Sirmione Photo Residency ends 31 March 2026

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Deadline: 31 March 2026. The Municipality of Sirmione in Italy offers you a great opportunity: a two-week Photographic Residency on Lake Garda to produce a photographic project in complete freedom, supported by two international photography experts.
In a fortnight in October 2026 you will have the chance to develop and produce your own personal photographic project in Sirmione, taking inspiration from the many aspects of its charm.

You will be accompanied in this free-theme project by two international professionals from Magnum Photos: Andréa Holzherr, Global Cultural Director, and Ludovica Pellegatta, Partnerships Director – with whom you will be able to exchange ideas every step of the way.

And your project could even become a book! Sirmione Photo Residency is characterized by the great freedom that is granted to the participating photographers in imagining, proposing and producing their project.

Sirmione Photo Residency is a research and development residency in which photography can become the key tool to trace points of union between the different dimensions of collective life and translate into an opportunity for cultural and ethical growth of society.

Download the call, register on the site and send us your project by March 31st, 2026 to be the next protagonist of the photographic residency.

Prizes:

The Sirmione Photo Residency provides:
• TRAVEL: A reimbursement of travel expenses (up to a maximum of € 1.000);
• HOSPITALITY: Two weeks of hospitality in Sirmione in October 2026;
• DAILY ALLOWANCE: a total allowance € 2.500,00 for the two weeks;
• BOOKS: 50 copies of the volume that will be printed by the Municipality of Sirmione using the photographs of the photographic project carried out during the Photographic Residence in Sirmione;
• SUPERVISION: guidance and supervision in the realisation of the project and in the editing of the book by Andréa Holzherr, Global Cultural Director, Magnum Photos International and Ludovica Pellegatta, Partnerships Director, Magnum Photos International.

Photo Contest Website: https://sirmionefotografia.it/en/concorso/sirmione-photo-residency/