Show Us How You See The World
The 2nd annual LensCulture Street Photography Awards invite you to show us how you see the world! We want to discover today's finest street photographers who capture exceptional moments of life in all of its vibrant forms. Our global reach has never been larger, as our audience has grown to more than 2.5 million. Thus, your entry into our Street Photography Awards comes with many opportunities for international exposure and recognition: whether it's having your work seen by photography industry insiders or projected at international festivals, as well as appearing in the new Best of LensCulture 2016: 150 Award Winning Photographers photobook to be distributed and sold worldwide. You're invited to participate, engage and show us your streets!
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Street photography can take many forms: from candid, unexpected street portraits to brilliantly seen geometries within the built environment; anything from dazzling street fashions to gritty scenes of urban life the world over all fall into the genre.
To help inspire your entry, we have curated a selection of great street photography work drawing on last year's winners and some of our latest discoveries. We will continue to update this showcase throughout the summer as new work comes to our attention.
OPEN FOR ENTRIES IN ALL GENRES OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY:
To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
Street Photography Awards 2016 Jury

Marcel Feil (1968) is deputy director, artistic affairs at Foam in Amsterdam, and one of the editors of Foam Magazine, the international photography magazine published by Foam. Since 2002 he worked as curator at Foam and organized a wide range of historical and contemporary photography exhibitions, varying from solo exhibitions, group shows and theme exhibitions. Prior to his current position, Feil worked at the Dutch Foundation for Visual Arts, Design, and Architecture; and The Amsterdam Center for Photography, curating small exhibitions with work of young emerging photographers, organizing lectures and the educational program.

Bronwen Latimer is the deputy director of photography at The Washington Post. Before joining The Post, she worked as a book editor at National Geographic and at US News & World Report. She also served as an associate photo editor at TIME magazine where she received the 1998 POY editing award for story about Steve Jobs. In 1994, she worked as an editor for the book, A Passage to Vietnam. From 1989-1992 she was an assistant photo editor at Sports Illustrated concentrating on the Olympics. Ms. Latimer earned an MS degree in Journalism from Columbia University in 1989.

Photographer Enrico Bossan has been leading editorial projects for years, discovering young talents, teaching and serving as a mentor. Since 2005, Bossan has been head of Photography at Fabrica Research Centre, and in 2006 was appointed Editorial Director of Colors Magazine. Since January 2014, he has been in charge of Editorial at Fabrica, as well. Bossan curates exhibitions, installations and performances, and oversees the FFF Award. As Editorial Director at Fabrica, he has also published a series of books and multimedia projects. Having started his career as a photojournalist 30 years ago, Bossan's works have been published in important international magazines, and he has published 10 photobooks of his own work. He also serves as curator for various festivals around the world.

Celia devises the strategic and artistic direction of Photoworks and the Brighton Photo Biennial.
Recent projects have included the inaugural Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2015, Brighton Photo Biennial 2012 & 2014. Forthcoming projects include a co-commission with Focus Festival Mumbai as part of Re:Imagine India funded by the Arts Council England and HOUSE 2016.
Celia was previously Head of Exhibitions at the De La Warr Pavilion, 2002-2009. Other projects include The British Library by Yinka Shonibare (2013) and Brighton Palermo Remix by David Batchelor for Brighton Festival (2012), This Storm is What We Call Progress by Ori Gersht (2012), Imperial War Museum, London and curated projects include Myth, Manners and Memory: Photographs of the American South including Walker Evans, William Eggleston, William Christenberry, Carrie Mae Weems, Susan Lipper and Alec Soth (2010), Beuys Is Here co-curated with Anthony d’ Offay (2009), Kenneth and Mary Martin, Constructed Works (2008) and Jeremy Deller (2006). Commissions include Mumuration Rinko Kawauchi and Brighton Picture Hunt Alec Soth (2010).
She is co-editor of Photoworks Annual, visual art advisor for HOUSE festival and Chair of Blast Theory.

