Lightvisions

Photo Credit: Giovanna Aryafara

Light gives photography its endless possibilities. It can carve a figure from darkness, dissolve a landscape into abstraction, or briefly reveal something we might otherwise pass by. 

Photo Artfolio invites photographers to submit work for Lightvisions, an online exhibition exploring the expressive power of light in photography.

We seek photographs in which light is essential to the image’s impact. It might be a face illuminated by a flickering screen, hard sunlight cutting across an empty street, the glow of a carefully lit still life, or an ordinary space made unfamiliar by reflections and shadow.

We welcome work that discovers something unexpected in available light or creates new possibilities through deliberate lighting and experimentation. Lightvisions is open to all photographic genres and approaches, including documentary, portraiture, street, landscape, nature, architecture, still life, conceptual, fine art, and experimental photography.

Photo Credit: Giovanna Aryafara

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, January 13th, 2027 @ 11:59pm MST

Light gives photography its endless possibilities. It can carve a figure from darkness, dissolve a landscape into abstraction, or briefly reveal something we might otherwise pass by.

Photo Artfolio invites photographers worldwide to submit work for Lightvisions, an online exhibition exploring the expressive power of light in photography.

We seek photographs in which light is essential to the image’s impact. It might be a face illuminated by a flickering screen, hard sunlight cutting across an empty street, the glow of a carefully lit still life, or an ordinary space made unfamiliar by reflections and shadow.

We welcome work that discovers something unexpected in available light or creates new possibilities through deliberate lighting and experimentation. Lightvisions is open to all photographic genres and approaches, including documentary, portraiture, street, landscape, nature, architecture, still life, conceptual, fine art, and experimental photography.

Show us what you make of light.

AI-generated imagery is not eligible for consideration.

Awards

First Place: $500

Second Place: $350

Third Place: $150

All accepted photographs will be featured in Photo Artfolio’s online exhibition.

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: January 13th, 2027 at 11:59 pm MST

Notification of Acceptance: February 3rd, 2027

Online Exhibition Opens: February 3rd, 2027

Applicants may submit up to 20 images for consideration.

Image Requirements

• JPEG format only
• Minimum 1,200 pixels on the longest side
• Maximum file size: 5 MB
• All work must be original and created by the submitting photographer
• AI-generated imagery is not eligible for consideration

The entry fee is $20 for the first image and $5 for each additional image. Entry fees are non-refundable and do not guarantee acceptance.

Open to photographers worldwide. Amateur and professional photographers are encouraged to apply.

All submitted work must be original and created by the submitting photographer. AI-generated imagery is not eligible for consideration.