01/08/2026
Seen Before, Seen Again: Philippine Photography Across Time articulates photography as a practice of sustained inquiry, one that revisits images, places, and histories rather than glossing over or replacing them.
In the Philippine context, where photographic history is dispersed across family albums, vernacular archives, and institutional collections, the act of “seeing again” becomes a critical gesture that reactivates memory and reveals social, environmental, and cultural change.
As the world celebrates the first 200 years of this medium we call photography, it is a moment to reflect on shared histories: on photography’s deep affinity with time, and its power to mediate — even transform — our understanding of reality.
For its fourth edition, Fotomoto frames repetition, duration, and re-examination as acts of reckoning, affirming the medium’s capacity to connect past and present while remaining open to reinterpretation.
Fotomoto Open Call invites participants to create a meaningful dialogue between the past and the present through photography. Submissions must consist of images reflecting time, memory, and change.
SEEN BEFORE, SEEN AGAIN
Submission period: March 23 - *August 15, 2026*
Visit https://fotomoto.ph/pages/seen-before-seen-again for more details.
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Image: Exit Wounds by JL Javier
