Allora Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit work for our international photography competition, "Colour."

Colour is often the first thing we notice about a place. The green of wet leaves after rain, a red door on a grey street, the orange of the sky in the last minutes before dark, a yellow raincoat in a crowd. It sets the mood before we register the subject, and it tends to stay in memory long after the details have faded.

This competition is open to every genre and every approach. Bold and saturated or soft and muted, a single bright accent in a quiet scene or a full palette that holds the frame together: what matters is that colour plays a real part in the photograph. Landscapes, portraits, street, architecture, nature, still life, abstract work, and anything that doesn’t fit a category are all welcome.

Which colours do you keep coming back to? We’d like to see the images where colour is the reason you pressed the shutter.

🏆 Competition Awards:
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Grand Prize Winner:
- Solo exhibition at Allora Gallery (scheduled for May 2027)
- Email promotion to our mailing list
- Social media promotion across Allora Gallery platforms
- Digital certificate of achievement

Honorable Mentions (4 winners):
- Free participation in a future Allora Gallery exhibition OR free entry to a future Allora Gallery competition (within 12 months)
- Email promotion to our mailing list
- Social media promotion across Allora Gallery platforms
- Digital certificate recognising Honorable Mention

All Selected Finalists (up to 30 photographers):
- Featured in the group exhibition "Colour"
- Social media promotion across Allora Gallery platforms
- Digital certificates of participation

📌Details:

Entry fees:
- £7 (~USD 9) — up to 2 photographs
- £12 (~USD 16) — up to 4 photographs
- £16 (~USD 21) — up to 6 photographs
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- Participation fee for selected finalists: Free
- Deadline to submit: 24 January 2027
- Exhibition dates: 22 February – 22 March 2027
- Juried by: Oksana Bochina, founder of Allora Gallery

Step 1: Pay the entry fee for your chosen number of photographs via PayPal

‍Step 2: Send your submission to info@alloragallery.com

Include:
- Up to 6 images (JPEG, 2000px wide, 4 MB or less each)
- Your name
- Country
- Website and/or Instagram
- Short bio (max 100 words)
- Artist statement (max 100 words)
- PayPal payment confirmation or transaction ID
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Subject line: Colour Submission – [Your Name]
File naming: Name Surname - Title (e.g., John Smith - Red door)

We are open to submissions from photographers of all levels and backgrounds