Matt Stuart is a British street photographer, a member of the In-Public street photography collective and one of the newest nominee members of Magnum Photos. As well as making his personal work, he works as an advertising photographer and leads street photography workshops.
Stuart's book of street photography, All That Life Can Afford (2016) includes photographs made in London from 2002 to 2015. He was also featured in the 2010 book and travelling show, Street Photography Now. His work has been published in a number of survey publications on street photography, and exhibited in solo exhibitions in Britain and the US; as well as included in group exhibitions in Britain (including at the Museum of London, which acquired his work for its permanent collection, and which travelled to the Museum of the City of New York), France, Bangkok and Stockholm.

Matthew Tucker is the picture editor at BuzzFeed UK. Working with the growing London-based team since 2013, Matthew covers news, entertainment, lifestyle and photo essays, along with original photography and commissions. Before BuzzFeed, Matthew trained as a journalist and worked on the Huffington Post UK picture desk and created online content for BSkyB entertainment shows.

Jean-Jacques Viau is manager of digital marketing for Leica Camera, the internationally famous maker of cameras and lenses. He has initiated and nurtured vibrant social media communities for Leica Camera, which now operate worldwide in many languages. Jean-Jacques has been curating the Leica blog since its launch. In an earlier position with Leica, among many other duties, he managed Leica’s relationships with photography students and younger professional photographers worldwide.

Jim Casper is the editor-in-chief and publisher of LensCulture, one of the leading online destinations to discover contemporary photography from around the world. As an active member in the contemporary photography world, Casper organizes annual international photography events, travels around the world to meet with photographers and review their portfolios, curates art exhibitions, writes about photography and culture, lectures, conducts workshops, serves as an international juror and nominator for key awards, and is an advisor to arts and education organizations. He serves on the board of directors at SPE, the Society for Photographic Education, the world’s largest association of photography educators.
The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.
Jury | LensCulture | ||||
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Winners & Jurors' Picks | Finalists | Top 100 | Editors' Picks** | Every Entrant | |
Submission Review by Photo Industry Professional* | |||||
Opportunities for Immediate Exposure | |||||
Visibility with LensCulture Insiders | |||||
Massive Exposure to our Global Audience of 2+ Million | |||||
Street Photography Awards 2016 Online Exhibition | |||||
International Press Exposure | |||||
San Francisco Exhibition | |||||
The Best of LensCulture 2016 Photobook | |||||
International Photo Festival Projections | |||||
Featured Article on LensCulture | |||||
LensCulture Network Membership | |||||
$23,000 in Grant Awards |
*Submission Review: Available for all Series entries and 5+ Single entries
**Editors' Picks: During the competition, LensCulture's editors will curate hundreds of entries for immediate exposure to our global audience through the competition gallery and our Facebook page.
Awards & Benefits
Awards
As part of our dedication to discovering the best of contemporary photography, we have expanded our award categories to recognize a greater number of talented photographers. We will be awarding winners, finalists, special selections from each juror, as well as a new “Top 100.” Read more about each below.
SERIES AWARD: 1st Place: $5,000 USD | 2nd Place: $3,000 USD | 3rd Place: $1,500 USD
SINGLE IMAGE: 1st Place: $3,000 USD | 2nd Place: $1,500 USD | 3rd Place: $1,000 USD
JUROR’S PICK: Each juror will select an individual Juror's Pick to receive special distinction and $1,000 USD.
FINALISTS: 20 Finalists will be selected.
LENSCULTURE TOP 100:
This is a new award category that distinguishes the Top 100 photographers based on the jury's reviews. All the work from the Top 100 will be included in our Street Photography 2016 Online Exhibition.

San Francisco Exhibition
Winners, Finalists, and Jurors' Picks will have their work exhibited at SF Camerawork, a nationally recognized organization promoting emerging artists in the photographic arts. With a 40-year history of supporting work not shown at commercial galleries or in museums, SF Camerawork is a celebrated exhibition space in the Bay Area and beyond the United States, reaching a global audience of photographers and collectors.
