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Your City: Photography Competition

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Have your photograph displayed on the walls of Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Competition entry now closed.

To celebrate our upcoming exhibition, Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography (28 Jul – 4 Oct 2026), we are inviting you to share an image that captures what the city means to you for the chance to become part of our forthcoming exhibition.

Two winning photographs will be professionally printed, framed and exhibited in the Gallery during the show. Both winners will also be invited to the exhibition opening reception and receive four complimentary tickets to visit the Gallery.

Entering is simple. Send us a photograph that reflects your own perspective on the city. Whether it captures its energy, beauty, people, contrasts or everyday moments, we want to see what the city means to you.

A judging panel will select one overall winner, the Judge’s Winner, along with a shortlist of finalists. The shortlisted entries will then go to a public vote to decide the People’s Choice Winner. Together, these two entries will become the competition winners.

Our judging panel includes Jennifer Scott (Director, Dulwich Picture Gallery), Anders Bjørnsen (Manager, Art and Culture, Savings Bank Foundation DNB, Norway), and Alexander Moore (Exhibition Curator).

Cast your vote on our shortlisted entries

Below you will find the judges' 10 shortlisted entries. Choose your favourite and cast your vote! Voting closes Sunday 28 June at 23:59.

Vote now
Black and white photograph of two curved form apartment towers.
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Black and white photograph of a pigeon on a building looking down at a road with a car and pedestrian zebra crossings.
A table with umbrella and mismatched chairs on a lawn in front of an apartment block
Two people sat on a bench with other benches in a row alongside, viewed through a gap in a balastrade outside
A man with a long white beard and navy and white striped top in a market setting amongst golden smoking pipes.
A dog being cuddled by a woman. Black and white photograph.
Black and white photograph of the underside of an industrial river bridge.
A man sat topless on a wall with a tower block behind against a bright blue sky.
A beefeater pictured from behind wearing a black brimmed had with white red and blue ribbons, a white ruff and a red and gold traditional uniform.
Two figures seen through a material walking in a graffiti street
Printing and framing kindly provided by King & McGaw
Printing and framing kindly provided by King & McGaw

Terms and conditions

An entry ticket must be purchased on the Gallery website to enter the competition. Tickets cost £10, or £4 for Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery.

After purchasing an entry ticket, entrants will receive an automatic email with instructions on how to submit their image.

Submitted image files at this stage must be no larger than 20MB. Files exceeding this size will not be eligible for judging.

Competition entry closes at 23:59 on 8 June 2026. 

The Judges will select the Judge’s Winner and a shortlist of finalists which will be opened to a public vote to determine the People’s Choice.

One submission is permitted per entry ticket. Entry tickets are non-refundable.

The competition is open to individuals aged 16 and over.

Entrants must be the creator and copyright holder of the submitted image. Entries cannot be not AI-generated.

Winners will be notified by 30 June 2026 and asked to send a high-resolution image suitable for printing (at least 12 megapixels). If a suitable high-resolution file has not been provided, the prize may be offered to a runner-up. Winners will also be asked to provide details for the wall label, including the photographer’s name, title and date of the work.

Dulwich Picture Gallery will determine the print and frame size most suitable for the chosen display space. Winners will be able to collect their framed work from the Gallery on an agreed date after the exhibition closes.

Copyright - by submitting an image, entrants confirm that you are the copyright holder of the work and the work is original. Dulwich Picture Gallery is not responsible for resolving copyright disputes.

Usage: Entrants grant Dulwich Picture Gallery a non-exclusive licence to reproduce submitted images for judging, public voting, marketing, promotion, and exhibition display.

Image files will be stored for the duration of the competition and deleted 60 days after the competition ends. Personal data will be handled in accordance with Dulwich Picture Gallery’s privacy policy.