Image by Angela Ferrotti
A collaboration with the 20/20 Photo Festival
Supported in part by Mixam
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Big and small. Close and far. Real and imagined.
More / Less is a call for photographs that explore the push and pull between the monumental and the miniature. This theme was inspired by the 20/20 Photo Festival’s overarching focus on Structures—both literal and conceptual. In response, we invite work that reflects on the structure of scale, perspective, and power: how visual framing can elevate or diminish, clarify or distort.
We’re looking for images that play with scale—literally or metaphorically. How do we make something feel huge, even if it’s small? How does something massive lose meaning when we pull away? This could be a tiny object shot like a monolith, or a sprawling space made to feel intimate. A toy world that looks real. A real world that feels fake.
This is a theme about power and perspective. Personal memory can tower like a skyscraper. A massive building can feel hollow and insignificant. Use scale to distort, reveal, exaggerate, or shrink what matters.
What’s included:
Selected artists will be published in a printed zine that will be presented during the 20/20 Photo Festival book fair(September 4–7) at Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia. The zine will be featured at the Float Magazine book table and displayed alongside an exhibition.
A select group of artists from the zine will also be invited to exhibit their image(s) in a month-long exhibition as part of the festival (September 5–28). Exhibition prints will be produced at no additional cost to the artist by Butterfield Editions and displayed on magnetic walls beside the zine.
We’ll also host a zine launch and reception during the book fair. (Details coming soon!)
Submission fee:
The submission fee for this call helps cover the cost of zine production and exhibition printing. Your support ensures that this opportunity and collaboration is as meaningful and accessible as possible.
Curated by: Dana Stirling
Submission Fee: $10 USD for 1-5 images.
Deadline for entries: July 7th, 2025 at midnight EST Time.
How to Enter?
1. Pay submission fee
2. Fill out this form with your info+upload photos : https://forms.gle/kjkm3ziBAo64noNv9
Questions? Email us at floatzine@gmail.com
Visit our FAQ Page HERE for more info.
All submitted files must adhere to the specifications below. Files that are not correctly sized or labelled may not be accepted.
Deadline for entries: July 7th, 2025 at midnight EST Time.
FEES & ENTRY
Entry fee is $10. Click the button below to “add item to cart” and pay. You will see the shopping cart on the top right corner of the screen (Desktop) or bottom right corner (Phone).
Please note: The submission fee is $10 for 1-5 images, not $10 per image. :-))
*The Fee goes toward curating, designing, printing and publishing this project, and supporting our platform and website.
If you need help with the submission fee please reach out - we’re here for you!
Please submit 1-5 images - JPEG format only
Submit your images and information via this google form: https://forms.gle/kjkm3ziBAo64noNv9
* if you have a problem submitting via the form, please reach out to us.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WORK
All submitted files must be named with photographer's name and sequence number e.g. FirstName_LastName_01.jpg
Files must be 1200px on the longest side, jpeg digital files.
Selected artists will get a free copy of the publication, We only ask that you pay for shipping [please see FAQ page HERE for approx. price] . Any additional copies will be sold on our website and/or at book fairs.
Photographers retain copyright and ownership, as always.
