The Deloitte Photo Grant Open Call supports an original photographic project responding to the annual theme. Deloitte Italy established the grant, with the patronage of Fondazione Deloitte ETS and in collaboration with Still Love Srl. The 2026 theme was Proximities, focused on contemporary forms of distance, connection and social fragmentation.
Applicants could develop a new idea or extend an ongoing project; the funded work is to become an exhibition in the following award edition. The 2026 cycle is closed, and the official site has not announced the next opening date.
Benefits & funding
- One Open Call winner receives €25,000 before any applicable taxes or withholding to execute the proposed project.
- The winner receives a mention in the Triennale Milano exhibition dedicated to the Nominations Section winner.
- The completed project becomes an exhibition of up to 30 works during the next edition of the award.
- Entry is free apart from ordinary internet connection costs.
Eligibility
- Open worldwide to amateur and professional photographers who are legal adults.
- Applicants must not yet have turned 35 when submitting; the encoded maximum age is therefore 34.
- There are no geographic, residency, academic or gender restrictions.
- Each photographer may submit only one project idea.
- The photographs must be unpublished, must not have won another competition and must not have been shown publicly at another event.
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Age requirement
≤ 34 yrs
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Application process
- 1Review the Proximities theme and the official regulations.
- 2Prepare a project description of up to 1,500 characters and a budget estimate of up to 1,500 characters.
- 3Prepare a portfolio of up to 10 images, a PDF curriculum vitae, a profile photograph and a signed PDF reference letter from a curator, gallery owner, photo editor or museum director.
- 4Complete the online form, upload the required files, consent to the stated data processing and submit one entry before the deadline.
Program timeline
Open Call submissions opened under the official regulations.
Mar 11, 2026
Open Call application deadline.
Jun 14, 2026
Jury voting deadline and winner selection.
Sep 6, 2026
Deadline for the Open Call winner to complete the funded project.
Aug 31, 2027