Open Call FUTURES 2025

Void is calling for artists from (or living in) Greece, Bulgaria or Cyprus to join FUTURES.

Void’s talents will have the opportunity to showcase their work on an international stage and contribute to a community of like-minded peers.

Apply until 20 DEC ‘24, to have the chance to be one of our 3 nominated talents of FUTURES in 2025.

FUTURES Photography.
What is it?

Void is a member of FUTURES Photography Platform, which was founded in 2018 and is supported by the EU culture programme Creative Europe. We are more than 20 member institutions from all over Europe within the photographic field. Among the members are prominent institutions like FOMU, PhotoIreland, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Camera Torino, Copenhagen Photo Festival and many others.

Void has been part of the platform since 2021.

You can find all information about FUTURES, here.

How does the platform work?

Each year, every platform member nominates five new talents to join FUTURES, and as of 2024, it has gathered over 400 talents. FUTURES offers the means to enhance the careers of lens-based artists through various activities, such as promotion, individual portfolio reviews, network meetings, online learning programs, tutoring sessions, and more.

See all FUTURES talents here

See all FUTURES member institutions here

Void's nominated artists of 2024

Ilias Lois

Katerina Tsakiri

Klavdia Balampanidou

Louiza Vradi

Tony Docekal

What do you get as a FUTURES talent?

In the nomination year

Each artist receives a fee of €500
Four online Futures Conversations with experts
Invitation to come to the annual event. In September 2025, it will be held at the member Tbilisi Photo Festival in Georgia. Travel and accommodation fees covered
Possibility to participate in the call for the Annual Exhibition (that travels through some members in Europe)
Chance to request a tutoring session
Published on the FUTURES website
Promotion via social media channels FUTURES and catalogues
Invitations to events across the platform’s members
Access to an online learning programme with Magnum Photos

In the following years

You keep the following benefits

Ability to participate in Futures Conversations (exclusive for FUTURES artists, limited availability)
Possibility to participate in the call for the Annual Exhibition (exclusively for FUTURES artists)
Chance to request a tutoring session
Published on the FUTURES website
Invitations to events across the platform’s members
Access to an online learning programme with Magnum Photos

The 2023 FUTURES Annual Event held at the Capa Center in Budapest

Ania Vouloudi in conversation with Giangavino Pazzola (CAMERA Torino)

Daria Tuminas (Fotodok) presents ‘Energy’ exhibition

Maja Dyrehauge (Copenhagen Photo Festival) during the ‘Energy’ exhibition

Elena Helfrecht in conversation with Marketa Kinterova (Fotograf Magazine)

Kateryna Radchenko’s at the exhibition ‘Crossing Lines’ that she curated at Capa Center

Eva Vei in conversation with Lea Vene (Organ Vida)

Void’s talents Elena Helfrecht, Maria Siorba and Eva Vei

Void’s talent Ania Vouloudi

Eva Vei in conversation with Maja Dyrehauge (Copenhagen Photo Festival)

Conditions

How to apply?

Selection

Timeline

You have to be from (or live in) Greece, Bulgaria, or Cyprus.

You are either educated within the field of photography/art or your CV presents a continual professional experience within the last 3 years (since 2021), e.g. participation in an exhibition or publication.

No age restrictions.

If you applied in the past, you are still invited to apply this year.

Submission is free.

Ensure you fit the conditions above, and send a single PDF to studio@void.photo with the subject “FUTURES Open Call ‘25”. Prepare the single PDF for upload containing the following material:

CV + bio (max one page — inform your residence city and nationality)
Your artist practice description (short text)
One paragraph short text about your motivation for being a FUTURES talent
10–20 photos of a project that best describes your practice
PDF maximum 10 Mb

By submitting your application, you accept to be part of Void’s newsletter that is sent an average of 4 times a year.

A committee (to be announced), including the Void team, will be responsible for the selection of the talents.

We are looking for artists who are seriously engaged with photography in any of its approaches.

On selecting, the committee will take into account the artists that could benefit the most from the international exposure, networking and learning possibilities that FUTURES has to offer as a platform.

If fewer than five artists are selected through the open call, Void reserves the right to choose additional artists who might not meet the specified criteria.

Application deadline: 20 DEC ‘24

Successful applicants answer: mid-JAN ‘25
(non-selected will not be contacted individually)

Announcement of FUTURES Talents: Spring ‘25