© Prue Stent and Honey Long, "Wind Form"
Together with The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign, we invite emerging artists to submit images that offer an authentic perspective on what it means to be affected by breast cancer directly or indirectly.
Still, we do not talk about it enough, nor do we see these stories shared as often as they should be.
Together with The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign, we invite emerging artists to submit photographic work that offers an authentic perspective on what it means to be affected by breast cancer, directly or indirectly. With this Open Call, we’re looking for images rooted in real life. This could mean showing both the hard times and moments of strength, care, support, recovery, and community. Whether your work is documentary or conceptual, it should feel honest and respectful.
Our goal is to raise awareness and start conversations about early detection and prevention. We also want to highlight hope and resilience.
Installation at Fotografiska Berlin and Stockholm
Selected works will be presented as part of an installation at Fotografiska Berlin and Fotografiska Stockholm throughout October 2026, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
International visibility through local activations
Selected works may also be shown through installations, pop-up presentations, and special events in Sweden, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
Inclusion in a fundraising poster series
Selected works will become part of a poster series created to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer-related initiatives.
Visibility within The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign 2026
Selected artists and works will be featured across non-commercial campaign assets and formats connected to the charitable awareness campaign, including public relations, media relations, and campaign communications. Whenever an image is used in this context, the artist will be credited.
Invitations to selected local events
Where applicable, selected artists may be invited to local presentation events in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Sweden, including potential speaking opportunities.
Dedicated feature on Fotografiska’s social channels
Selected artists will be featured on Fotografiska’s Instagram channels, including @fotografiska and @fotografiska.emerging, in October 2026.
Prize money
Each selected artist will receive €1,500.
The Estée Lauder Company’s Breast Cancer Campaign was founded in 1992 by Evelyn H. Lauder, who also co-created the iconic Pink Ribbon. From the very beginning, the Campaign was rooted in a simple belief: visibility matters, but what we do with that visibility matters even more.
Over the past 30+ years, the Campaign has grown into a global movement, bringing communities together around the shared goal of creating a breast cancer-free world. To date, more than USD 156 million has been allocated to research, education, and medical services, including over USD 123 million in support of pioneering research through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Alongside funding, we care deeply about how breast health is talked about, making it less abstract, less clinical, and more a part of everyone’s and everyday life.
The curatorial team will include representatives from Fotografiska, The Estée Lauder Companies, and local NGO partners, including dasBuusenkollektiv, Österreichische Krebshilfe, Bröstcancerförbundet, and Look Good Feel Better.
