Colour photograph of an elderly person walking along the street past a shuttered shop front that has “STEAL FROM THE RICH” spray-painted in front.

DBPFP26: Rene Matić

Rene Matić (b. 1997, Peterborough, UK) is shortlisted for the exhibition AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH , at CCA Berlin, Germany (8 November 2024 – 15 February 2025). 

Black and white photograph of a woman behind a net curtain, holding two babies in each of her arms.

DBPFP26: Amak Mahmoodian 

Amak Mahmoodian  (b. 1980, Shiraz, Iran) is shortlisted for the exhibition  One Hundred and Twenty Minutes at the Bristol Photo Festival, UK, in collaboration with Multistory (16 October – 17

Colour photograph of a woman’s head with tubes stuck around her head

DBPFP26: Weronika Gęsicka 

Weronika Gęsicka  (b. 1984, Włocławek , Poland) is shortlisted for the publication  Encyclopaedia , published by BLOW UP PRESS and Jednostka Gallery in November 2024. 

Black and white photograph of a woman handcuffed in a bed with tubes and straps taped to her stomach.

DBPFP26: Jane Evelyn Atwood

Jane Evelyn Atwood (b. 1947, New York, USA) is shortlisted for her publication  Too Much Time / Trop de Peines , a revised, bilingual reprint of two works originally published in

a colour photograph of a street in New York. a glitched image of a suitcase is overlaid on top of an object. it is a screenshot of an artwork by Philipp Schmitt.

Last chance to apply!

20 Oct 2025 - 20 Nov 2025

Open Call: ghost in the loop

The Photographers’ Gallery and Goethe-Institut London invite proposals for two micro-commissions from artists or collectives based in the UK or Germany.

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