Opportunities

Shutter Hub FORMAT Portfolio Award 2026

Closes: 20/03/2026 5:00 pm

Photograph taken from behind and to the right of a person holding a framed print of a photograph of an interior on a table, during a portfolio review.
FORMAT International Photography Festival Portfolio Reviews 2017 © Alina Pankova

Image caption: FORMAT International Photography Festival Portfolio Reviews 2017 © Alina Pankova

FORMAT International Photography Festival Portfolio Reviews 2017 © Alina Pankova

Image caption: FORMAT International Photography Festival Portfolio Reviews 2017 © Alina Pankova

Shutter Hub Creative Director Karen Harvey MBE will returning to the panel of expert reviewers for the upcoming 2026 FORMAT Portfolio Review. The Portfolio Review is aimed at committed photographers with a developed and serious approach to their work and recent graduates are welcome.

Karen will be selecting the winner of the Shutter Hub FORMAT Portfolio Award, who will receive a mentorship session and a solo feature of their work on the Shutter Hub website. Previous winners of the Shutter Hub FORMAT Portfolio Award include Anna Sellen, Lucy Saggers, and Simona Ciocarlan.

The FORMAT Portfolio Review will take place online on Friday 20 March, during FORMAT26, meaning wherever you are in the world you can hopefully still get involved!

More details to be announced soon.