10th Passepartout Photo Prize

10th Passepartout Photo Prize is now open for entries!

10th Passepartout Photo Prize : Il Varco invites you to join the 10th edition of its Passepartout Photo Prize, an annual international photography competition born to promote and widen the exposure of emerging photographers worldwide.

➜ Short description

Il Varco invites you to join the 10th edition of the Passepartout Photography Prize, a photography contest born to promote and widen the exposure of emerging photographers.

Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by awarding monetary prizes every year, organizing exhibition in a fine art gallery in the heart of Rome, publication in the annual catalogue as well as in their partners’ magazines.

Passepartout embraces innovative and original approaches to contemporary photography, allowing for various artistic languages applied to the photographic image, including, but not limited to, experimentation and fusion of different genres.

This is an open theme contest. Photographic works of any kind of artistic style, size and technique (digital, film and experimental processes, digital collages and other mixed media) are accepted. Projects using AI-generated images as a part of the photographic process are accepted. In the case of images generated with AI, participant has to mention it in the submission form. You can enter both single images and projects consisting of multiple images.

The jury is a diverse blend of photographers, editors, gallerist, curator and educators that bring kaleidoscopic perspectives into the selection process.

This year’s exhibition will take place in Rome, Italy, in autumn 2025. The exhibition will be hosted by 28 Piazza di Pietra Fine Art Gallery, an international gallery specialized in contemporary art of both emerging and established international artists. The gallery is located in the historic center of Rome where local and international visitors and art collectors gather. This modern gallery beautifully integrated and built on the ancient ruin of the Hadrian Temple structure is an impeccable site to display artworks of many genres.

The collective showcase features the selected works of the Passepartout Photo Prize winners and Exhibition Prize winners.

➜ Who may enter?

The application is open to photographers from all over the world without any age limit. Both individual authors and collectives can participate.

➜ Prize:

The winner will be awarded with 500 euros in cash, participation in the annual exhibition, special features and additional exposure opportunities to promote his/her works worldwide.

➜ Entry fees:

Early Bird submission fee is 20 Euros, for up to 3 images. Additional images up to 10 in total may be submitted with an additional fee of 4 Euros per image. After 13th January 2025 each entry costs 25 Euro.