SOHO PHOTO COMPETITIONS present an opportunity for photographers to challenge their creativity and skill.

Our Alternative Processes, Krappy Kamera, National and Portfolio competitions each have their own distinct character and following. See Speakers from the Gallery on our Events page for workshops and speakers related to the Competitions.

All Soho Photo competitions are open to the general public. Information and entry requirements for upcoming competitions are announced on our home page. Join our email list to be the first to hear about upcoming competitions. See our AI policy for what is acceptable in submissions.

Soho Photo’s Alternative Processes competition celebrates techniques from the earliest days of photography plus modern takes.

Alternative processes include, albumen, cyanotype, Van Dyke brown, platinum/palladium, gum bichromate, bromoil, salt print, tintype, ziatype, Daguerreotype, image transfers, liquid emulsion, chemigram, photogravure as well as handmade prints created from digital negatives.

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Our Krappy Kamera competition is all about creating extraordinary photographs made with lousy lenses.

Examples of Krappy Kameras are the Holga, Diana, Ansco, and pinhole cameras. You can also create your own Krappy Kamera by using a non-Krappy Kamera like a  4×5 or DSLR and exchanging the lens with a Krappy lens (e.g. pinhole body cap or Holga-type lens). Just because a camera is old and moldy doesn’t make it Krappy. It’s the lens. 

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Imagine your images on the walls of a New York City photography gallery! Our International Portfolio Competition awards solo shows to three winning photographers.

A portfolio submission consists of 10-15 compositionally and technically strong images, with a consistent theme or topic.

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Winners of the International Portfolio Competition

Submit up to five images to our National Competition. All photo-based works are eligible, with no limitation on subject matter or technique. Selected photographs will be exhibited in the gallery and on the Soho Photo website.

Cash prizes are awarded for first and second place winners will be awarded. Third place and up to four honorable mentions will receive a valuable non-cash prize. 

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Click here to access the competitions archive.