Open Call

The RUST Publishing 2024 Open Call addressing women and non-binary photographers is accepting submissions until May 20th in order to further the collective production of a publication in a physical book format.

Terms & Conditions

  • The theme of RUST Publishings 2024 Open Call is „For what once was can never be again”. We seek to inspire thought-provoking visual discussions of all things mystical. Our goal is to engage with projects that push boundaries and deliver innovative perspectives on the matter of photography. We heavily emphasize the importance of nature's role in postmodern landscapes as well as fostering a critical outlook on our relationship with all that surrounds us.

  • RUST is an artist-run publishing house and artist collective that accepts open submissions from everyone at any given time. This Open Call however strictly addresses females, female-identifying and non-binary photographers regardless of age or nationality.

  • You can submit existing or new work that you think works well with the theme. The work can be published or unpublished in prior exhibitions and digital formats that might have taken place but should not yet be included in an already existing book.

  • Among all the submissions one winner will be chosen to publish the submitted project as a book in the duration of 2024 and 2025.

  • This Open Call is entirely free of fees and charges in order to allow everyone to contribute to it. As we are an artist-run publishing house however, we are not able to publish books for free — as much as we would like to. We therefore ask for your involvement in covering the printing costs of the finished publication, should your work be chosen. These printing costs can however be altered depending on the edition of the printed book, size and design and most importantly the means you have as well as the character of the work and its needs.

  • Simply fill out the form provided above in order to submit. Please submit a valid WeTransfer-Link in the form that allows us to reach and download your work.

    The submission should contain:

    1) Name your files as: Name_Lastname_Number.jpg

    2) Image resolution: No more than 5MB per image

    3) 10-20 files per project

    4) Project title including project location, status of work and project year(s)

    5) Project description (maximum 3000 characters)

    6) Artistic background (does not have to be a CV)

    We will ask for the high-resolution versions if your work gets selected for publication. These specifications are mandatory under penalty of exclusion.