PORTAL - at the edge of beginning

A portal is not simply an opening. It is a condition — a space where something begins to shift, dissolve, emerge, or remain unresolved. Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit work for Portal, an exhibition focused on images that exist at the edge of transformation. We are interested in photographs that hold tension rather than explain it. The strongest works will not describe transition literally; they will embody it through atmosphere, structure, presence, absence, or psychological instability within the frame. A portal may appear as a physical passage, but it does not have to. What matters is the feeling that something is at stake. We are drawn to photographs suspended between states: visibility and disappearance, movement and stillness, intimacy and distance, entry and refusal. We welcome images that feel unresolved, uncertain, emotionally charged, or quietly disorienting. Literal interpretations such as doors, windows, tunnels, or corridors are welcome only when the image itself carries genuine tension.