Allora Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit work for our international photography competition, "Stone & Stories." This competition welcomes both architectural and street photography, exploring the built environment and the life within it.

Cities are built from stone, steel, and glass — but they come alive through the stories written within them. Every building holds history in its facade, every street corner witnesses countless human moments, every architectural detail speaks of the hands that shaped it and the lives it has sheltered. This competition celebrates the relationship between the structures we build and the stories we live, where architecture becomes the stage and streets become the narrative of human experience.

We seek photographs that explore the built environment in all its dimensions — the grand and the intimate, the monumental and the everyday. How do you capture the character carved into weathered stonework? What stories unfold in the shadows between buildings? Can your lens reveal both the permanence of architecture and the fleeting moments of life it frames? We're looking for images that show how human creation and human experience intertwine in the urban landscape.

We welcome architectural photography showcasing buildings, facades, and structural details, street photography capturing life within the built environment, the interplay between people and architecture, urban landscapes revealing city character, the textures and patterns of construction materials, historic and contemporary architecture, the geometry and lines of urban design, night photography illuminating city structures, and any photograph that explores the relationship between stone and the stories it holds.

What draws you to photograph the built world? How do your images reveal the dialogue between permanent structures and transient moments, between what we construct and how we inhabit it? We're looking for photographs that demonstrate how architecture and street life are inseparable — each giving meaning to the other.

🏆 Competition Awards:
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Grand Prize Winner:
- Solo exhibition at Allora Gallery (scheduled for May 2026)
- 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 (25-30 photographers):
- Featured in the group exhibition "Stone & Stories"
- Social media promotion across Allora Gallery platforms
- Digital certificates of participation

📌Details:

Entry fees:
- £7 — up to 2 photographs
- £12 — up to 4 photographs
- £16 — up to 6 photographs
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- Participation fee for selected finalists: Free
- Deadline to submit: 1 March 2026
- Exhibition dates: 16 March – 16 April 2026
- Juried by: Oksana Bochina, founder of Allora Gallery

📤 How to submit:
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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: Stone & Stories Submission – [Your Name]
File naming: Name Surname - Title (e.g., John Smith - Ancient Walls)

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