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Patterns in the Wild Photography Competition 2025

Deadline:
Entry Fee:
From $24
Age Limit:
Over 18 Only
Experience:
Any Experience
Open to Entries:
Worldwide
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Competition Details

Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to contribute to their upcoming online exhibition, “Patterns in the Wild,” a visual journey into the recurring rhythms and repetitions that define both the natural and the urban landscapes around us. From the intricate fractals of a fern and the structured geometry of city grids to the fascinating textures of decay and the inherent symmetry in animal markings, patterns communicate a fundamental order. They unveil structure within apparent chaos, beauty in what seems random, and intentional design in unexpected places.

This exhibition welcomes a diverse range of photographic styles and techniques, encouraging submissions from traditional landscapes to abstract interpretations, and from macro close-ups to expansive aerial views, as well as documentary and experimental approaches. We invite you to share your unique perspective on how you perceive and capture the patterns, the rhythm, and the repetition that exist “in the wild,” broadly interpreted to encompass all environments.

Additional Information

Entry Fees:

  • Fee: $24 for up to 4 images

  • $4 each for the next 4 images (entries 5–8)

  • Two additional entries (9–10) FREE if you pay for the first 8

Entry Guidelines:

  • Your files must be set to 2100 pixels on the long edge, saved as jpg or jpeg, and be less than 3 mb (that’s the size of the closed file).

  • All submitted photographs must be labeled “First Name-Last Name_title” ​
Winners Are:
Judged
Winners Announced:

Prize & Judging Details

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 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.


Usage Rights, Copyright & Moral Rights
Usage License

By submitting work to this call for entry, artists grant Decagon Gallery the right to download, store, and use submitted images and accompanying text for the following purposes:

Jurying and internal review

Promotion of the exhibition on the Decagon Gallery website, social media, email newsletters, and press releases

Inclusion in a Blurb-published print exhibition catalog

Inclusion in a YouTube video slideshow highlighting the exhibition

Archival documentation of the exhibition

Artists’ statements will be included alongside their work in the online exhibition.

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.


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Report Rating Guide

Our goal is to help photographers make informed choices and to support organizers in building trust. This report details our assessment of this competition’s adherence to our Photo Competition Standards, highlighting its strengths and areas for potential enhancement.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Stars ->: Significant Issues

★★☆☆☆ 2.5 Stars ->: Basic Compliance

★★★☆☆ 3.5 Stars ->: Meets Expectations Well

★★★★★ 5.0 Stars: Exemplary Standard

Key Principles of Fair Usage.

  • Respect for copyright: Organizers should acknowledge and respect the photographer’s ownership of their work.
  • Limited use: Usage rights should be limited to purposes directly related to the marketing/promotion of the competition, photos and photographers.
  • Specific Usage: Detailed information regarding where the images will be used for the promotion of the competition, this should include websites, social media, partners website, media outlets, books & calendars etc.
  • Moral Rights: Photographers should be credited whenever their images are used. This includes publication and Media not owned by the organiser. Editing and manipulation of the images should be kept to a minimum.
  • License Duration: The usage license should be limited in time with a maximum of 5 years, but ideally less.
  • Compensation: Photographers should be compensated for commercial use of their images beyond promotional purposes. This can be detailed in the terms or by a separate agreement.

In essence, fair usage in a photo competition balances the organiser’s need to promote the competition, its winning entries and photographers, with the photographer’s right to control their work and receive any appropriate compensation.

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