PHMUSEUM DAYS 2021 Photo Festival • OPEN CALL

Last Updated: 12 April 2021

PHmuseum announce its first international photography festival that will take place in Bologna, Italy at DumBO, an area of urban re-generation that is transforming a former

railways deposit into a multifunctional space for the arts and the new generations, on September 23-26, 2021.

The starting point of this initiative is the PHmuseum Days 2021 Open Call, through which the organization aim to select works that will become part of the main program. The theme they have chosen is “A New Beginning” since it represents both the dawn of a new adventure for PHmuseum and, most importantly, an occasion to rethink together the decade that just started and how to face the important challenges that it will bring. From collaboration, equality, and sustainability to social justice, innovation and technology they are looking to discovering projects that could inspire and start a positive debate.

With this open call, they want to invite all the photographers to become an active part of the festival. How? PHmuseum will select a minimum of 2 photographers for individual shows, up to 40 images for a collective installation and up to 15 projects for the main projections' night. Furthermore, all the applicants will be granted a nominal full pass for the festival, which they hope will be a good excuse to come over to Bologna in September and enjoy a long weekend of photography, talks, book fair, and much more.

To enter, you are invited to upload between 5 and 20 photos either as a cohesive series or as independent images. All entries will be reviewed by an independent jury comprised of Laura El Tantawy (Documentary Photographer & Canon Ambassador), Lua Ribeira (Photographer & Magnum Photos Nominee), Giuseppe Oliverio (PHmuseum Founder and Director) and Rocco Venezia (PHmuseum Curator).

The aim is to make the PHmuseum Days 2021 the beginning of a new era for collective projects, characterised by a strong sense of community and sharing.

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