Open Call for online exhibition and print issue

 https://lightreadingsmag.com/open-call-enigma-of-life/ lightreadingsmag@gmail.com

The enigma of life has intrigued human minds for generations. Life weaves an exquisite tapestry of complexity, leaving us astounded by its beauty and perplexed by its elusiveness. Philosophers and scientists have spent centuries grappling with the universe’s mysteries. Artists perceive the mystery of existence as an invitation to delve deeper and marvel at the complexity that surrounds us.

Τhis is an open call to photographers who have cultivated a sense of wonder and curiosity, combining it with a critical position towards art history, environment, and politics. We welcome photographers who depict in their visual investigations many unknown aspects of life, such as subculture, life on the fringe or in luxury, human or natural unseen wonders or worked on the theme of miracles and riddles.

We are looking for images that makes us conscious of our own human existence, our ways of living and that of nature’s as well, through compelling visual stories. Visual narratives that explore the enigmatic mystery of life’s hidden meanings and also the concept of life as a joyful playground.

Photography is the most direct art form through which we can explore and express our relationship with life and the miraculous world around us.

Submission deadline: 31 July 2024

You will need to submit to lightreadingsmag@gmail.com the following:

1. 5 – 10 images of your work (no signatures, watermarks or writing), attached to your email.
   Please do not insert the images on the email body.
   All images must be submitted as JPEGs (size 1500px on the longest side, 72dpi). The file name of your image must begin with the sequence number for the image followed by your full name. For example:  01_John Smith.jpeg.
2. Two to five lines of text to explain your approach. (Please, no artist statements.)
3. Inform us if you wish to participate in the printed edition of the magazine. We will contact you with further details if selected.
4. Your Instagram name so we can tag you.

The deadline to submit your entry is 31 July 2024 at 11.00 pm CEST. Participants names will be announced on 12 August 2024.

“Enigma of Life”

We welcome photographers who depict in their visual investigations many unknown aspects of life, such as subculture – images that makes us conscious of our own human existence, our ways of living and that of nature’s as well, through compelling visual stories. Two to five lines of text to explain your approach

My Submission

Dear Light Readings

Please find my images above for the open call’ The Enigma of Life’, and my text below:

This work, ‘What Lies Beneath’, reflects on community using the landscape of an ancient woodland as a visual model where things coexist and support each other – a contrast to the local community which is often disharmonious and driven by difference, sadly a global issue. Here I point to the inclusive, characteristics of these diverse woodland societies, which would benefit many human communities:

What here lies beneath the emerald wrapping, embracing their collective realm?

What lies elsewhere beneath man’s disguised demeanour, civil but sometimes deliberately divisive?

I would love to participate in the printed edition of the magazine if selected.

My Instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/nikiks_photography/

Many Thanks

Niki South