Deloitte Photo Grant 2026
Deloitte Italy
📌About the Event
Deloitte Photo Grant 2026 is an international photography grant for emerging and professional photographers. The 2026 theme is “Proximities”, encouraging photographers to explore new forms of closeness and distance shaped by technology, economic inequality, social fragmentation, and everyday human relationships. The grant supports contemporary photography through funding, exhibition opportunities, and global visibility.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Theme: Proximities
- Category for direct applicants: Open Call
- Mode of application: Online through the official Deloitte Photo Grant / Picter submission platform.
- Mode of evaluation: Online jury review; jury members review applications through a web portal and finalize the result through jury voting.
- Final opportunity: The winning Open Call project receives funding and will later be presented as an exhibition, with up to 30 works displayed in a future edition of the award.
- Best suited for: Photography students, young photographers, visual artists, documentary photographers, and creators working on socially relevant photo projects
📅 Important Dates
- Applications open: March 10/11, 2026
- The official roadmap mentions March 10, 2026, while the detailed rules state participation begins from March 11, 2026.
- Open Call deadline: June 14, 2026
- Jury voting deadline: September 6, 2026
- Winner communication: Winners will be informed by email within 15 days of jury selection and no later than September 30, 2026.
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Eligibility:
- Open to amateur and professional photographers.
- Applicant must be under 35 years of age at the time of participation.
- Applicant must be a legal adult.
- There is no territorial restriction and no academic restriction, so eligible Indian photographers can apply.
- Submission requirements:
- Submit an original project idea based on the theme “Proximities.”
- Add a project description of up to 1,500 characters.
- Add a budget estimate of up to 1,500 characters.
- Upload a portfolio of up to 10 images.
- Submit a CV in PDF format, a profile photo, and a signed reference letter from a photography professional such as a curator, gallerist, photo editor, or museum director.
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- Open Call winner prize: €25,000 to execute the selected project idea.
- Exhibition mention: The Open Call winner will receive a mention in the exhibition dedicated to the winner of the nominations category.
- Future exhibition: The completed Open Call project will become an exhibition in the next edition of the award, with up to 30 works displayed.
- Total grant pool: Deloitte Photo Grant 2026 offers two grants totaling €75,000; the direct Open Call grant is €25,000, while the nomination category carries €50,000.
- International visibility: Selected work gets visibility through Deloitte Photo Grant’s exhibition and catalogue ecosystem.