WHAT ARE THE TABLETOP REVIEWS?

A space for meeting, dialogue, and personalized guidance between photographers and industry professionals. In a relaxed and intimate atmosphere, each author will present their work to a group of specialists who will provide critical feedback, guidance, and suggestions for the circulation of the reviewed projects.

More than just a technical review, the Tabletop Reviews are a formative and community-building experience: we believe in horizontality, exchange, and shared perspectives.

The Tabletop Reviews are also part of a traveling photography project through peripheral spaces, with the aim of creating a decentralized photographic circuit. Through collective viewing, cultural agents will select a winning project to be included in the programming of all their venues, each according to their own line of work: exhibitions, workshops, publications, interventions, or other actions. In this way, a collective itinerary is created, multiplying the visibility and projection of the work.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

– Photographers and visual artists of any nationality with a photographic project in progress or completed, seeking guidance and/or ways to circulate their work.

– People interested in understanding how professional portfolio reviews work, who wish to attend as observers.

WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS CAN BE SUBMITTED?


Photographic projects in progress or completed, of any theme or approach.

HOW MANY PROJECTS WILL PARTICIPATE?

From all the projects submitted to the call, a jury composed of members of the festival team will select between 5 and 10 projects to take part in the reviews and compete for the Tabletop Reviews Award.

WHAT WILL BE EVALUATED IN THE SUBMISSIONS?

– Artistic quality and coherence of the project
– Conceptual and formal clarity
– Development potential
– Diversity of perspectives and approaches

WHAT DOES THE CALL OFFER?

– Participation in a review session in Granada with professionals in the field
– Personalized feedback and professional guidance
– Promotion of the project through the festival’s channels
– Accommodation on the night of Saturday, October 11 (day of the review)
– The chance to win the Tabletop Reviews Award and/or reach a collaboration agreement with one of the cultural agents
– Certificate of participation

WHAT IS THE AWARD?

The invited cultural agents will jointly select a project to be included in the programming of all their venues — each from their own line of work — through exhibitions, workshops, publications, interventions, or other actions to be defined with each agent. This will create a collective itinerary for the awarded work.

In addition, each participating cultural agent will have full freedom to establish individual collaborations with any projects they find particularly interesting.

WHO ARE THE REVIEWERS?

Cultural agents from the art world (independent curators, directors of festivals and cultural centers, editors from specialized publishers and/or media outlets, etc.):

– Daniel Belinchón – FER FOC (Soria)

– María Clauss – FESCOMARCASPHOTO (Province of Huelva)

– María Martín – Pa-ta-ta festival (Province of Granada)

– Pedro Vicente-Mullor – VISIONA HUESCA (Province of Huesca)

– Pepe Calero – Negativo Foto (Province of Badajoz)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?


There are two ways to take part in the Tabletop Reviews: by submitting your project or by attending as an observer.

IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT, YOU MUST SEND:

– DOCUMENT in PDF format (maximum 1 MB) including:
Biography of the author or collective and contact details: email and phone number (maximum 1,000 characters including spaces)
Brief conceptual description of the project (maximum 1,000 characters including spaces)
Statement of authorship guaranteeing that the work is original and that you hold all rights to it
– VISUAL SAMPLE including up to 13 photographs from the project (2,000 pixels on the longest side, compressed in .jpg format)

The DOCUMENT and the VISUAL SAMPLE must be sent in a single ZIP file (maximum 20 MB) through the form available on the festival website at the bottom of this page.
Submission deadline: September 14, 2025, at 23:59.

IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND AS AN OBSERVER, fill in the registration form provided below and attach a motivation letter (maximum 1,000 characters) in a PDF document.

IF YOUR PROJECT IS SELECTED

– You will present your work in person in Granada on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the Tabletop Reviews.

– You will participate in a unique event to network, exchange ideas, and create new opportunities.

IF YOU REGISTER AS AN OBSERVER

Once your registration as an observer is received, the festival team will evaluate your motivation letter and contact you to provide all necessary information.
The festival reserves the right to reject applications that do not show sufficient and/or adequate motivation to participate as an observer.

HOW DO WE HANDLE RIGHTS?

Authors will retain full rights over their work.
Pa-ta-ta Festival is granted the right to exhibit and disseminate the work. The organization may use images from the project for promotional purposes, always crediting the author, in this edition and in future editions.

WHAT DOES PARTICIPATION IMPLY?

Participation in this call implies full acceptance of these guidelines. Any unforeseen matters will be resolved by the organization.

Here is the form for your participation: