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Discover the Winners of All About Photo Awards 2025
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May 15, 2025
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All About Photo is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 All About Photo Awards. Now in its 10th year, the competition celebrates powerful single images from photographers around the world—highlighting exceptional talent, diverse perspectives, and compelling visual storytelling.
The All About Photo Awards 2025 has unveiled its 50 winning images, spotlighting the incredible talent from photographers across the globe. This year, the competition drew thousands of entries from over 40 countries, showcasing a remarkable diversity of styles, subjects, and perspectives. The 2025 edition underscores the power of photography to inspire, challenge, and transform how we view the world around us.
The winning works span a wide range of themes—capturing intimate human moments, the urgency of social issues, the intricacies of the natural world, and strikingly innovative conceptual photography. With each image, the photographers invite viewers into their unique narratives, shedding light on the stories that shape our shared experience and exploring new ways of seeing the world.
The All About Photo Awards provides an essential platform for both established and emerging photographers to reach a global audience. As the contest celebrates its 10th year, it continues to uphold its mission of championing visual storytelling while fostering a community of passionate photographers from all walks of life. The competition is not only about winning awards but also about amplifying the voices of talented individuals who are reshaping the art of photography.
Key Highlights from the 2025 Winners:
Photographer of the Year: Marijn Fidder (Netherlands) – Captured during an early morning training session at the Elite Swim and Gym pool in Kampala, this striking image of 15-year-old Ugandan swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe powerfully conveys resilience, determination, and self-acceptance. Born with a congenital limb impairment, Husnah defies expectations as Uganda’s only classified Paralympic swimmer. Fidder’s photograph is a compelling tribute to strength in adversity and the transformative power of sport
Second Place Winner: Abdelrahman Alkahlout (Palestine) – This harrowing image, taken at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, shows a Palestinian medic tenderly preparing the body of a child for burial. Captured with heartbreaking clarity, the photograph conveys the profound human toll of the ongoing conflict, offering a stark and deeply emotional testament to the cost of war on innocent lives.
Third Place Winner: Erhan Coral (Turkey) – Amid the snow-covered plains of Güroymak in Bitlis, Turkey, this tranquil image captures a moment of harmony between people and animals as they seek refuge in the region’s natural hot springs. Erhan Coral’s photograph beautifully illustrates the enduring relationship between humans and nature, offering a rare glimpse of warmth, resilience, and coexistence in the depths of winter.
Fourth Place Winner: João Coelho (Portugal/Angola) – In this striking black-and-white image, young workers in Angola’s coastal ship graveyards struggle to lift salvaged metal from the water—an unflinching look at the perilous labor and endurance required to extract value from ruin. João Coelho’s photograph lays bare the human cost of survival, resilience, and exploitation.
Fifth Place Winner: Francesco Gioia (Italy) – A powerful close-up portrait that elegantly captures the beauty of age, showcasing delicate red nails holding a lit cigarette. Set against a bold background, this image exudes character, resilience, and timeless allure, highlighting the subject's raw grace and presence.
THE OTHERS WINNERS ARE:
Joshua Cohen (United States), Hardijanto Budiman (Indonesia), Rosa Mariniello (Italy), Clark Mishler (United States), Chester Ng (United States), Patrick Enssle (Germany), Mark Seymour (United Kingdom), Pedro Jarque Krebs (Peru), Holger Goehler (Germany), Michael Sela (Israel), Andrea Bettancini (Italy), Buck Holzemer (Italy), Buck Holzemer (United States), Donell Gumiran (Philippines), Alain Schroeder (Belgium), Álvaro Vegazo (Spain), Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra (Spain), Leslie Gleim (United States), Natalie Arber (Australia), Syed Mahabubul Kader (Bangladesh), Martina Holmberg (Sweden), Ludovica Limido (Italy), Yuan Su (United States), Maurizio Di Pietro (Italy), Brandon Yoshizawa (United States), Thibault Gerbaldi (France), Mohammad Foisal (Bangladesh), Manuel Besse (France), Valentina Sinis (Italy), Arne Strømme (Norway), Aga Szydlik (Poland/United States), Neşe Arı (Turkey), Shinji Isobe (Japan), Carole Mills Noronha (Australia), Andrea Torrei (Italy), Damian Lemański (Poland), Charles Schiller (United States), Doris Mitsch (United States), Dmitry Ersler (Russia), Gavin Libotte (Australia), Raghuvamsh Chavali (Canada), Michael Lee (United States), Chris Yan (China), Forrest Walker (United States)
The winning photographs will be celebrated in an upcoming issue of AAP Magazine, which will provide in-depth stories and insights behind the images.
The jurors were: Janet Delaney, Photographer - Sarah Gilbert, Features Photo Editor The Guardian - Karl Taylor Photographer & Filmmaker, Hasselblad and Broncolor Ambassador - Tatsuo Suzuki, Photographer - Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art and Sandrine Hermand-Grisel, Photographer, Founder & Editor All About Photo
All About Photo Awards 2025, Photo Contest, Photography Competition
All About Photo presents its 10th edition of the All About Photo Awards, The Mind's Eye, calling all photographers from around the world. Winners will receive $5,000 in cash awards, extensive press coverage, and global recognition. All winners...
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