This Call is closed. See all the Winners and Finalists here.

ストリートフォトグラファーの皆様へ!

We invite photographers from around the world to submit your best work capturing the essence of life out in the streets. With these international street photography awards, we aim to celebrate the unique perspectives and creative visions of street photographers everywhere, showcasing the diversity of the genre and the many ways in which it can be interpreted.
The competition will be judged by a panel of esteemed photography professionals. Hundreds of Editors’ Picks will be showcased in our online gallery and social media throughout the open call period, and top winners will win cash prizes and will be featured in a group exhibition in New York City.

トップ賞

  • Exhibition in New York
  • 現金助成金10,000ドル
  • レンズカルチャーに掲載された受賞シリーズ
  • Featured at international photo festivals
上記のビデオの写真 © ジル・マグワイア、マキシム・グルス、ラルフ・ポッシュマン、カルティク・チャンドラン、スティーブ・バーナード、@JuanKasFoto、フランチェスコ・ジョイア、ホセ・アントニオ・フローレス・ガルシア、ヴェユネ・シダウガイテ、ミハル・カラ、ファビオ・マガラ、ブラッド・ジョーンズ、フアン・ソストレ、ジャン=マルク・バラ、レザ・ベジャット、アレッサンドロ・デ・ルイジ
LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2023, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
© Wenpeng Lu
私たちの国際審査員
Street Photography Competition – Jury, photography prize, street photography awards
Sadie Quarrier
Deputy Director of Photography
ナショナルジオグラフィック
アメリカ合衆国

Sadie Quarrier is the Deputy Director of Photography for National Geographic where she manages a team of 19 photo editors and oversees the assignment, production, and acquisition of photography across print and digital platforms. She provides journalistic insight and editorial guidance on the development of visual storytelling across platforms.

Previously she was Deputy Director of Mobile Storytelling where she oversaw producers creating engaging, mobile–first stories and videos. From 2002-2019, Sadie was a Sr. Photo Editor at National Geographic magazine where she was responsible for producing, managing, and editing 20+ stories/year. She was twice a finalist for Visual Editor of the Year by Pictures of the Year International (POYi). Sadie has traveled around the world on assignments and teaching National Geographic Photo Camps. Her career started at National Geographic in 1992.

Street Photography Competition – Jury, photography prize, street photography awards
Paul Schiek
創設者
TBWブックス
アメリカ合衆国

Paul Schiek is the founder of TBW Books, an independent photo book publisher based in Oakland, California. He is also the director of Workshop de Allende, a photographic arts workshop based in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where recent workshop sessions have been led by Curran Hatleberg, Juan Brenner, Jim Goldberg, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Mark Steinmetz, and Irina Rozovsky.

Street Photography Competition – Jury, photography prize, street photography awards
Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova
Founder & Curator
女性ストリートフォトグラファー
アメリカ合衆国

Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova is a photographer, author, and founder of Women Street Photographers. With 40 years’ combined experience as a documentary and street photographer, artist, darkroom printer, photojournalist, and photo editor, Samoilova transformed the successful Instagram account @WomenStreetPhotographers into a global platform. She has launched a website, traveling exhibitions, artist residency, inspirational film series, and photography book, Women Street Photographers (Prestel, 2021). A former Associated Press photojournalist, Samoilova received national and international awards for her iconic photographs of September 11, including first prize in the World Press Photo competition. She holds a certificate in creative practices from the International Center of Photography in New York City and a diploma in photography from Moscow Polytech College. Samoilova lives and works in New York City.

