Show us what the flavours of the Balkans mean to you.
We are looking for photographs that, through the motif of food, capture the shared heritage of the region and the relationships between people — rituals, memories and identity.

The project includes:
– workshops and mentorship
– development of photographic and video projects
– production of a documentary film
– a multimedia exhibition

The open call is open to young photographers and visual artists aged 18–35 from Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia.

Your application should include:
– basic information (name and surname, city, contact)
– a short biography (up to 300 words)
– a project description (up to 300 words)
– up to 15 photographs (JPG, min. 2000px)

You may submit:
– single photographs
– photo series or photo essays
– family and archival photographs and manuscripts

Selected works will be presented at an exhibition in Shkodër in May 2026, and later across the region as part of the District of Reconciliation programme.

Closing date: April 10 2026
Judging date: May 6 2026
Notification date: May 16 2026
Delivery date: August 17 2026
Gallery publish date: August 17 2026

Entry is free of charge. No entry fee required.

The contest is open to anyone (amateur and professional photographers from Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and North Macedonia).

However, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the contest rules and conditions.

Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the image as his/her own (aliases are not permitted).

The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website.

Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used will not be eligible for awards or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition and could be subject to disqualification by the exhibition sponsors.

By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies legal age, and own all rights to these images, including copyright or parents or guardians gives permission on his/her behalf if he/she is not of Legal Age.

The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. All final image must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted.

No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat or mount.

Photographs must be in JPEG format, with dimensions 1920x1080 pixels at 300, JPEG compression (if Photoshop used for export): 7-12, file size maximum 4 Mb. Each image must have a unique title.

Titles must not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filenames).
No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.
The photographs of participants with the application are submitted in these ways:
- uploading thought our website: https://theiaap.com/e/framesofflavours
- by e-mail: [email protected]

The judging will be done by remote online judging. All judges will be using equipment capable of displaying images at 100% of the image resolution. Judges will be using color calibrated equipment. Target Range will be max 30%.

By entering this contest, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical addresses, email addresses, being held, processed and used by the contest organizers for purposes associated with this contest. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this contest. You acknowledge, agree and accept that by entering this contest, your participation status which includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration at the contest, number of sections entered and number of photos entered in those sections will be made public in a published status list and that the results of your entry shall be made public in exhibition gallery, exhibition catalog.

Zvezdan Mančić (Serbia)

The judges of the event will present the following awards:
1 x IAAP Gold E-Certificate, 1 x IAAP Silver E-Certificate, 1 x IAAP Bronze E-Certificate, 6 x IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate,
Total 9 awards. The organizer reserves the right to adjust the number of awards based on the total number of entrants.

Frames of Flavours invites authors to explore food as a reflection of culture, tradition, identity, and everyday life. The theme may include food itself, its preparation, markets, street vendors, family meals, and customs related to eating.

Images may portray not only food itself, but also atmosphere, human presence, and the cultural, social, or emotional meaning connected to it.

Each author may submit up to 15 photographs in this section.

Notification cards will be sent by email.

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