THE READING IN NUMBERS
A year of reading
The fourth edition reached the widest international scale the Open Call has touched so far. The figures below trace the year: submissions received, countries represented, photographers selected for the printed catalog and the Bologna exhibition. They give the reading its measurable shape, not its full meaning.
20,000+
SUBMISSIONS
100+
COUNTRIES
44
SINGLE FINALISTS
14
SERIES FINALISTS
EXHIBITION
Magazzino Arti Sceniche, Bologna
The fourth edition closed with an exhibition at Magazzino Arti Sceniche, a former carpentry workshop in Bologna now operating as a contemporary cultural space. Curated by Marco Savarese, the show brought together winners, finalists, and honorable mentions across the single and series categories. For four days in October, the annual reading took physical form: prints on the walls, photographers and audience in the same room, the year's voices placed in dialogue.
MAGAZINE
Eyeshot Magazine #20
Eyeshot Magazine #20 is the printed form of the 2025 reading. It collects winners, single and series finalists, and honorable mentions in a limited-edition hardcover, designed and produced in Italy on FSC-certified paper. The magazine is not a catalog: it is where the year's reading is given shape, sequence, and material weight, ready to be opened, kept, and returned to.
OPEN CALL 2025
Jury Panel
Marco Savarese
EYESHOT
Founded Eyeshot in 2018, directs the editorial vision and the annual Open Call.
Bill Shapiro
FORMERLY LIFE
Former Editor-in-Chief of LIFE Magazine's final print edition and founding editor of LIFE.com.
Ami Vitale
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
National Geographic contract photographer since 2005, Nikon Ambassador, six World Press Photo awards.
Richard Kalvar
MAGNUM PHOTOS
Member of Magnum Photos since 1975, known for the surreal undercurrents of his street work.
Jacob Aue Sobol
MAGNUM PHOTOS
Magnum Photos member, raw black-and-white work across Greenland, Tokyo, Guatemala, and Siberia.
Darcy Padilla
INDEPENDENT
Long-term documentary projects on poverty and marginalization. Guggenheim Fellow, W. Eugene Smith Grant.
Lucrezia Bonarota
EYESHOT
Editorial Director of Eyeshot since 2022, leads the publishing direction across books and magazines.
OPEN CALL 2025
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AWARDS
Winners
The 2025 reading at its sharpest. Six awarded works across the single and series categories.
FINALISTS
Single Category
The 2025 reading at the scale of one image. Forty-four photographs read by the jury.
FINALISTS
Series Category
The 2025 reading at the scale of a sustained project. Fourteen photo essays read by the jury.
