Metamorphoses international photo competition for Zaporizhzhia photographers
Verified by the editorial team 29 September 2026
Updated Added description and conditions; clarified this is a photo competition for Zaporizhzhia residents, not an NGO grant; application language is English
Summary
A photo competition for individual photographers, not a grant for organisations. The winner is invited to the opening of the 9th Month of Photography in Belfort (France) with up to five days of accommodation for them and a companion, and their series is printed and shown in the city centre. Submissions closed on 13 September 2026.
About the call
The competition is run by the city of Belfort in partnership with Zaporizhzhia and coordinated locally by the Culture and Tourism Department of Zaporizhzhia City Council and the Zaporizhzhia City Development Institute. The theme is Metamorphoses: transformations of the urban environment, personal and collective experience, memory and reality, or experiments with the language of photography itself.
Professional and amateur photographers living in Zaporizhzhia may take part. Entrants submit a finished series of 10-20 photographs, judged on relevance to the theme, artistic quality and originality.
The selected series will be printed at 60x80 cm and shown in central Belfort during the 9th Month of Photography (3-29 November 2026). The author is invited to the opening with up to five days of accommodation for themselves and one companion; travel costs are not covered.
Who can apply
- Professional photographers living in Zaporizhzhia
- Amateur photographers from Zaporizhzhia
Who cannot apply
- Organisations as legal entities
What the funds are for
- Printing and exhibiting the series in Belfort
- Up to five days of accommodation for the author and a companion
What is not funded
- Travel costs
Documents required
Forms and templates are on the call page
How to apply
- 1Prepare the application in English
- 2Send it to both moisdelaphoto@mairie-belfort.fr and contemp.art.center@gmail.com
- 3Submit by midnight on 13 September 2026
Questions and answers
- Could amateur photographers take part?
- Yes. Professional and amateur photographers living in Zaporizhzhia could take part, submitting a finished series of 10-20 photographs.
- Is the winner's travel to Belfort paid for?
- No. The author is invited to the opening with up to five days of accommodation for themselves and one companion, but travel costs are not covered.
Change history
- Updated: Added description and conditions; clarified this is a photo competition for Zaporizhzhia residents, not an NGO grant; application language is English
Donor contacts
Email: moisdelaphoto@mairie-belfort.fr, contemp.art.center@gmail.com
