© Michael Robinson Chavez
Series Winner · Open Call 2025
Michael Robinson Chavez
Mestizo is a decades-long exploration of Peru’s hybrid identity, seen through the eyes of a photographer with a Peruvian mother and an American father. Shot in black and white, the series captures village life, market exchanges, and backstreet encounters, moments of resilience, pride, and struggle embedded in the daily experience of ordinary Peruvians.
The photographs are both intimate portraits of others and self-reflections of the photographer’s search for identity. They reveal how cultural fusion continues to shape Peru, while probing the complex relationship between memory, history, and belonging.
Eyeshot Magazine #20
The fourth Eyeshot Open Call, a reading of contemporary street and documentary photography across continents and approaches. Issue #20 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 2025
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AWARDS
Winners
The 2025 reading at its sharpest. Six awarded works across the single and series categories.
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FINALISTS
Single Category
The 2025 reading at the scale of one image. Forty-four photographs read by the jury.
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FINALISTS
Series Category
The 2025 reading at the scale of a sustained project. Fourteen photo essays read by the jury.
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