We’re excited to announce our next open call for our upcoming issue: FREEDOM

The open call will run through May 31 2025

Selected artists will be showcased in our upcoming print issue, website and social media feeds. 

Open Call Topic: FREEDOM

Few words feel more overused—or more misused—these days than freedom. It's been stretched, politicized, paraded, and diluted. Co-opted by power, sold back to us in slogans. And yet, at its core, it remains a basic human longing. We all want to be free.

But what does that actually mean in 2025? What does freedom look like, feel like, in your own life, your community, your lens? What would you do if you were completely free, not just from rules or expectations, but from fear, pressure, judgment? What would you make, and what might that kind of freedom change?

We invite photographers of all backgrounds, disciplines, and points of view to explore this theme, literally, conceptually, emotionally. Whether your interpretation is bold or quiet, direct or poetic, political or deeply personal, we’re here for it. 

Think of this issue as an open space to interrogate, celebrate, or challenge the idea of freedom.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. But we do encourage you to share the why behind your work, your thoughts, your questions, what moved you to make it. 

We’re looking for images and insights.

Join us! 

Our submission process works through a membership model.

How does the membership work? There is a $30 (CAD) membership fee. This is a one time payment to access the project page. It is not a recurring subscription. The project submission page can be accessed any time during the submission period by community members. You’re welcome to make as many submissions as you’d like as part of your membership to this project. Why is there a submission fee? We’re an independent arts organization supported by our community. We do not receive government funding or sponsorships. Our open calls are accessible through a membership model to each project. This ensures that we have a central place for a dedicated community to create the project. With your membership you also directly help to keep the lights on at BROAD.

Payment of the submission fee/membership does not guarantee the submitted artwork to be selected. Curation for the print publication is at the discretion of our curators and editors. All selected contributors will be contacted within two weeks after the open call deadline.