31st Young Portfolio Call for Entries
Please also note that the submission format has been changed to Google form and Google account will be required for application. If you have applied in the past please be aware that the system has been changed.
Young Portfolio is a program organized by the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA) to support young photographers from around the world by acquiring and exhibiting their works for our collection.
Anybody under the age of 35 is welcome to submit their works. We are looking for works by devoted photographers who are passionate about their creative efforts.
It is not a contest where applicants are only eligible to win a one-time prize. Multiple submissions may be made up until the age of 35. We hope that by selecting works by the same young artist on a regular basis, we will help build their confidence.
It is the only program that exists in the world where it recognizes the true value of these young artists' abilities while simultaneously preserving their work for posterity.
Ever since the opening of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in 1995, the Museum and its “Young Portfolio” (YP) program have received support from the Shinnyo-en as part of its philanthropic activities. In order to open the door to an even greater number of young photographers, the application fee for the 31st Young Portfolio is waived.
31st Young Portfolio Call for Entries
1) Preliminary screening: Online Submissions of image data
February 10 to March 10, 2026 (data must be received by March 10)
2) Final screening: For those who passed the preliminary screening only.
Submission of prints.
April 25 to June 25, 2026 (prints must be received by June 25)
*A maximum of up to 30 works may be submitted.
*Prints of all the images submitted digitally for the preliminary screening must be shipped to the Museum.
*New versions of a print will not be accepted after the final screening.
[Selection Committee for the 31st YP]
Toshiya Momose, Rafal Milach, Eriko Koga and Masato Seto (Director of the Museum)
Works from the 2024 Young Portfolio Acquisitions (Total 104 works)