Left: LensCulture Emerging Talent 2015 Exhibition at SF Camerawork Gallery
Projections At International
Photo Festivals
We partner with 50 photo festivals from around the world to show our award-winning photographers' work year-round. Winners and Finalists in the 2016 Street Photography Awards will be shown at a selection of festivals from our growing list of partners this year, which include: FORMAT International Photography Festival, Voies Off Arles, Krakow Photomonth, Brighton Photo Biennial, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Photomed, Athens Photo Festival, Circulation(s) Photo Festival, Tokyo International Photography Festival, Cortona on the Move, Medium Festival of Photography, Brighton Photo Fringe and many more.
Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Art Photo Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival, Atlanta, GA, United States
Backlight Photo Festival, Tampere, Finland
Bangkok Photo Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
BIP2016 – Biennial of the Possible, Liège, Belgium
BredaPhoto International Photo Festival, Breda, Netherlands
Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton, United Kingdom
Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, United Kingdom
Circulation(s), Paris, France
Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cortona on the Move, Cortona, Italy
DarmStadt Days of Photography, Darmstadt, Germany
Delhi Photo Festival Portfolio Reviews, New Delhi, India
Encontros da Imagem Photography Festival, Braga, Portugal
Eyes On, Vienna, Austria
FestFoto, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Festival della Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy
Festival Internacional Fotografia Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile
FORMAT, Derby, United Kingdom
FOTO SOLO, New York, NY, United States
FOTOFESTIWAL - International Festival of Photography, Lodz, Poland
FotoLeggendo, Rome, Italy
Fotopub Portfolio Review, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
GuatePhoto Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Indian Photo Fest, Madhapur, India
Krakow Photomonth Festival, Krakow, Poland
Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA, United States
Miami Street Photography Festival, Miami FL, United States
Month of Photography Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Mostra São Paulo de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil
Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, Kobe, Japan
Obscura Festival, Penang, Malaysia
OFF_festival Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Photo Romania Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Photolux Festival. International Biennial of Photography, Lucca, Italy
Photomed, Sanary-sur-mer, France
PHOTOMONTH East London, London, United Kingdom
PhotOn Festival, Valencia, Spain
PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia
PondyPHOTO 2016, Pondicherry, India
Tokyo International Photography Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Vienna PhotoBook Festival, Vienna, Austria

Published in
The Best of LensCulture 2016:
150 Award Winning Photographers
We'll be partnering with Schilt Publishing house to produce an annual volume of all our award-winning photographers. The LensCulture photo book will feature the winners from our Exposure, Portrait, Street and Emerging Talent awards alongside their winning images. This unique collection of photographic work will be available for purchase and distributed worldwide. Schilt Publishing is the leading publisher of World Press Photo Foundation and FotoFest and their books are distributed worldwide by top class distributors: Ingram Publisher Services, the Centraal Boekhuis and Thames & Hudson.
LensCulture Network Membership
Winning photographers and Jurors' Picks will receive membership to the LensCulture Network, our invitation-only community of internationally recognized photography talent. LensCulture Network members benefit from access to our full range of services, along with entry into all of our annual competitions at no additional cost. Visit the LensCulture Network page to see how membership empowers photographers both creatively and professionally.


