Turning Point is the pivotal moment of gradual or drastic and definitive change, the moment of transition from one state to another, the transformation, whether on a personal, socio-political or geographical level, the milestone after which the world can no longer return to its previous state.
Turning Point is the title of the Thematic Cycle of the TAKIS TLOUPAS AWARDS for 2025, the first year of the competition, the conceptual framework that defines the approach based on which those who wish to participate are invited to move.
We invite photographers to explore situations in which a transition or imminent change is observed – emotional, historical, political, spatial or simply visual -, at the very moment when a crucial decision is made or an identity is reshaped.
We are looking for works that capture the tension and this change of direction, not simply as a consequence, but as a charged conjuncture where different outcomes can coexist. The Turning Point can occur in a single moment, or have a duration. But it always marks the interruption of a course or a turn that gives rise to something new, possibly innovative, uncertain or irreversible.
We seek images that:

• Explore critical moments of personal development, or emotional ruptures
• Capture the impact of historical changes on society or the environment
• Depict landscapes reshaped by time, conflict or human intervention
• Record dramatic upheavals or subtle transformations; visible or buried beneath the surface

Creators around the world are invited to respond to the Open Call of the TAKIS TLOUPAS AWARDS with works that capture those seconds — or years — of transformation.
What is the point of no return like? Is it just a memory we recall, or a historical reference file?
The Turning Point can have either a positive or negative sign. On the one hand, it can mean the end of an era with different social values, the removal of the human element and the human scale, which mark the alienation and alienation in modern societies. On the other hand, it can lead to the birth of another era, albeit unstable and unpredictable, but full of prospects and innovations. It can mean the beginning of a new era, in which risk and opportunity can coexist, so that a different vision and new paths of coexistence, social, artistic, personal or existential, are born.