Street Photography Competition – Jury, photography prize, street photography awards
Enrico Stefanelli
アーティスティック・ディレクター
Photolux Festival
イタリア

エンリコ・ステファネリは、イタリアのルッカで開催される隔年の写真祭「Photolux Festival」の創設者であり芸術監督です。彼は、ティム・ヘザリントン、ヤン・サウデック、ホルスト・P・ホルスト、VIIエージェンシー、荒木経惟、ボリス・ミハイロフ、デビッド・ダグラス・ダンカンなどの展示会をキュレーションしてきました。2010年から2017年まで、彼はヨーロピアン・フォト・エキシビション・アワードのイタリアのキュレーターを務めました。エンリコは写真家でありジャーナリストであり、ワークショップで写真を教えています。彼は多くのカタログ、書籍、雑誌に写真に関する記事や寄稿を執筆しています。彼は世界中でポートフォリオレビューに参加し、国際的な写真コンテストの審査員を務め、World Press PhotoのJoop Swart Masterclassのノミネート委員会のメンバーでもあります。また、Leica Oskar Barnack AwardとPrix Pictetのノミネーターでもあります。

Street Photography Competition – Jury, photography prize, street photography awards
Marina Paulenka
展示会ディレクター
フォトグラフィスカ ベルリン
ドイツ

Marina Paulenka is the founding Director of Exhibitions at Fotografiska Berlin, where she is responsible for the museum’s exhibition strategy, artistic vision and affairs, and program. Fotografiska is the contemporary museum for photography, arts and culture with the vision to provide one of the most beautiful stages that Berlin has to offer for both established artists and up-and-coming talents on the one hand, as well as the internationally acclaimed community of creatives in Berlin on the other. Paulenka has 15 years of experience in artistic direction, curating, education, leadership, management and development in culture and art institutions and organizations, as well as her own artistic practice.

She was the Artistic Director of UNSEEN Foundation and UNSEEN, an Amsterdam-based platform for contemporary photography that presents the latest developments in photography and amplifies the careers of boundary-pushing artists. Before her role at Unseen, she worked as Artistic Director and Curator of the Organ Vida International Photography Festival, the leading institution for contemporary photography in Croatia. Paulenka is a member of the Creative Committee at the Bristol Photo Festival, a guest curator at FUTURES Photography, and a keynote curator for the FORMAT21 International Photography Festival. She is the recipient of the Lucie Awards 2018 for the best curator/ exhibition of the year for the “Engaged, Active, Aware: Women Perspectives Now” exhibition.

Street Photography Competition – Jury, photography prize, street photography awards
Jim Casper
Editor-in-Chief
LensCulture
オランダ

ジム・キャスパーは、世界中の新しい現代写真を発見するための主要なオンラインプラットフォームの一つであるLensCultureの編集長です。現代写真の世界で活躍するメンバーとして、キャスパーは写真家と会い、写真について語ることを楽しんでいます。彼はアート展をキュレーションし、書籍を出版し、ワークショップを開催し、国際的な審査員として活動し、重要な賞に写真家を推薦し、芸術と教育の組織にアドバイザーとして関わっています。

Photography Competitions – exhibition, expo

ニューヨークでの展示!

受賞した写真家の作品は、数百のギャラリー、出版社、コレクターを集め、展覧会、対話、アーティストのサイン会、キュレーションされたフェアイベントの野心的なプログラムを提供する著名な写真フェアであるThe Photography Showの間、ニューヨークのギャラリーで展示されます。

An opening reception will be held for LensCulture artists, invited media, photo editors and industry insiders for a night of art appreciation and networking during New York’s largest international art fair dedicated to photography.

Buy a good pair of comfortable shoes, have a camera around your neck at all times, keep your elbows in, be patient, optimistic and don’t forget to smile.”
Matt Stuart, Photographer and 2022 Juror
Street Photography Awards 2023 – photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
© ジェイソン・アウ
Street Photography Awards 2023 – photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
© ユッカ・ヴェフマス
Street Photography Awards 2023 – photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
© シティチャイ・マイクパンディン
Street Photography Awards 2023 – photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
© Juan Carlos Pinto

さらに多くの賞と特典

受賞シリーズがLensCultureに掲載されました

シリーズカテゴリーの第1位、第2位、第3位の受賞者の作品はLensCultureに掲載されます。LensCultureの高い検索順位とサイトへのトラフィックの恩恵を受けて、私たちの特集はあなたの作品に継続的な露出を提供します。

Featured at International Photo Festivals

Select works will be screened at photo festivals and events worldwide. In the past, our winners, finalists, and jurors’ picks were screened at festivals in the US, the UK, Italy, France, Spain, Japan, The Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Hungary, Serbia, and more.