Aaron Schuman, Director/Editor, SeeSaw Magazine, UK
Ada Takahashi, Director, Robert Koch Gallery, USA
Adina LoBiondo, Senior Photo Editor, Sierra Magazine, USA
Afton Almaraz, Senior Picture Editor, Getty Images, USA
Alan Taylor, Senior Editor, The Atlantic, USA
Alessandra Capodacqua, Photographer, Curator and Teacher of Photography/ The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Italy
Alessandro Zuffi, Rédacteur Photo/ Photo Editor, Free lance, France
Alessia Glaviano, Vogue Italia and L'Uomo Vogue Senior Photo Editor, Events Art Director at Conde Nast, Italy
Alexa Becker, Acquisitions Editor, Kehrer Verlag Publishers, Germany
Aline Smithson, Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Lenscratch, USA
Alison Nordstrom, Independent Scholar/Curator of Photographs, Alison Nordström, USA
Alyssa Coppelman, Contributor, WIRED, USA
Amber Terranova, Marketing Manager, Schilt Publishing, USA
Amy Feitelberg, Photo Director, Los Angeles Magazine, USA
Amy Pereira, Director of Photography, MSNBC, USA
Amy Wolff, Photo Editor, Creative Director, CoEdit Collection, AARP, USA
Andy Adams, Founder & Director, FlakPhoto, USA
Andy Greenacre, Picture Editor, Telegraph Magazine, UK
Ángel Luis, González Fernández Founder and Director, PhotoIreland, Ireland
Ann Jastrab, Gallery Director, RayKo Photo Center, USA
Ann Kendellen, Photographer and Reading Specialist, USA
Anna Dickson, Content and Community Photo Lead, Google, USA
Anna Gripp, Editor-in-chief, Photonews, Germany
Anna Walker, Skillman Owner/Director, Jackson Fine Arts, USA
Anne Bourgeois-Vignon, Global Digital Director, Magnum Photos, UK
Anne McNeill, Director, Impressions Gallery, UK
Anne Morin, Director, diChroma Photography, Spain
Anne Wilkes-Tucker, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Antony Dickson, Features Photo Editor, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Arianna Rinaldo, Artistic Director, Cortona On The Move, Spain
Ariel Shanberg, Independent Curator and Writer, USA
Audrey Turpin, Production Manager at CENTQUATRE, General Coordinator of Circulation(s) Festival, France
Barbara Čeferin, Owner, Galerija Fotografija, Slovenia
Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography, The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
Bas Vroege, Director, Paradox, Netherlands
Ben Zlotkin, Founder & Director, Edition One Books, USA
Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Curator, Photography Specialist and Arts Advocate, BBD Photography, USA
Bjarke Myrthu, Founder & CEO, Storyfriend and BLIND SPOT INC., USA
Bonnie Rubenstein, Artistic Director, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Canada
Brett Roegiers, Photo Editor, CNN.com, USA
Brian Paul Clamp, Owner/Director, ClampArt Gallery, USA
Brian Storm, Founder & Executive Producer, MediaStorm, USA
Bronwen Latimer, Deputy Director of Photography, The Washington Post, USA
Carlos Carvalho, Owner, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Portugal
Caroline Hunter, Picture Editor, Guardian Weekend Magazine, UK
Catherine Edelman, Owner, Catherine Edelman Gallery, USA
Celeste Jovanovich, Sales Director, Fahey/Klein Gallery, USA
Celia Davies, Director, Photoworks, UK
Celina Lunsford, Artistic Director & Chief Curator, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany
Charles Guice, Founder/Director, Charles Guice Contemporary, USA
Charlotte van Lingen, Senior Curator, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
Chelsea Matiash, Deputy Multimedia Editor at TIME Magazine, Executive Board Member at National Press Photographers Association, USA
Chris Jordan, Studio Manager, Chris Jordan Photographic Arts, USA
Chris Littlewood, Photography Director, Flowers Gallery, UK
Christophe de Jaeger, Coordinator, BOZAR Photo, Belgium
Christophe Laloi, Artistic Director, Voies Off Arles, France
Christopher Rauschenberg, Founding Member, Blue Sky Photographers' Collective and Gallery, USA
Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions, The Photographer's Gallery, UK
