Open Call
FOTOHOF>CALLING is a biennial format that offers artists a platform to present their work in a professional context. As an association founded by artists and photographers, FOTOHOF aims to initiate a dialogue about contemporary artistic photography and promote exchange between artists. Eligible for submission is a photographic project that is no more than three years old and has not yet been shown in an institutional exhibition.The project may still be in development or already fully realized. Artists who live, work, or reside in Europe are eligible to participate.
Print & Web Publication
From the submissions, the FOTOHOF team will select approximately 25 artists who will be published online at calling.fotohof.at and in the FOTOHOF>CALLING magazine. A shortlist of ten artists will be invited to Salzburg for a project presentation and networking event. As part of FOTOHOF>EDITION, the magazine will be distributed at our festival and trade fair appearances. In addition to FOTOHOF>CALLING in Salzburg, further magazine presentations are planned as part of our publishing work in Austria and abroad.
Project presentations and networking event
FOTOHOF>CALLING will take place on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in Salzburg. Ten artists are invited to present their submitted projects on site and discuss them with participants, selected guests, and the FOTOHOF team.
Open Doors, Magazine Release, and Projection
On Saturday evening, a public event will invite guests to network and exchange with the artists. The participants' previously presented projects will be shown in the form of a pop-up presentation in our workshop rooms. All positions from the FOTOHOF>CALLING magazine will then be shown in an open-air projection on Inge-Morath-Platz in front of the FOTOHOF>GALERIE.
Teilnahme
Submissions open on 06.04.2026 at 00:00. Feel free to sign up for our newsletter in the meantime so you don't miss any news.
FAQ
The primary purpose of FOTOHOF>CALLING is to increase the visibility of new projects or less established artistic positions. For this reason, the selection focuses on works that have not yet been presented in official exhibition contexts (in museums, galleries, festivals). Presentations as part of student/university theses and residency programs are exempt from this restriction.
For the submission, a project description (max. 1,500 characters), a biography (max. 500 characters), and up to 12 images (max. 2 MB per file, JPEG, long edge 1,500 px, 75 dpi) are required.
The images and texts submitted to the Open Call will be used for the magazine and website. If the submission is selected for the planned publication, the FOTOHOF team will contact you at a later date regarding print data.
To ensure the correct sequence of images, the files must be named “ImageTitle-01, ImageTitle-02, …”. Please do not use spaces or special characters in the image title.
When uploading images, the caption is automatically taken from the IPTC metadata. To do this, enter the caption in your image editing software (e.g. Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Bridge or Capture One) in the ‘Description’ or ‘Caption’ field.
This field can usually be found under:
Lightroom: Library module → right sidebar → Metadata → Description
Photoshop: File → File Info → Description
Bridge: Metadata panel → IPTC Core → Description
Short biography (max. 500 characters, including spaces. First and last name, year/place/country of birth, place of residence and work, key dates relating to artistic education or career. Information on particularly important exhibition projects, awards or collaborations).
Example: Anna Mustermann, born in 1990 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Berlin, Germany. After studying photography at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, she continued her artistic practice in a postgraduate programme in Leipzig. Her work has been exhibited at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig and the Kunstmuseum Bonn, among others. She is a founding member of the Female Photographer Association, which has been promoting international networks for women in photography since 2017.
For this open call, the country of residence or domicile is decisive, not citizenship.
People residing in the following countries are eligible to participate: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czechia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Vatican City, United Kingdom and Cyprus.
Yes, FOTOHOF will cover part of the travel and accommodation costs for the ten artists invited to Salzburg. Up to €200 can be reimbursed upon presentation of the original receipts.