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title: 2026 Architectural Photography Competition (APC26)
description: Photography competition celebrating architecture, open to AIA members, students and the public, judged in four categories.
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type: program
status: open
createdAt: "2026-10-24"
updatedAt: "2026-10-24"
programType: Prize/award
organization: AIA Long Beach/South Bay
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/aia-long-beach-south-bay
deadline: "2026-10-31"
entryFee: 35 USD
location: Long Beach, CA, United States
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disciplines:
  - photography
---

# 2026 Architectural Photography Competition (APC26)

**Hosted by:** AIA Long Beach/South Bay

**Type:** Prize/award | **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States | **Deadline:** October 31, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $35

## About This Program

> "Architectural photography"

### About This Call

Capture the built environment through your unique perspective. APC26 celebrates the art of architectural photography and recognizes outstanding images that interpret architecture through composition, light, materiality, and place. Categories include Exterior, Interior, Regional Focus, and People's Choice.

**ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2026 (APC26)**

**Accepting Entries • August 31 – October 31, 2026**

Capture the built environment through your unique perspective. APC26 celebrates the art of architectural photography and recognizes outstanding images that interpret architecture through composition, light, materiality, and place.

### Categories

- Exterior – Buildings and the built environment from the outside
- Interior – Interior spaces and architectural details
- Regional Focus* – Architecture located within the AIA Long Beach/South Bay chapter boundaries
- People's Choice – All entries automatically qualify

### Submission Highlights

- Original photographs only
- Built environment subjects
- Enter one category per image
- Multiple entries welcome
- 5 MB maximum upload size**
- Winners provide high-resolution files

### What We're Looking For

We invite photographs that reveal the power of architecture through thoughtful composition, light, texture, scale, and human experience. Whether capturing a dramatic exterior, an intimate interior, or a meaningful place within our region, the strongest entries will offer a compelling visual interpretation of the built environment.

### Entry Fees

- AIA Members: $25
- Students: $10
- Non-Members: $35

Judging focuses on the photographic image—not the architecture itself.

Winners announced early December 2026

*Regional Focus entries may also be considered for inclusion as a rendering in the 2027 Color Your City architecture coloring book, with photographer credit.

**Winning photographers will be asked to provide a print-quality high-resolution image.

We use Submittable to accept and review our submissions.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Disciplines:** photography
- **Note:** Regional Focus entries must depict architecture located within the AIA Long Beach/South Bay chapter boundaries. Other categories (Exterior, Interior, People's Choice) carry no stated geographic restriction. Entry fees vary by applicant status: AIA members, students, and non-members.

### Additional Requirements

- Original architectural photographs only
- One category selected per image
- Multiple entries welcome
- Maximum 5 MB file size per upload
- Winners must provide a high-resolution, print-quality file upon request

## Timeline

- **Opens:** August 31, 2026
- **Deadline:** October 31, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://aialb-sb.submittable.com/submit/364568/2026-architectural-photography-competition