Corey Keller, Curator at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
Corinne Tapia, Director, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, USA
Cristina De Middel, Artist, Dillon Gallery, UK
Daphné Anglès, Picture Editor/Bureau Manager, The New York Times Paris, France
Darbe Rotach, Senior Photo Editor, WebMD, USA
Darius Himes, International Head of Photographs, Christie's, USA
Darren Ching, Owner, Klompching Gallery, USA
David Alan Harvey, Full Member Photographer, Magnum Photos, USA
David Birkitt, Owner, DMB, UK
David Campbell, Communications and Marketing Manager, World Press Photo, Netherlands
David Chickey, Publisher, Radius Books, USA
David Drake, Director, Ffotogallery, UK
Dr David Kogan Ph.D., Owner, Cinderella Photography, Canada
Deborah Dragon, Photo Producer / Photo Editor, USA
Deborah Klochko, Director, Museum of Photographic Arts, USA
Debra Klomp, Ching Owner/Director, Klompching Gallery, USA
Denise Wolff, Senior Editor, Aperture, USA
Dewi Lewis, Owner, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
Dimitri Beck, Director of Photography, Polka Magazine, France
Dina Mitrani, Gallery Owner, Dina Mitrani Gallery, USA
Dmitri Beck, Director of Photography, Polka Magazine, France
Donna Cohen, Photo Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek, USA
Ed Carey, Director, Gallery 291, USA
Eder Chiodetto, Independent Photography Curator, Brazil
Eduard Planting, Owner, Eduard Planting Gallery | Fine Art Photographs, Netherlands
Elda Harrington, Owner, Escuela Argentina de Fotografia, Argentina
Elena Firsova, Managing Editor, Foto&Video Magazine, Russia
Elie Domit, Director, East Wing Gallery, Qatar
Elinor Carucci, Teacher of Photography, School of Visual Arts, USA
Elisa Medde, Managing Editor, FOAM Magazine, Netherlands
Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor, Curator, Writer, Teacher, Advisor, Biondi Foto, USA
Elissa Curtis, Deputy Photo Director, The Wall Street Journal, USA
Elizabeth Avedon, Correspondent USA/Reporter, L'Oeil de la Photographie, USA
Elizabeth Johnson, Sr. Photo Editor, CNN Digital, USA
Elizabeth Lapp, Head of Social Marketing, Yahoo, USA
Els Barents, Independent Photo Historian, Writer & Researcher, Els Barents, Netherlands
Emily Adams, Photography Exhibition Specialist, Mexico
Emily Graham, Cultural & Education Manager, Magnum Photos, UK
Emma Bowkett, Director of Photography, FT Weekend Magazine, UK
Enrico Bossan, Founder and Art Director, e-photoreview.com, Italy
Enrico Stefanelli, Founder, President and Artistic Director, Photolux Festival, Italy
Erik Vroons Chief, Editor, GUP Magazine, Netherlands
Evgeny Berezner, Deputy General Director, ROSIZO State Museum&Exhibition Center, Ministry of Culture of Russia, Russia
Felicia Anastasia, Founder & Creative Director, Anastasia Photo Gallery, USA
Fiona Rogers, Global Business Development Manager, Magnum Photos, UK
Francis Hodgson, Photography Critic, Financial Times of London, UK
Francoise Callier, Program Coordinator, Angkor Photo Festival, France
Frazier King, Member of Board and Exhibition Committee, Houston Center for Photography, USA
Freddy Denaes, Publisher, Editions de l'Oeil, France
Frits Gierstberg, Head of Exhibitions/Curator, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Netherlands
Gad Edery, CEO, Gad Collection, France
Gaia Tripoli, Photodesk - Deputy for Business and Assignments, International New York Times, Italy
Gail Marowitz, Creative Director, The Visual Strategist, USA
Garry Sommerfeld, Manager Photographic Services, NGV National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Genevieve Fussell, Senior Photo Editor, The New Yorker, USA
Gilles Steinmann, Photo Editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland
Greg Hobson, Curator of Photographs, National Media Museum, UK
Gregory Eddi Jones, Founding Editor, In the In-Between, USA
Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director/Curator, The Center for Fine Art Photography, USA
Hannah Watson, Director, TJ Boulting Gallery and Trolley Books, UK
