Call for Photographs: Our Bodies that are Unruly

About this call

Autograph, the London gallery that since 1988 has championed photography exploring race, identity, representation, human rights and social justice, invites photographs on the theme of unruly bodies. Inspired by its current exhibitions, Our Bodies Have Been Bridges and Charan Singh: Your Tongue in My Mouth, the call asks how the body interacts with its surroundings to challenge power structures, and how it can act as a site of resistance and self-definition, in relation to queer, indigenous, diasporic and feminist politics and practices. A submission can be an image taken in the past, a new work, a selfie or a photo from a family album, with a short caption; entrants do not need to be professional artists. A panel of judges including Koyoltzintli, Neicia Marsh and Livvy Murdoch will select favourites for a new online gallery on Autograph's website, and selected images may also be shared on social media and with press.

Who can apply

• Open to applicants of any nationality
• Medium: Photography
• Free entry
• Open to anyone aged 18 or older, based anywhere in the world; no need to be a professional artist. Up to 3 photographs, each with an English caption of up to 500 characters. Digital files at least 1200 pixels on the longest side; high-quality scans are accepted. Previously published or exhibited images are accepted. No full frontal nudity. Declare any use of generative AI. You must have permission from anyone depicted, with model release forms where required; images of children under 18 need a release signed by a parent or legal guardian, and AI images of a real, identifiable person also need a release. Submit through the Google form, which requires a Google login; otherwise email the submission form document with your images to livvy@autograph-abp.co.uk. Entrants confirm they own the copyright of the images they submit, and copyright stays with them. Entrants grant Autograph the right to display selected photographs for promotional use about the project (website, social media, advertising, press), credited with their name; selected entrants receive a working agreement for the use of their images. Selected entrants are contacted after the deadline; with no news by the end of December, assume the entry was not selected.