Forgotten Architecture
Type
Competition, Online Exhibition
Category
Conceptual, Digital, Other
Status
Open for Applications
Deadline
October 31, 2025
Application Fee
$24
Host
John Manno
Location
New York, United States
Juried Online Photography Exhibition
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.
https://andrewlmoore.com/
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.
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All selected photographers will receive a digital award badge
Selected work will be published in a printed exhibition catalog available for purchase.
A short video presentation will be created and shared on our YouTube channel and the gallery website and social media.
Entry Guidelines
Fee: $24 for up to 4 images.
$4 each for the next 4 images (entries 5–8).
Two additional entries (9–10) FREE when you pay for the first 8.
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.
Important Dates:
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: November 15, 2025
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.
https://andrewlmoore.com/
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.
--------------------------
All selected photographers will receive a digital award badge
Selected work will be published in a printed exhibition catalog available for purchase.
A short video presentation will be created and shared on our YouTube channel and the gallery website and social media.
Entry Guidelines
Fee: $24 for up to 4 images.
$4 each for the next 4 images (entries 5–8).
Two additional entries (9–10) FREE when you pay for the first 8.
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.
Important Dates:
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: November 15, 2025