The nude figure has held a central place in art for centuries—explored as a symbol of beauty, vulnerability, sensuality, and human complexity. From classical traditions to contemporary interpretations, artists have turned to the nude to express everything from idealized form to emotional depth.

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​The nude remains one of photography's most enduring and versatile subjects—intimate or confrontational, formal or raw, poetic or political. Praxis Gallery invites submissions that explore the nude in all its forms, including figure studies, environmental and implied nudes, and work that examines identity, representation, the body as form, or the relationship between the figure and its surroundings through aesthetic, conceptual, emotional, or experimental approaches.