Copenhagen Photo Festival FUTURES 2027: €500 Artist Fee for Four Nordic Lens-Based Artists
A European network for emerging photographers
Copenhagen Photo Festival is recruiting four FUTURES Nordic Talents for 2027, as part of the European FUTURES Photography network. The deadline is December 1, 2026. This is not an unrestricted photography prize for anyone worldwide: applicants must have lived in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden for at least the last twelve months and have been born in 1988 or later. The call favours practitioners who can demonstrate photography or art education or a consistent professional practice in the last three years.
Prepare one carefully structured PDF
The application requires a PDF of no more than 10 MB containing a CV and short biography of at most two pages, a project description of no more than one page and ten to twenty photographs from a coherent ongoing or recent body of work. The current application fee is DKK100. Prior participants who were not selected in earlier years may reapply, but previous FUTURES members cannot repeat the same route. The organisers generally do not provide individual feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
The €500 artist fee is real, but not a full production budget
Each selected artist receives a €500 fee from FUTURES, exposure through its platforms and invitations to discussions and professional networking. Copenhagen Photo Festival additionally offers screening opportunities, publication in its archive and a portfolio session with managing director Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen. Participation may open doors to separate travelling or annual exhibitions, but those exhibitions are not automatically guaranteed to every selected artist.
Institutional context and restrictions
Copenhagen Photo Festival has nominated FUTURES participants since 2021, and its archive documents earlier talent groups. The network model is intended for artistic development, not employment, cash travel stipends for all participants or a fee-paying gallery rental. Read the up-to-date 2027 eligibility, especially residency documentation, before registering.
Official rules and organiser application
Information verified on 23 October 2026. Before applying, confirm current deadline and time zone, entry and participation costs, instrument or media rules, work eligibility, copyright and funding directly in the official organiser documents.