THIS IS GENDER: LAW & JUSTICE
Photography Open Call 2025
Deadline: 22 July 2025
Who gets to shape the law, and who is erased by it?
In a world shaped by shifting power and deep inequality, the law can be a tool of protection or a means of control. Justice is never neutral. It’s shaped by who is seen, who is silenced, and who is denied a voice. From feminist legal battles to grassroots resistance, This is Gender: Law & Justice calls for powerful visual storytelling that explores the intersections of gender, power, and the law across courtrooms, communities, and everyday life.
We’re calling for critical, creative, and courageous photography that expose hidden inequalities and challenge dominant systems. We encourage you to explore new perspectives on justice and to envision alternative futures founded on fairness, accountability, and transformation.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Submit photographs exploring:
- Institutions – Who gets access to justice, and who is denied?
- Spaces – Where does justice unfold: streets, courts, refugee camps?
- Social norms – How is power enforced—or resisted—in families and communities?
- Embodied experience – What does it mean to carry the weight of the law?
- Radical futures – What could justice look like in a truly equal world?
All photography styles are welcome, including documentary, portraiture, conceptual, experimental, and street photography.
REWARDS
- Cash prizes of £500 for the top five images
- Global exposure through G5050’s reports, press, and exhibition
- Feedback from an international expert judging panel
- Feature in the TiG Collection
- Global press coverage for selected images
HOW TO ENTER
- Submit up to five images, along with a short description for each
- Include an artist biography and details of where and when the image was taken
- Open to photographers of all genders, geographies, and experience levels
- All photographic media are accepted
Enter now: https://thisisgender.global5050.org/law-justice-competition/
PHOTOGRAPHY AS WITNESS. PHOTOGRAPHY AS RESISTANCE.
For questions about the brief: imogen.bakelmun@global5050.org
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