World Street Photo Awards 2025
World Street Photo Awards 2025 is now open for entries!
World Street Photo Awards 2025 : The World Street Photo Awards, an international photography competition has been recently announced for entries, celebrating authentic street photography from around the world — capturing real moments, emotions, and stories.
Short description
The World Street Photo Awards 2025 once again invites photographers of all levels – professional, amateur, or student – to showcase powerful street photography that captures real moments and untold stories from around the globe.
This competition is an international photography competition dedicated to celebrating the art of street photography in its purest form.
The awards seek to honor authentic, spontaneous, and powerful moments captured in urban environments worldwide.
For 2025, the awards highlight the growing influence of street photography in shaping how we see cities, people, and human interaction in modern society. With categories designed to embrace diverse approaches and themes, participants have the freedom to express their creative perspective while gaining recognition from industry experts and a global community of fellow photographers.
Categories for 2025:
➜ Reflection
➜ Weather
➜ Geometry
➜ Black & White
➜ Color
➜ Silhouette
➜ The Decisive Moment
➜ Minimalism
➜ Movement & Motion
➜ Open Theme
➜ Light & Shadow
➜ Night & Low Light
➜ Mobile
➜ Animals
➜ Transport
By focusing on originality, storytelling, and the raw beauty of real-life encounters, the contest provides a prestigious platform for artists to share their vision with a global audience.
Each entry is judged on its artistic merit, narrative strength, and ability to reflect the dynamic energy of everyday life in streets across different countries and cultures.
The competition offers international exposure and cash prizes, with their work presented to a global audience of photography lovers and professionals. This makes it an essential event for anyone looking to advance their career in documentary, travel, or street photography.
Winners will be announced on 14 December 2025.
Submission requirements:
Choose your best street photos. Ensure it meets the guidelines for file size, format, and quality.
➜ Maximum file size: 7MB
➜ Accepted file format: JPEG (.jpg)
➜ Color profile: sRGB
➜ Watermarks: Not permitted
Who may enter?
This competition is open to all photographers, professional, amateur, or student, worldwide.
Prize:
The prestigious title of “Photographer of the Year” will be awarded with €500 of the cash prize and a custom trophy. Each category winner receives €100, plus international exposure via the Awards’ website, social media, newsletters, an official photo book, press partners, and their winning images are featured in the online Winners’ Gallery for a year.
Entry fees:
The first photo costs €15, with each additional photo at a 10% discount, and an extra €10 fee for entering additional categories. To access the Early Bird rate (until November 1st 2025), entrants can apply the 10% discount code “streetearlybird2025”.
