closes in
2026
Street + documentary photography
People. Communities. Everyday life. Photographed from inside, not looking in.
Send a body of work with a clear thread. Minimum four images, up to fifty.
| Format | Any format, any camera |
|---|---|
| Work | New work or old work |
| Cost | Free to submit |
| Deadline | 20 September 2026 |
14 NOVEMBER 2026
Arch 1, Shoreditch
Doors 19:00
- ExhibitionConfirmed
- PanelSpeakers TBA
- Live musicLine-up soon
- DJsTo follow
A question a lot of people of colour in Britain get asked. Where are you really from.
It is never the first question. It is the second. Really is the word doing the work.
- 10 SEP 2026
Ten days left to submit
Final stretch. Any format, any camera, free to enter.
- 02 SEP 2026
Kachette confirmed for 14 November
Arch 1, Old Street. Panel, then live music, then DJs.
Shot from inside, not looking in.
Street and documentary. People in their own streets, their own front rooms, their own night buses. Photographed from inside the community, not visiting it. Unposed. We are not after studio portraits or fashion. We are after the frame you got because you were already there.
Colour or black and white, both work. Any format, any camera. Some of these were shot on film thirty years ago and some on a phone last winter, and that is the point. Look at the range below, then send us yours. We are not asking you to copy these. We are showing you the territory.
| Format | Any format, any camera |
|---|---|
| Work | New work or old work |
| Send | Minimum four images, up to fifty |
| Cost | Free to submit |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 20 September 2026 |
| Who | Anyone travelling to London |
A question a lot of people of colour in Britain get asked. Where are you really from.
It is never the first question. It is the second. You say Manchester, or east London, and the answer is not accepted. Really is the word doing the work. It says the account you gave of yourself cannot be true, because of how you look.
If you have never been asked it, but you have asked someone, that is worth sitting with too. The night puts the question to everyone in the room.
14 November, Kachette.
Panel and private view, then live music, then DJs. Exhibition and pop-up throughout. Arch 1, bare barrel vault and polished concrete, with hard light. The work goes up against that.
- ExhibitionConfirmed
- Panel and private viewSpeakers TBA
- Live musicLine-up announcing
- DJsTo follow
The hang. The hang tells the story. We place each picture for what it says next to the one beside it.
The music. A live band leads the music, then artists, then DJs. Names announced closer to the night.
The talk. Shy leads it, powered by Ode To Them. Speakers announced as they are confirmed.
Also in build. The Series (filming) · The Game (in build).
Galleria Objets · Nov 2025
The open call is live, free to submit. Send us your work. We want to see street and documentary photography. People. Communities. Everyday life. Photographed from inside, not looking in.
Send a body of work with a clear thread and enough range to build a show around. New work or old work. First exhibition or fiftieth. Free to submit, and open to anyone who can travel to London.
Submissions closed on 20 September. Thank you to everyone who sent work.
Minimum four images, up to fifty. One body of work with a clear thread.
Any format, any camera. Colour or black and white.
Free to submit. Closes 20 September 2026.
Four graphics for Instagram. Repost them, put them on a story, send them to a photographer who is sitting on a body of work and has not shown it.
- 10 SEP 2026
Ten days left to submit
Final stretch on the open call. Any format, any camera, free to enter.
- 02 SEP 2026
Kachette confirmed for 14 November
Arch 1, Old Street. Panel and private view, then live music, then DJs.
- 28 AUG 2026
Ode To Them are powering the night
They co-presented the November 2025 event with JCD. This time they are backing it, and Shy is leading the panel.
- Line-upAnnouncing
- Panel speakersAnnouncing
- Selected photographersAnnouncing
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Louis Wright. Jewellery, garments and the Chain Breakers project, putting on events in east London with photography on the walls.
@jacquescds
Afro R&B artist, Zimbabwean heritage, born and raised in Manchester. The standpoint is hers as much as ours.
@mxzvita
They co-presented the November 2025 event with JCD. This time they are backing it, and Shy is leading the panel.
@odetothemco
JacquesCDs × Mazvita
Ode To Them
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