The International Association of Photography and Theory (IAPT) is a non-profit, academic-oriented organization dedicated to the multidisciplinary and critical study of photography and photographic practices, that biannualy organizes the International Conference of Photography and Theory (ICPT), a conference that aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields of study related to photography. The ICPT conference was initiated as a response to an expanding interest in historical, artistic, cultural and scholarly research on photography, and has since been established as one of the leading international academic conferences on photography.
This year’s ICPT will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 26–28 November, 2026. ICPT2026 aims to explore photography’s material conditions within an expanded field in which image, object, and practice intersect. The conference examines how contemporary photography exceeds traditional notions of flat representation, engaging instead with objecthood, residue, and material presence through installation, sculptural display, and alternative modes of production.
The Conference’s Call for Papers will be open until May 15th, 2026, and in order to propose a paper participants are required to submit a 450-word abstract (including references) that engage with suggested themes that include, but are not limited to:
- Photography as Object
- Object(hood) in Contemporary Photography
- Material and De-Material Conditions
- Residues, Traces and Photography’s Afterlive
- Curatorial and Exhibitionary Strategies
More information on the Call for Papers can be found at this link.
