum, max 4MB each (300 dpi accepted)

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  • Title each file with your name + title

Timeline & Terms

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  • Selected works announced by email

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  • All participants receive a digital badge

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  • Artists retain full copyright. Decagon requests only exhibition/marketing rights

Juror: Lynn Bianchi​​​

Lynn Bianchi is a fine art photographer and multimedia artist whose work has been exhibited internationally in more than thirty solo shows and in major museums around the world. Her photographs have appeared at the Brooklyn Museum, Yale Art Gallery, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, and the Art Gallery of Ontario, among others. Servitude I from her renowned Heavy in White series was acquired by the Walker Art Center in 2019 and featured in its catalogue The Expressionist Figure, alongside works by Edgar Degas, Willem de Kooning, David Hockney, and Pablo Picasso.

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Bianchi’s art explores the intersection of stillness and movement, merging photography and video to create meditative reflections on the grandeur and magic of the everyday. In her words, she seeks to use technology “to capture extended moments of reflection and allow for the grandeur and magic of The Everyday to unfold.” Her work has been featured in over forty publications, including The Huffington Post, Vogue Italia, AnOther Magazine, Frames Magazine, and Analog Forever Magazine, and is held in numerous private and public collections, such as the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, Musée Ken Damy in Italy, and 21c Museum in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Based in New York City, Bianchi continues to push the boundaries of photographic expression, recently exhibiting at The Untitled Space and The Armory Show.

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