Best Photo Contests

Nov 12, 2025 | Source: HIPA
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) held its 14th annual awards ceremony, themed ‘Power’, at the Museum of the Future. The event was attended by dignitaries and prominent members of the global photography community.

Italian photographer Gianluca Gianferrari Wins $200,000 Grand Prize for Striking Image of Mount Etna

Oct 29, 2025 | Source: Epson International Pano Awards
The winners of the 2025 and 16th Epson International Pano awards have been announced and amongst an abundance of ultra-wide panoramas, the overall winner of the 2025 Open Photographer of the Year and the Nature/Landscape category is Alex Wides (Alessandro Cantarelli) from Italy for his entries Last Fireworks, Jackpot and Mann.

Oct 28, 2025 | Source: Magnum Foundation
Congratulations to Matt Black and Tonika Lewis Johnson on receiving the MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious award given to "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential. (...)

Oct 24, 2025 | Source: Exhibit Around
The URBAN Animals open call drew remarkable global participation, celebrating the fascinating coexistence between animals and urban environments. This year, the project garnered exceptional interest, with: An impressive 11,000 submitted photographs 7,736 single photos and 272 portfolios highlighting the diversity of urban wildlife and their interactions with city life Following an extensive selection process, we are pleased to announce the winners whose compelling images truly captured the spirit and vibrancy of URBAN Animals

Oct 08, 2025 | Source: Robert Koch Gallery
The Robert Koch Gallery is pleased to announce that gallery artist Matt Black has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, widely known as the “genius grant.” The award recognizes his extraordinary body of work chronicling America’s social and environmental dilemmas.

Oct 06, 2025 | Source: IPA
The 22nd edition of the International Photography Awards (IPA) proudly revealed its two top honorees, selected from among 22 outstanding category winners and finalists, during the prestigious Lucie Awards Gala held on October 5, 2025, at the Benaki Museum in Athens. The museum came alive with hundreds of photographers and industry professionals in attendance, including this year’s category winners from both the Professional and Non-Professional divisions, along with many distinguished guests and supporters of the photographic arts.
IPA Photographer of the Year 2025, Abdelrahman Alkahlout, received this honor for his searing and deeply human series “Echoes of Genocide: Gaza’s Civilian Suffering.” Since October 2023, Gaza has been transformed into a harrowing landscape of destruction and loss — brutal airstrikes tearing through once-peaceful neighborhoods, as the cries of the wounded echo amid the ruins. Through his lens, Alkahlout’s work stands as a haunting visual testament to endurance, faith, and humanity’s will to survive amid unimaginable darkness, compelling the global community to witness, to remember, and to act.