Hélène Joye-Cagnard, Director, Journées photographiques de Bienne, Switzerland
Hideko Kataoka, Director of Photography, Newsweek, Japan
Ian Shive, CEO & Founder, Tandem Stills + Motion, USA
Iatã Cannabrava, Partner, Estúdio Madalena, Brazil
Ihiro Hayami, Director, Tokyo Institute of Photography, Japan
Ishida Tetsuro, Curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
Jacob Aue Sobol, Photographer, MagnumPhotos, Denmark
James Estrin, Photographer/Lens Blog Editor, The New York Times, USA
Jason Landry, Director, New Hampshire Institute of Art, USA
Jeanne Mercier, Editor, Coordinator, and Trainer, Afrique in visu, Morocco
Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, USA
Jeff Moorfoot, Editor, BETA Developments in Photography, Australia
Jennifer Blessing, Senior Curator of Photography, Guggenheim.org, USA
Jenny Smets, Member of the Supervisory Board, World Press Photo, Netherlands
Jeremy Ross, Gallery and Sales Manager, Morrison Hotel Gallery, USA
Jessica Lim, Asia Coordinator, Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops, Cambodia
Jessie Wender, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic, USA
Joanne Junga, Yang Director,Y&G Art, South Korea
Johan Sjöström, Curator of Exhibitions, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden
John Duncan, Editor, Source Photographic Review, UK
Jolene Hanson, Director, The G2 Gallery, USA
Jon Jones, Director of Photography, Sunday Times, UK
Jorge de la Torriente, Owner / Photographer, De La Gallery, USA
Juli Lowe, Director, Catherine Edelman Gallery, USA
Julien Jourdes, Co-Founder and COO, Blink.la, USA
Karen Davis, Director/Co-owner, Davis Orton Gallery,USA
Karen Downey, Project Manager, Arts Council, Ireland
Karin Bareman, Exhibitions & Projects Organiser, Autograph Abp, Netherlands
Karol Hordziej, President & Art Director, Foundation for Visual Art, Poland
Kathleen Prutting, Manager Photo Editor, CBS Broadcast Network, USA
Kathy Moran, Sr. Editor, Natural History at National Geographic Magazine, USA
Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, The New York Times Magazine, USA
Ken Geiger, Dep. Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Kenneth Dickerman, Digital Photo Manager, The Washington Post, USA
Kottie Gaydos, Director of Operations & Curator, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, USA
Kris Graves, Studio Manager and Photographer, Guggenheim Museum, USA
Krzysztof Candrowicz, Director at Lodz Art Center, and Artistic Director at Hamburg Triennial of Photography, Poland
Kurt Mutchler, Senior Science Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Lars Boering, Managing Director, World Press Photo, Netherlands
Laura Pressley, Executive Director, CENTER, USA
Laura Serani, Artistic Director, Photography Residence Foundation Treilles, France
Lauren Ford, Photographic Director, Dazed & Confused, UK
Linda Benedict-Jones, Executive Director, Silver Eye Center for Photography, USA
Lisa J. Sutcliffe, Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum, USA
Lizzy Oppenheimer, Senior Photo Editor, InStyle, USA
Louise Clements, Artistic Director, Derby QUAD Limited and FORMAT International Photography Festival, UK
Luc Rabaey, Owner, 44 Gallery, Belgium
Lucy Bell, Director, Lucy Bell Fine Art, UK
Maarten Schilt, Publisher and Gallerist, Schilt Publishing & Gallery, Netherlands
Magdalena, Herrera Director of Photography, GEO France, France
Maja Saphir, Web Photo Editor, Fast Company, USA
Manila Camarini, Photo Editor, D La Repubblica, Italy
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, President/Founder, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, USA
Marc Prüst, Artistic Director, Photoreporter Festival Baie de St. Brieuc, Netherlands
Marcel Feil, Deputy Director of Artistic Affairs, FOAM, Netherlands
Marcia Allert, Director of Photography, The Daily Beast, USA
Margaret Kelly, Exhibition and Art Fair Manager, Pace/Macgill Gallery, USA
Margy Dudley, Owner, Open Shutter Gallery, USA
Maria Garcia Yelo, Deputy Manager, PHotoEspaña International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, Spain
