Getxophoto Open Call 2025

Getxophoto International Image Festival has been held in Getxo (Basque Country, Spain) for 18 years. The Festival brings to the city different proposals from visual artists from all over the world, establishing each year a contemporary conversation on the proposed theme. Getxophoto is characterised by its radical defence of public space (physical and online) as a meeting place, a place of mutual recognition and a field for experimentation, play and celebration as opposed to its homogenisation and privatisation. For this reason, most of its programme is made up of open-air installations, highlighting, on the one hand, the link between the image and the environment and, on the other, generating a more horizontal and participatory relationship with the public. From its transversal approach, Getxophoto understands the Internet as a space for the development of visual culture. For this reason, it has a digital programme that has included projects that incorporate live automated processes, video games, video surveillance systems, apps, memes or WhatsApp groups, among other proposals. The Festival will celebrate its 19th edition in June 2025 and has featured artists as diverse as Alessandra Sanguinetti; Cristina De Middel; Takashi Homma; Penelope Umbrico; Marcos López; Hannah Collins; Martin Schoeller; Nadav Kander; Cortis & Sonderegger; Phil Toledano; John Hilliard; Juno Calypso; Joy Buolamwini; Wang Qingsong; Roger Ballen; Felipe Romero Beltrán; Lu Yang; Pieter Hugo; Maija Tami; Jacques-Henri Lartigue; Paul Fusco; Simon Norfolk; Zanele Muholi; Yann Gross; Mentalgassi; Ilyes Griyeb; Clare Strand; Randa Maroufi, Michael Wolf; Leonard Suryajaya or Sofía Crespo, among many others. For more information, visit getxophoto.com