🔥THE BATTLE #2🔥
Still a ring, photographers and sweat
6 July 2026 at LE PRINTEMPS Inland x Hahnemühle House, Arles
Welcome to the arena!
THE BATTLE IS BACK. BIGGER. FIERCER. WILDER.
After the thunderous success of the 2025 edition, the Inland Battle makes its grand return to Arles and this year, everything has been turned up a notch.
New rule, new era: the reigning champion cannot defend their title the following year. And so, with panache, Inland, the outgoing champion, steps aside and will be proud to hand over the Golden Shutter Belt to whoever has the guts to come and claim it.
THE FORMAT
Three hours. Six teams. One Belt
Photographic duels in straight elimination. A hyped-up crowd voting at the top of their lungs. A jury of 5 uncompromising photography experts voting with cold blood (well, let's pray for that).
And at the helm, the legendary crowd-wreckers Sharon Cailloux and Janot le Pourri. Hold tight.
Teams go head-to-head in photographic duels, one image thrown, one image fired back. Pure visual repartee, no safety net. Each team has a computer and a screen. The best shot wins the round. First to 2 rounds advances.
Each team: 3 or 4 players, gender parity required.
On the menu: 3 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals, a small final and a grand final.
And a wild-card — the best eliminated team from the quarters gets dragged back in. Nobody is truly dead before the end.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN.
Is your team ready? Now's the time to step up and come claim the Golden Shutter Belt.
And if you don't chicken out — fill in the form below.🤜
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Gather your team of 3 or 4 photographers and step into the ring.
To apply, you’ll need:Belong to an agency or collective of photographers
A fun and original team name
A few lines on why you’re here to win
A logo (if you’ve got one, even better!)
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The deadline for applications is 10 June 2026.
Announcement of the six participating teams on social media on 15 June 2026
Participating teams must submit their 250 low-resolution images for the competition by 30 June 2026. (These images will be stored on the computer assigned to them)
Launch of the contest on 6 July 2025 at 7 pm in the ring at the Inland x Hahnemühle House, at Le Printemps, Arles
THE BATTLE APPLICATION FORM
