Challenge “People” – Dec 2026
25 December 2026 @ 19:00

Enter the “People” Photo Challenge
The “People” Photography Challenge invites photographers to capture the diversity, emotion, and stories of people in everyday life. People are at the heart of photography, offering endless opportunities to document culture, character, relationships, and human expression. This challenge encourages participants to create images that reveal personality, emotion, or meaningful human moments, whether through portraits, candid encounters, or scenes showing people interacting with their environment.
Participants may interpret the theme in various ways, including:
- Portrait Photography: Formal or informal portraits capturing personality and character.
- Candid Moments: Unscripted moments revealing natural human behavior or emotion.
- Work & Daily Activities: People engaged in occupations, crafts, or everyday routines.
- Cultural & Community Life: Festivals, gatherings, traditions, or public events.
- Street & Public Life: Scenes of people interacting within urban or rural environments.
- Relationships & Interaction: Moments between friends, families, or strangers.
Creative and personal interpretations are welcome and also take into consideration any ethical responosbilities such as: seeking consent when appropriate; respect privacy and cultural sensitivities and avoid exploiting or misrepresenting subjects
Rules
- Photos must be your work and not previously exhibited or displayed in APG events.
- New 1-Year Rule applies. (this means taken anytime in 2025 to date)
- Photos can be colour, black & white or any monochrome colour.
- Photos must be at least 1800px on the longest edge and can be in Landscape or Portrait formats.
- Maximum of Two Images per Member.
- Entitle your image “Image Title by Firstname Lastname.jpg” For example Low Light by Joe Blogs.jpg
- AND PLEASE ENSURE YOUR IMAGES HAVE THE TITLE IN IT WHEN YOU SEND IT. (NOT THE CAMERA NUMBER, OR CAMERA BRAND!!)
Order of Merit
- All Images Submitted for this Challenge will accrue (5 – five) Merit points each.
- The new placing system 1st to 5th will be in place (selected by Guest Judge) and will accrue (25,20,15,10,5) Merit Points each
- All images will be given a critique by guest judges.
Deadline for Entries
- The deadline for entries and delivery of digital images is 17:00 on Friday, 23rd of December 2026
How to Submit your Entries
- Please send your images to the following e-mail “membership(at)algarvephotographersgroup.org”
with the Subject: “People”
Exhibition Go-Live
- The Online Gallery will be available as follows:
- For checking that images are in the gallery Tuesday, 27th of December 2026
- Published at 19:00 on Friday, 30th of December 2026
We look forward to seeing your entries.

