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The HOME open call is a joint initiative by Photography 4 Humanity, Fotografiska, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The brief is the single word "home" — interpreted across safety, belonging, dignity, identity, memory, loss, and place — and the call is positioned as a human rights project rather than a conventional photography prize.

Selected work is exhibited at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Human Rights Day, December 10, 2026. The exhibition is guest-curated by James Nachtwey, with Pauline Benthede (Fotografiska's Global VP of Artistic Direction) and Sophia Emmerich (Lead Editor of the Fotografiska Emerging Platform) joining selection.

The selection structure has three tiers: one Main Image, ten Runners-up, and twenty Honorable Mentions — 31 photographers in total. Submissions are limited to three images per applicant. Only lens-based photography is accepted (analog or digital); AI-generated or prompt-based images are explicitly excluded.

There is no entry fee. The call is open to photographers worldwide aged 18 and over, with explicit emphasis on emerging artists. The deadline is July 12, 2026.