Marie-Pierre Subtil, Chief Editor, 6 Mois, France
Marion Hislen, Director, Circulations Festival, France
Marisa Schwartz Taylor, Photo Editor, The New York Times, USA
Mark Murrmann, Photo Editor, Mother Jones, USA
Martin Parr, Award-Winning Photographer and Curator, UK
Mary Virginia Swanson, Manager of Institutional Giving, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation, USA
MaryAnn Camilleri, Founder, The Magenta Foundation; Director, Flash Forward Festival, Canada
Matt Shonfeld, Executive Director, Institute for Artist Management, UK
Matt Stuart, Independent Street Photographer, UK
Matthew Craig, Co-Founder and CEO, Blink, USA
Matt Tucker, Picture Editor, BuzzFeed, UK
Mauro Bedoni, Freelance Photo Editor, USA
Maya Byskov, Artistic Director, The Independent AIR, Germany
Meaghan Looram, Deputy Photo Editor, The New York Times, USA
Melissa Ryan, Director of Photography, Nature Conservancy Magazine, USA
Mia Diehl, Photography Director/Fortune Magazine, USA
Michael Dooney, Director, Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Germany
Michael Famighetti, Editor, Aperture Magazine, USA
Michael Foley, Owner, Foley Gallery, USA
Michael Mack, Founder, mackbooks.co.uk, UK
Michael Weir, Director/Founder, Belfast Photo Festival, UK
Michael Wichita, Director of Photography, AARP, USA
Michael Zajakowski, Features Picture Editor, Chicago Tribune, USA
Michelle Dunn Marsh, Executive Director at Pacific Center Northwest, Founder of Minor Matters Books, USA
Miriam Romais, Independent Curator, Photographer at RomaisPhotos, USA
Miyako Yoshinaga, Director, Mikayo Yoshinga Gallery, USA
Molly Roberts, Chief Photography Editor, Smithsonian Magazine, USA
Monica Allende, Photography Editor, Curator, and Educator, UK
Moritz Neumüller, Academic Director of Photography Programs, Istituto Europeo di Design, Spain
Moshe Rosenzveig, Director, Head On Photo Festival, Australia
Mutsuko Ota Editorial, Director, IMA magazine, Japan
Natalie Matutschovsky, Senior Photo Editor, Time Magazine, USA
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, USA
Nathalie Gallon, Director and Curator, Tarfa Project, France
Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director, Museum of Fine Arts Le Locle, Switzerland
Neil Binkley, Creative Director/Founder, BINKLEY +, USA
Newsha Tavakolian, Magnum Photographer, Iran
Olivier Laurent, Editor of LightBox, Time Magazine, USA
Patricia Lanza, Content Director, Annenberg Space for Photography, USA
Paul di Felice, Senior Lecturer (Visual Arts), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography, USA
Pavel Banka, Editor in Chief, Fotograf Magazine, Czech Republic
Paweł Szypulski, Curator, Krakow Month of Photography, Poland
Peggy Sue Amison, Artistic Director, East Wing Gallery, UAE
Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, UK
Raffaela Lepanto, Photo Editor/Consultant, PhotoFusion Photography Centre, UK
Regina Maria Anzenberger, Founder, AnzenbergerGallery, Austria
Régina Monfort, Photo Editor, FotoEvidence, USA
Richard A. Brooks, Deputy Photo Director for Asia Pacific, Agence France-Presse (AFP), China
Rina Tokura, Editor-in-Chief, IMA Magazine and Concept Stores, Japan
Roger Archibald, Photo Editor, Society of Environmental Journalists, USA
Roger Tooth, Head of Photography, The Guardian, UK
Roman Härer, Creative Director, plainpicture, Germany
Roxanne Behr, Senior Photo Editor, New York Magazine, USA
Rui Prata, Director, Museu da Imagem, Portugal
Rupert Jenkins, Founder and Head of Corrections, Durrington Edits, USA
Ruth Offen, Director/Curator, www.waterworksgallery.com, USA
Sacha Lecca, Deputy Photo Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, USA
Sadie Quarrier, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, USA
Sam Barzilay, Creative Director, United Photo Industries, USA
Sara Guerrini, Freelance Photo Editor and Photography Consultant, Italy
Sarah Bonk, Photo Editor, Forbes, USA
Sarah Leen, Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Sarina Finkelstein, Photo Editor, