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The Moments of Color 2026 photography contest, hosted by Blank Wall Gallery, returns with a call focused on color’s role in shaping mood, atmosphere, and visual storytelling. Entry is free for up to five photographs, with submissions closing on September 18, 2026. Selected works will be exhibited at Blank Wall Gallery in Athens, Greece, from October 23 to November 4, 2026. For photographers looking beyond a single opportunity, Deartline’s photo contest list provides a broader calendar of current calls.
More than 100 printed photographs are presented in each gallery exhibition, while some selected works may also be shown on a 43-inch 4K digital screen. Photographers selected for a printed display pay €35, while those selected for digital display pay €15. Printing, framing, installation and the other exhibition arrangements are then handled by the gallery without additional charges.
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Prizes
Moments of Color 2026 by Blank Wall Gallery main opportunity is selection for a physical or digital gallery exhibition in Athens, accompanied by online presentation and promotion.
- Printed Exhibition Selection: More than 100 printed photographs are exhibited. Blank Wall Gallery prints selected photographs on 260 gsm paper and provides framing, hanging, press releases, invitations, opening-night arrangements and supervision. Selected photographers whose work is printed pay a €35 exhibition fee.
- Digital Exhibition Selection: Some artists may be selected to present their work on a 43-inch 4K digital screen. The participation fee for photographers selected for this format is €15.
- Online Promotion: Selected artists are presented on the Blank Wall Gallery website, adding an online component to the physical exhibition.
- Sales Opportunities: If a collector expresses interest in an exhibited work, the gallery connects the collector directly with the photographer and takes no commission from the sale.
The exhibition model therefore separates submission from participation costs: entering the call is free, and only photographers whose work is selected for display are charged.
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Categories and Themes
The Moments of Color 2026 does not use separate categories. Instead, the entire call revolves around color photography and the ways color can influence emotion, narrative and perception. The subject itself is unrestricted: photographers may work with urban scenes, nature, landscapes, people, abstract compositions or everyday moments, provided color plays a central visual role.
This broad approach gives photographers room to interpret the theme through their own visual language rather than fitting work into narrower genre-based sections.
Dates and Entry Fees
The Moments of Color 2026 edition has a short selection period between the submission deadline and announcement of the chosen works, followed by the exhibition in Athens approximately one month later.
Key Dates
| Submission deadline: | September 18, 2026 |
| Choices announced: | September 22, 2026 |
| Exhibition opens: | October 23, 2026 |
| Exhibition closes: | November 4, 2026 |
Entry Fees:
- Submission: Free for up to 5 images
- Selected for printed exhibition: €35
- Selected for digital-screen exhibition: €15
How to Enter
Entries are submitted by email. Photographers should send up to five RGB JPG files, each measuring 1,800 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi. File names should follow the format lastname-firstname1.jpg, continuing numerically for additional photographs.
The email subject should contain the title of the contest. In the message, entrants should include their name, country of origin, contest title and the titles of the photographs with their corresponding file names. Photographers selected for exhibition must later provide a high-resolution file suitable for printing when requested.
Why Enter Moments of Color 2026?
Moments of Color combines a free initial submission with a concrete exhibition opportunity. That distinction is useful for photographers weighing photography contests to participate: there is no financial commitment unless work is actually chosen for presentation. The gallery also handles printing and exhibition production for selected printed works, while photographers retain the possibility of dealing directly with interested collectors without paying sales commission.
Rules and Copyright
We reviewed the official rules of the Moments of Color 2026 to summarize the key participation requirements, copyright terms and image usage conditions. Before entering, we recommend checking the complete rules published by the organizer.
Rules
Entrants must be at least 18 years old, and each photographer may submit up to five files. Only digital submissions are accepted. Initial files must be RGB JPG images measuring 1,800 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi. Photographers selected for the exhibition agree to provide a high-resolution file suitable for printing upon request.
Entrants must be the creators and copyright owners of the photographs they submit. The terms also require photographers to ensure that their images do not infringe third-party intellectual property or privacy rights and that permission has been obtained from people depicted where required.
Copyright and Image Usage
Copyright remains with the photographer during and after the exhibition. Blank Wall Gallery states that it does not obtain ownership of the works or the right to exploit the high-resolution files or exhibition prints commercially.
All photographs submitted to the competition may, however, be used to promote and advertise Blank Wall Gallery. The terms allow use for exhibition promotion, display on the gallery website, inclusion in an exhibition catalog, and marketing and promotional purposes across media without monetary compensation. Photographs used by the gallery are credited to their creators. The gallery also states that only a small 750-pixel file is retained for the functioning of its website.
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For more information and to participate in the contest, visit: the official website.