Visibility With Industry Insiders & Creative Professionals

あなたのキャリアの方向性を変えるのに必要なのは、一組の目だけです。審査員があなたの応募作品を高く評価した場合、私たちのトップ評価の写真家のディレクトリであるLensCulture Discoveriesに掲載されます。このディレクトリは、編集者、書籍出版社、ギャラリーオーナー、フェスティバルディレクター、クリエイティブディレクター、キュレーター、オンラインメディア出版社などの重要な意思決定者に提供されます。

Permanent Exhibition in LensCulture Online Gallery

LensCulture has become a key resource for discovering new photography work all over the world. All winners of this award will be prominently featured in the permanent online gallery on our site.

International Press Exposure

Award winners receive press coverage in publications and media outlets around the world — the kind of exposure that can lead to viral, global recognition of your work. Winners, finalists and selected entrants have been featured in major publications including BBC, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Internazionale, VICE, The Times of London, Huffington Post, Spiegel Online, The British Journal of Photography, and The Telegraph.

 

最新の特集をぜひご覧ください ガーディアン2022年LensCultureストリートフォトグラフィーアワードの受賞者の作品を世界に共有する美しい画像ギャラリー。


The Guardian – International Press Exposure, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
The Timelightbox – International Press Exposure, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards;
BJP – International Press Exposure, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
The Telegraph – International Press Exposure, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
The New York Times– International Press Exposure, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
Speigel – International Press Exposure, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
Hufftington Post – International Press Exposure, photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards

Street Photography Awards 2023
© 三角 拓真
Competition Gallery
Editors’ Picks
When you enter this award, your work will be immediately reviewed by our editors. Selected submissions will be featured in our Competition Gallery and published across all of our online channels, reaching an international audience of three million. (For example, more than 529 early entries were selected and featured during our 2023 Portrait Awards, and more than 250 of those were promoted via LensCulture’s Instagram and Facebook platforms, reaching approximately 5.9 million photography lovers during the competition.) Enter your work early to take advantage of this incredible opportunity for global exposure!
Note: While our editors review entries for inclusion on a daily basis, not every submission can be shown here.
Photography award competition, photography prize, street photography awards
© ジョアンナ・マドロック

現金賞と表彰

シリーズ賞受賞者

1st Place – $3,500
2位 – $2,000
3位 – $1,000

シングルイメージ賞受賞者

1位 – $2,000
2nd Place – $1,000
3位 – $500

審査員の選択

各審査員は、特別な表彰を受ける個々の審査員選出作品を選び、選ばれたシリーズや単一画像それぞれについて専門家からの称賛のコメントを含めます。

25人のファイナリスト

25人のファイナリストとその作品は、受賞者ページおよび世界中のプロモーションで、受賞者および審査員の選定作品と共に紹介されます。

参加者全員への特典

Benefits6人の受賞者6人の審査員の選択25 Finalists編集者のおすすめ(1)すべての応募者
賞金総額 $10,000ドル
受賞シリーズがLensCultureに掲載されました(2)
ニューヨーク展覧会
LensCulture Insidersとの視認性
国際写真祭プロジェクションで特集されました
国際的な報道露出
世界中の300万人の観客への大規模な露出
LensCulture Portfolio Account(3)
トップレートの写真家のオンラインディレクトリ、LensCulture Discoveriesに掲載されるチャンス(4)
あなたの作品を世界の写真コミュニティと共有してください
直ちに露出するための機会
(1)編集者のおすすめ: コンペティション期間中、LensCultureの編集者は数百のエントリーをキュレーションし、コンペティションギャラリーやInstagram、Facebookページを通じて、毎日更新される形でグローバルな観客に即座に露出させます。 (2)Solo Feature for series winners.(3)レンズカルチャー ポートフォリオ アカウント: すべてのシリーズエントリーおよび5枚以上のシングルエントリーで利用可能。(4)すべての高評価の写真家は、自動的にLensCulture Discoveriesオンラインディレクトリに含まれます。
Street Photography Awards 2023
© Farhan Labib

