Sanctuary

Description

Decagon Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit images for Sanctuary, an online exhibition exploring the spaces, places, and moments that offer us refuge, peace, and renewal.

What does sanctuary mean to you? It might be a quiet corner of your home, a place of worship, a stretch of untouched landscape, a gathering of loved ones, or even an inner state of calm. Sanctuary can be physical or emotional, private or communal, fleeting or eternal. We welcome all photographic interpretations that reflect the essence of finding shelter, comfort, and belonging in a turbulent world.

Awards and Features:

First Place: $500 cash prize and an online Solo exhibition
Second Place: $300 cash prize
Third Place: $200 cash prize

Juror’s Awards and Honorable Mentions
All the above awards include a FREE exhibition catalog
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All selected photographers will receive a digital award badge

Selected work will be published in a printed exhibition catalog available for purchase.

A short video presentation will be created and shared on our YouTube channel and the gallery website and social media.

Entry Guidelines:
Fee: $24 for up to 4 images.
$4 each for the next 4 images (entries 5–8).
Two additional entries (9–10) FREE when you pay for the first 8.

Important Dates:

Deadline: November 30, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2025
Online Exhibition Launch: December 15 through February15, 2026

Artists retain full copyright to their submitted images and text. Any use of these materials by Decagon Gallery will include proper credit to the artist. Images will not be sold, distributed, or used for commercial purposes beyond the promotion and documentation of the exhibition without the artist’s explicit written permission.

You grant Decagon Gallery the right to publish your photographs in the online exhibition, the catalog, a short video on our YouTube channel and website, and to promote the exhibition.

Juror: Ovidiu Petca
Ovidiu Petca served as the organizer of the International Mini-Print Biennial in Cluj-Napoca from 1997 to 2005 and has been the organizer of the “Tribuna Graphic” international print annual since 2010.

Petca's work has been featured in over 600 international exhibitions across countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and the United States. His solo exhibitions have been held in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Warsaw, Krakow, Tokyo, and Budapest.