© Marcin T. Jozefiak - selected image of the “Artist in Focus” open call
Submit a project for a dedicated one-on-one review session with one of our curators.
This Open Call gives image-makers direct access to Fotografiska curators, who can help them understand where their project is headed and how it might be positioned for exhibition, editorial, or further development.
The only requirement is the work itself: a visual project with a clear narrative. A series that holds together, tells a story, and feels like it belongs as one body of work.
For more information on how to submit, click Submit Now.
Submission deadline: 5 November 2026, 6:00 PM CET
Review sessions: 26 November 2026, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM CET (online, in English)
Selected artists will receive their individual time slot ahead of the review day. Places are limited. Each session lasts 20 minutes and is held online in English. This edition runs on CET; applicants are asked to confirm availability on 26 November during those hours before submitting. Further editions are planned, including time zones suited to a wider global community.
Marie-Luise Mayer is Exhibitions Manager at Fotografiska Berlin, where she has overseen the Emerging Berlin program since 2023. She studied art history and cultural studies at Humboldt University of Berlin and holds a master’s degree in Photography Studies and Research from Folkwang University of the Arts. Through the Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation’s fellowship for photography curators, she worked at Museum Folkwang in Essen, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Munich City Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 2024, she curated Meet Me Halfway for EMOP Berlin and worked independently with Klemm’s gallery.
Sofia Liljergren is an Exhibitions Manager at Fotografiska in Stockholm. With a background in journalism and art history, and studies in France, Spain and Sweden, her practice is rooted in a deep engagement with visual culture and art as an inclusive space for expression. Driven by a strong belief in photography’s accessibility, she is particularly interested in how exhibitions can create emotional resonance and dialogue through the interplay between artworks, narrative structures and the physical experience of space.
