Discover all 43 Award-winning photographers and find out what made their images and series stand out to the jurors.

In honor of Pride Month, we are highlighting a handful of features that are rooted in identity, queerness, and self expression.

A conversation with Sam Ferris about atmospheric street photography, urban solitude, and how light transforms ordinary city scenes into extraordinary moments.

Using a hand-held mirror, and his very sharp eyes, photographer Stefan Falke allows us to see street scenes from New York we’ve never seen before.

These street photographs all express a playful sensitivity to visual ideas echoed in momentary scenes.

Camera in hand, Swiss photographer Matthias Forster sets out to find moments of tension, surprise, and humor in the landscapes we often overlook.

Through layered composites of landscapes, negatives, and organic forms, Stephanie O’Connor creates chimeric images that blur boundaries between self and other — capturing the uncanny sensations of pregnancy, where cellular exchange creates lasting biological connections.

Candid photographs of people taking short breaks far from the chaos of the bustling urban activity in Taipei’s Wanhua District.

In striking and luminous black and white images, Francisco Gonzalez Camacho conjures landscapes alive in transformation to reflect the experience of rerooting in another country.

Street photography connects us with humanity in all its forms, and in turn, allows us to be and feel more human in our day to day lives—here are many, many inspiring examples from cultures around the world. Enjoy!