Project Groundswell

Project Groundswell invites photographers and lens-based artists to submit projects on the theme of climate action. Project Groundswell is an opportunity to deepen understanding, amplify hope and inspire further action by making visible what is being done to address climate change. To give just a few examples - critical explorations of how individuals, grassroots movements or wider societal initiatives are tackling climate change by reducing carbon emissions, assisting circular economies, promoting biodiversity, exposing greenwashing, or enabling climate justice.

Four overall winners each receive a prize of €5,000, museum-quality printing and framing of their work for a major curated four-person touring exhibition, publication of the work as a monograph photobook, with an introductory critical essay about the work, exhibition presented in the core programs of Fotohof, Photo Museum Ireland, Cortona On The Move Festival and Imago Lisboa Festival in 2026, support of up to €800 for travel and accommodation for the Overall Winners to attend two exhibitions, at the close of Project Groundswell, one set of exhibition prints will be given to the artist, the other set will be held in the Fotohof Archive for posterity.