Organizer Information
Decagon Gallery is an online photography gallery based in Brooklyn, NY, specializes in contemporary photography. It offers curated platforms for photographers to showcase their work and connect with art enthusiasts worldwide.
Title: Forgotten Architecture
Description
Abandoned buildings are more than relics of the past—they are silent monuments to history, memory, and the passage of time. Their peeling paint, fractured walls, and quiet interiors hold stories that have slipped into stillness. In this juried exhibition, Decagon Gallery invites photographers to explore the strange allure and poetic resonance of architectural spaces left behind.
We are seeking images that engage with the theme of abandoned or neglected structures—buildings overtaken by nature, spaces weathered by time, or interiors echoing with absence. Both documentary and interpretive approaches are welcome. Whether your work is rooted in urban exploration, formal composition, or surreal reinterpretation, we want to see how you find beauty in decay.
Juror: Andrew Moore
Andrew Moore is widely acclaimed for his long term photographic series, which record the effect of time on the natural and built landscape. These series include work made in Cuba, Russia, Bosnia, Times Square, Detroit, The Great Plains, the American South, and most recently the Hudson Valley.
Moore’s photographs are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Library of Congress amongst many other institutions. He has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2014, and has as well been award grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the J M Kaplan Fund.
Eligibility
All photographers worldwide over 18
Location
Online
Key Dates
- Deadline: October 31, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: November 15, 2025
- Online Exhibition Launch: November 15, 2025
Application Fee
- $24 for up to 4 images.
- $4 each for the next 4 images
- Two additional entries FREE when you pay for the first 8.
Awards and Features
- First Place: $500 cash prize and an online Solo exhibition
- Second Place: $300 cash prize
- Third Place: $200 cash prize
- Juror’s Awards and Honorable Mentions
- All the above awards include a FREE exhibition catalog
Contact Information
- Apply at https://www.decagongallery.com/forgotten-architecture-entry
- email: info@decagongallery.com
- IG: @decagongallery
Entry Guidelines
- Presentation: All submitted photographs must be labeled “First Name-Last Name_title”
- Format: JPEG or JPG, 72 dpi, minimum size 2100 px on the longest side.
- Open to photographers age 18 and older, worldwide.
