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24 HOURS TO EXTENDED DEADLINE 🌼PHMUSEUM DAYS 2026 FESTIVAL OPEN CALL Last chance to apply to the PhMuseum Days Festival Open Call, and exhibit your work in Bologna this 1–4 October. Prizes include 4 solo shows supported by a production budget of up to €2,500 + VAT, a €300 artist fee, and travel contribution from €300 to €800 depending on your location. @mpbcom , Europe’s top camera reseller and partner of this fifth edition will identify, in collaboration with PhMuseum, a project for their Special Mention, granting a €1000 voucher to spend on used photo and video gear on mpb.com. Additionally, up to 40 images will give shape to a public installation, while 20 projects will be part of a dedicated screening. If you wish to know more about the festival, you can read the personal perspectives from last year’s solo exhibition recipients: “Showing the work for the first time at PhMuseum was a privilege and it allowed me to fully grasp what I had achieved. There is a real pleasure in seeing your work move beyond the computer and exist in a physical space. It has changed the way I perceive my images, allowing me to create new layers of meaning”, says @beatriz_desouzalima . In the next weeks, former exhibiting artists @pacifico_photo , @taralaureclaire and @ritapuigserra will reunite with Artistic Director @goliverio_ to select the works joining this year’s main program. Thank you again for considering this opportunity. We look forward to another edition bringing together diverse perspectives, collaborative processes, and a fresh collective energy. Apply before tomorrow, 14 May, 11.59pm GMT, at phmuseum.com/d26 Image: @alexvxvxvxvx #phmuseum #phmuseumdays #photobookmania #photographyfestival

APPLICATIONS OPEN 🍏 ENROLL IN THE PHMUSEUM 2026/27 ONLINE MASTERCLASSES PROGRAM Take part in the 7th edition of the PhMuseum Masterclasses Program – five courses designed to advance your practice within a collaborative, international setting. Alternating collective tutoring, seminars, individual sessions, and studio visits, each masterclass exists in a community-driven environment, while providing concrete opportunities to exhibit, publish, and distribute your visual project. You can select one or more programs delving into five fields: artistic development, conceptual thinking, documentary photography, photobook-making, and transmedia storytelling. 📸 CRITICAE – Photographer, curator and writer @aaschuman will guide you to experiment with the possibilities of photography and expand your critical documentary strategies, while refining your relationship with the medium. 🎲 CURAE – Curate and communicate your artistic identity under the mentorship of @erik.kessels , transforming what you care about the most into a cohesive, intentional creative presence. 📚 FOLIO – Photographer @vyogananthan , feat. CécilePoimbœuf-Koizumi, co-founder and creative director of @chose_commune , will guide you to develop your book dummy from concept to production, while acquiring practical and conceptual tools to navigate the photobook publishing field. 💡 IDEA – Photographer, director, and art director @charlieengman will mentor you to transform the seed of an idea into its fullest realization as you develop work that interrogates visual culture, and the dynamics of seeing and being seen. 🤖 MEDIAE – Create an immersive project that transcends boundaries with artist and director @salvatorevitale_ , exploring the expressive potential of photography through interaction with diverse media. Every year, our programs empower many artists worldwide to conclude their projects, and forge long-lasting relationships. Present your candidature before 30 April to secure the Early Bird fee, and be considered for the 5 fully-funded scholarships. Learn more and apply at PhMuseum.com/26 (link in bio) #phmuseum #onlineeducation #masterclass

Featured Project: Dirigible by Breno Rotatori Dirigible resignifies early 20th-century military photographs from @brenorotatori ’s family archive while reflecting on displacement, memory, and the human drive for power. View the featured project and browse more stories on phmuseum.com #phmuseum #storyoftheweek #featuredproject

An Infrastructure Of Care: Beatriz de Souza Lima On Exhibiting At PhMuseum Days Through a system of wires and electrodes, Trajectories by @beatriz_desouzalima reveals a hybrid ecosystem where alienation and deep connection intertwine. Exhibited in Bologna through the PhMuseum Days 2024 Open Call, the curation of Trajectories brings the two spaces so close that they become inextricable. It is not possible to look at an image of the hospital without seeing the botanical garden at the same time – and the other way around. Structures that merge wooden and metal pieces create a third, hybrid place – one where the feeling of being foreign, never at one’s place, coexists with a positive tension. Here, care is the ultimate end. With the PhMuseum Days 2026 Photography Festival Open Call open for submissions until this Thursday, 14 May, offering more artists the opportunity to exhibit in October, we caught up with Beatriz de Souza Lima to delve into her project and the experience of exhibiting it in a post-industrial space. #phmuseum #phmuseumdays #beatrizdesouzalima

