Whispers in the Shadows: A Poe-inspired Room ends 28 December 2025

Deadline: 28 December 2025. Theme: Photographic “Whispers in the Shadows: A Poe-inspired Room” A photography exhibition inspired by the world of Edgar Allan Poe.

To mark the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, we invite photographers from around the world to submit black-and-white photographs inspired by the atmosphere, themes and literary universe of one of the most influential writers of suspense and the macabre.
This open call seeks images that suggest mystery rather than show terror, that evoke the unseen, the whispered, the half-lit corner, the distant echo, the quiet tension that characterises Poe’s writing. We encourage subtlety, elegance and imagination: photographs that resonate with the emotional and psychological landscapes found in Poe’s tales and poems.
We are not looking for graphic or explicit horror. Instead, we welcome visual interpretations of: Shadows, silhouettes and dim light. Strange details hidden in the everyday. Reflections, mirrors, windows, thresholds. Isolation, memory, obsession, dreams. Atmospheres of suspense, gothic melancholy and quiet unease. Textures: paper, feathers, old walls, dust, fog… Any image where the story remains unfinished, waiting for the viewer to complete it
Selected works will be exhibited in the intimate setting of a hotel room, transforming the space into a quiet chamber of suspense and imagination — a subtle homage to Poe, where each photograph becomes a fragment of an unwritten story.

Prizes:

Exhibition in the Radisson Collection Old Mill Hotel in Belgrade. Serbia.

Photo Contest Website: https://davidpujado.wixsite.com/bartcelona/open-call