SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN: "ROADS & BRIDGES" – INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION. Allora Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit work for our upcoming online group exhibition, "Roads & Bridges."

Every road leads somewhere, and every bridge is a decision to cross. 

A country lane disappearing into fog, a motorway at night, a mountain pass winding upward, an old stone bridge over a river, a footbridge in the early morning. They connect places and people, and they say a lot about those who built them and those who use them.

We’re looking for photographs of paths and crossings in whatever form you find them: empty roads and busy ones, village lanes, highways, trails, railway lines, viaducts, tunnels, bridges of every size and age.

Landscapes where a road gives the scene its direction, city views held together by a bridge, trains crossing viaducts, empty platforms, images made on the road itself, people on their way somewhere. The moment of setting out, the arrival, or the stretch in between, all of it is welcome.

What road do you keep coming back to? We’d love to see the routes that matter to you, whether famous or just a track nobody else would notice.

Eligibility

• Open to photographers worldwide, of all levels and backgrounds
• All photographic techniques and approaches welcome (digital, analogue, mixed media)
• Work must address the theme of "Roads & Bridges" in some way
• Previously exhibited work is eligible
• AI-generated images are not eligible
  
  

Exhibition Benefits:

• Digital certificate of participation provided to all selected artists as official recognition of their inclusion in the international exhibition, suitable for professional portfolios and CV documentation.
• Selected works will be featured in a professionally curated online exhibition hosted on Allora Gallery's dedicated website, providing international visibility for participating photographers. Our exhibitions typically attract hundreds of visitors from the international photography community, including photographers, collectors, and art enthusiasts. Each artwork will be presented with full artist attribution and titles on the website, with detailed artist statements featured in our social media promotion.
• Exhibition promotion includes dedicated posts across Allora Gallery's Instagram account (480+ followers and growing) and other social media channels, individual artist features, and ongoing promotional content throughout the exhibition period. We actively engage with the international photography community to maximise reach.
  
  

Details:

• Submission fee: Free
• Participation fee (if selected):  £15 
• Deadline to submit:  13 December 2026
• Exhibition dates:  18 January – 18 February 2027
• Curated by: Oksana Bochina, founder of Allora Gallery
  
  

How to submit:

• Send up to 5 images (JPEG, 2000px on the longest side, 4 MB or less each)
• Include your name, website and/or Instagram
• Short bio (max 100 words) and artist statement (max 100 words)
• Brief statement about your submitted work (max 150 words, optional)
  
  

Sales & Artist Connection:

All exhibited works are available for sale with 100% of proceeds going directly to the artist — Allora Gallery takes no commission.

Interested collectors can contact the gallery directly, and we facilitate connections between buyers and artists while respecting artists' privacy and preferences.

Exhibition Access:

The online exhibition is freely accessible worldwide through our dedicated website, allowing international audiences to discover and engage with contemporary photography. 

The digital format ensures broad accessibility and extended viewing opportunities beyond traditional gallery limitations, with exhibitions remaining accessible throughout the exhibition period and archived for future viewing.

About Allora Gallery:

Allora Gallery is an independent online photography space founded in 2025 and devoted to capturing the fleeting, the poetic, and the unseen.

Each month, we curate exhibitions around a central theme, welcoming photographers of all backgrounds, styles, and stages of their creative journey.

Allora means “then” or “so” in Italian — a word often spoken in moments of pause, just before something begins. For us, it’s that quiet in-between — the breath before the shutter clicks, the stillness before the story unfolds.

We are open to submissions from photographers of all levels and backgrounds.