IDEA 2025/26 ONLINE YEAR-END LIVE PRESENTATION This Thursday, 14 May, at 3pm CEST, we will host the third Live YouTube presentation of this cycle. Discover the theoretical strategies and bodies of work developed by the participants concluding the 1st edition of our Online Masterclass on Conceptual Thinking, held under the guidance of photographer, educator, and activist @adambroomberg . Register now via the link in bio to get a reminder when the presentation starts. Huge congrats to @_alinacristea_ , @georgiaamulholland , @jatin_gulatii , @javier.talavera_ , @punk_theory , @lm__tobin @matthieulitt , @timrss , @verasaldivar , @veronica_viacava , @vikeshkapoor , @virginiadediego , @matzkephoto and @poochayaa . We look forward to sharing the results of these 8 months together ❤️ #phmuseum #photography #phmuseumeducation #idea #conceptualthinking

Featured Submissions from the PhMuseum Days 2026 Open Call Get a sneak peek at the projects submitted for our current open call – an invitation for visual artists to exhibit their work at the 5th edition of @phmuseumdays in Bologna, Italy. 1. Interiors by @marleen_sleeuwits 2. Les Mouches by @maribrocherr 3-4. The Place Where I Used To Play… by @arnob_jubair_photography 5. Light From Light – A Thousand Days In Mykonos by @paloukis 6. Mère-fille by @c.gouletblais The extended deadline is due this Thursday, 14 May, at 11.59pm GMT. Present your work and access fully-funded exhibitions, an artist fee, a budget to attend the festival on 1-4 October, and more. Learn more and apply now via phmuseum.com/d26 (link in bio) #phmuseum #phmuseumdays #photoawards

IDEA 2025/26 Alumni On The Online Conceptual-Thinking Masterclass With the next edition currently accepting applications, IDEA 2025/2026 participants reflect on the construction, positioning, and development of their projects. We touched base with @jatin_gulatii , @javier.talavera_ , @_alinacristea_ , and @veronica_viacava , who are just now concluding the program's first edition under the guidance of photographer, educator, and activist @adambroomberg . Read the full article on phmuseum.com, and apply before Thursday 28 May. #phmuseum #phmuseumeducation #idea #conceptualthinking

Featured Project: We Are Not Youth Any Longer by Benedetta Di Ruggiero By examining how defense policies and geopolitical tensions reshape personal horizons, @benedetta_diruggiero investigates the militarization of the EU’s eastern border, between Poland and the Baltics, through the lives of young generations. View Benedetta’s featured project and browse more stories on phmuseum.com #phmuseum #storyoftheweek #featuredproject

DEADLINE EXTENDED 🌹 PHMUSEUM DAYS 2026 OPEN CALL The deadline of the @phmuseumdays 2026 Open Call has been extended, giving you time until 14 May to present your work. The 4 selected artists will exhibit their projects in an international context, working closely with our team and attending the festival in person. A further 40 single images will be chosen to take part in a sculptural, collective exhibition, while up to 20 works will be screened. As an applicant, you can claim a free festival pass. The festival will happen jointly with the publishing fair @photobookmania_ , offering a complete platform to enjoy contemporary photography in person. Thanks for considering this opportunity, we hope you will join us! @mpbcom , Europe’s top camera reseller, is the main partner of this fifth edition. Discover more and buy, sell or trade on mpb.com Submit your work at phmuseum.com/d26 Image: @suyang.photo #phmuseum #phmuseumdays #photobookmania #photographyfestival

Featured Submissions from the PhMuseum Days 2026 Open Call Delve into the projects submitted for our current open call – an invitation for visual artists to exhibit their work at the 5th edition of @phmuseumdays in Bologna, Italy. 1. Sorry, Something Went Wrong by @photo_garkushi 2-3. Diatomaceous Earth by @gaiamaggio 4. Off Stage by @elenaprola 5-6. Atlântica by @laylamotta 7. Nexus by @nynke.brandsma You have time until tonight at 11.59pm GMT to present your work, accessing fully-funded exhibitions, an artist fee, a budget to attend the festival on 1-4 October, and more. Learn more and apply now via phmuseum.com/d26 (link in bio) #phmuseum #phmuseumdays #photoawards

Featured Project: Holon; by Shinichiro Shiraishi Seeing the world as wholes within wholes, @shinichiro_shiraishi traces layered connections across Berlin, Japan, Africa, and Europe – an archive of moments where patterns, textures, and quiet truths emerge beyond narrative. View Shinichiro's project and browse more stories on phmuseum.com #phmuseum #storyoftheweek #featuredproject