あなたの作品の書面によるレビューを取得

5枚以上のシングル画像またはシリーズをこのコンペティションにエントリーし、追加料金$25でプロによる提出物のレビューを追加することができます。これは、経験豊富な業界の専門家からあなたの作品に対する貴重で具体的なフィードバックを受け取るためのユニークな機会です。

“This review was extraordinarily insightful and immensely helpful. Truly, I didn’t anticipate this level of attention... I am extremely encouraged.” フレッド・ザフラン

あなたの街を見せてください

These photography awards are open to all photographers who have a passion for street photography and are able to capture the energy and dynamism of city life in their images. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a newcomer to the genre, we encourage you to submit your work and share your perspective on the world around us.

Open to all types of photography: black & white, mobile photography, analog, conceptual, street portraits, urban, street fashion, road trips, street art, travel, architecture, abstract, poetic.

Street Photography Awards 2023 – photo competition, photography prize
© Cenk Erdoǧan

Be Persistent

Many successful photographers enter the same work in several competitions before they finally win. This is an effective strategy to have your work seen by many different jurors and build your career. 粘り強さが鍵です。あなたの作品が世界中の影響力のある専門家に見られるためには、たった一人があなたの創造的な旅にポジティブな影響を与えることができます!

成功事例

19年間、LensCultureはあらゆるレベルの写真家が創造的かつ専門的に前進するのを支援することに尽力してきました。その間、LensCultureコミュニティに参加することでキャリアにおいて飛躍を遂げた何百人もの写真家からの声を聞いてきました。

“The recognition from LensCulture helped me get into the fellowship program at the Bronx Museum for the Arts. I launched my first solo exhibition at Kingswell Art Museum, and had a spread of my work published in the Visual Arts Journal. I made connections with people I admired and was offered opportunities because of LensCulture spearheading this initiative to recognize photographers.”
Photography Competition 2023 Awards previous winner Atonio Pulgarin
Antonio Pulgarin
Winner, Art Photography Awards 2018
“Receiving the LensCulture award gave me more visibility and the encouragement to keep going. National Geographic reached out to me about applying for their storytelling grant, and I made connections with people who were interested in exhibiting my work. This showed me that the story I was telling speaks to other people and is universal. ”
Photography Competition 2023 Awards previous Jurors's Pick Vikesh Kapoor
Vikesh Kapoor
Jurors' Pick, Art Photography Awards 2018
“My success with LensCulture gave me invaluable media exposure that helped grow and solidify my reputation within the street photography community. My work has been featured in exhibitions, festivals, and magazines. I’ve had wonderful networking opportunities and contact with photographers I revere.”
Argus Paul is a previously Awarded winner for our Photography Competitions 2023
Argus Paul Estabrook
Winner, Street Photography Awards 2021
“Winning the LensCulture Street Photography Awards is one of the most prestigious recognitions I could get in my photography journey! Since winning, I’ve had my photos featured in a local newspaper in Hong Kong, which led to a local gallery offering me representation. Along with being represented by this gallery, I’ve had other publications discover my work and offer me features.”
Jason Au is a previously Awarded winner for our Photography Competitions 2023
Jason Au
Winner, Street Photography Awards 2021
“My work gained great attention because of the LensCulture Award. My book The Monument was nominated for The Swedish Photo Book Award 2019, and also nominated for Prix Pictet!”
Ulf Lundin is a previously Awarded finalist for our Photography Competitions 2023
Ulf Lundin
Finalist, Street Photography Awards 2018
アーティストの権利を尊重します
All photographers retain full copyrights for their own work. Period. Winners, Jurors' Picks and Finalists grant LensCulture limited, restricted use of winning photos only to promote the photographers themselves and in connection with marketing the Awards competition itself. Details can be found in the コンペティション規則.
Street Photography Awards 2023 – contest, photo competition, photography prize
© Juan Sostre