© Filip Machač
Series Finalist · Open Call 2024
Filip Machač
Filip Machač’s series captures their everyday life in Thessaloniki and its surroundings, following a recent move from Berlin. For the photographer, this period marked a time when photography became, and remains, an essential tool for interacting with both the familiar and the unfamiliar aspects of their environment. Through the lens, they explore the transformation of the unknown into the known, and conversely, how the known can shift into the unknown.
This process is described as a mental and physical dialogue, an ongoing exchange between the individual and their surroundings. Each movement, each act of photographing, serves to sustain and deepen this dialogue, bridging the present moment with the immediate here and now.
The Eyeshot Open Call 2024 Issue #16 is a limited-edition magazine and photographic collection, showcasing the best in street and documentary photography. Featuring winners, finalists, and honorable mentions from over 15,000 global submissions, this exclusive edition celebrates exceptional storytelling.
Eyeshot Magazine #16
The third Eyeshot Open Call, a reading of contemporary street and documentary photography across continents and approaches. Issue #16 collects six awarded works, single images and series, selected by a jury of seven photographers, editors, and curators. The works move between street observation, documentary practice, intimate portraiture, and political witness, presented as an annual reading of what photography is doing now.
READING IN PROGRESS
Open Call 2026
The fifth edition of the Eyeshot Open Call closed on 14 September 2026. The work that arrived is of exceptional quality, and the jury is giving it the time it deserves. Results by the end of October 2026.
JURY
Past Jurors
Each edition is read by a different international jury of photographers, editors, and curators. The full list of jurors who have read for Eyeshot is on the past jurors page.
OPEN CALL 2024
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AWARDS
Winners
The 2024 reading at its peak. Six works awarded across single and series.
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FINALISTS
Single Category
The 2024 reading in one frame. Forty single photographs read by the jury.
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FINALISTS
Series Category
The 2024 reading across sustained projects. Fifteen photo essays read by the jury.
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