Featured Photo Contest

AAP Magazine #49 / B&W

$1,000 cash prizes | Winning image(s) published in AAP Magazine #49 | Extensive press coverage and global recognition

 

Photo Contest News

The Winner of the BigPicture Competition

The Winner of the BigPicture Competition
We can’t think of a better day than Nature Photography Day to announce this year's Grand-Prize-winning image, Lemur’s Tough Life, photographed by Donglin Zhou of Hangzhou, China! This incredible image captures the moment a Common brown lemur makes a harrowing leap from one towering cliffside to another while carrying her baby on her back.


The 2025 Niépce Prize : Ed Alcock

The 2025 Niépce Prize : Ed Alcock
Since 2016, Picto Foundation, PICTO laboratories’ endowment fund, has been pleased to partner with Gens d’images to celebrate and support the Niépce Prize. The 70th edition of the Niépce Gens d’images Prize has just been awarded to British-French photographer photographer Ed Alcock.


Hidden Beauty 2025 Winners and Finalists Announced!

Hidden Beauty 2025 Winners and Finalists Announced!
Beauty can be found in every facet of life. The Lucie Foundation invites you to explore the concept of beauty especially in places less obvious. These forms of hidden beauty can be unconventional, unexpected, and misunderstood but revealed through photography. What is beautiful to you?


Announcing the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

Announcing the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist
Aperture’s support of emerging photographers and other lens-based artists is a vital part of our mission. Founded in 2006, the annual Aperture Portfolio Prize aims to discover, exhibit, and publish new talents in photography—identifying contemporary trends in the field and highlighting artists whose work deserves greater recognition. We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize: Sara Abbaspour Alana Perino Emma Ressel Hashem Shakeri Daria Svertilova


The Nature Photography Contest Winner

The Nature Photography Contest Winner
For the second year, The Nature Photography Contest has united photographers worldwide, celebrating the beauty of our planet. This edition reaffirms photography’s power as both art and advocacy for nature. After a rigorous selection, the winners present a breathtaking journey through landscapes, wildlife, and Earth's delicate balance.

Photography of the Year: Polar Bear Amid Fireweed Blooms by Christopher Paetkau


Sophie Ristelhueber 2025 Hasselblad Award Laureate

 Sophie Ristelhueber 2025 Hasselblad Award Laureate
The Hasselblad Foundation is delighted to announce that Sophie Ristelhueber is the 2025 Hasselblad Award laureate, the world’s largest photography award, consisting of SEK 2,000,000, a gold medal, and a Hasselblad camera. The laureate is honoured with a solo exhibition at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg