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The Room Next Door

Decagon Gallery   /   Deadline: 12/15/26

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There is always a room next door: a door left ajar, a window lit across the courtyard, a hallway that turns out of sight, a voice through the wall. We know it is there. We don't know what it holds.

We welcome thresholds, doorways, windows, and reflections; interiors seen from outside and exteriors seen from within; neighboring lives glimpsed at a distance; sounds, light, and shadows that arrive from somewhere else; and constructed or staged work that invents what waits on the other side. Documentary, conceptual, and experimental approaches are all welcome. People may appear, but the subject is the space between here and there.

Juror: Dr. Susan Bright

Location

Online

Fees

$25

Eligibility

All photographers worldwide over 18

Requirements

Submit JPGs sized to at least 2100 pixels on the long side, without text, watermarks, or borders. Preferably under 4 MB.

Name files: First Name-Last Name_Title.jpg
You grant Decagon Gallery the right to publish your photograph in the online exhibition, in the exhibition catalog, and to promote the exhibition on social media and in newsletters. Photographers retain all rights, including copyright, to their photographs.

Awards

First Place $500
Second Place $250
Third Place $150
Two Honorable Mentions $50
Human Presence Award:
Free entry to a future exhibition

Evaluation Criteria

For THE ROOM NEXT DOOR we are looking for photographs that bring the viewer to the edge of a space they cannot fully enter. These are images where something is felt more than shown, where the frame stops just short of an answer, and where what lies beyond is left for the viewer to imagine. The mystery should come from what the photograph withholds, not from what it hides.

Contact Information

John Manno
Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY 11217

P: 657-330-1094
W: https://www.decagongallery.com/the-room-next-door-entry
E: info@decagongallery.com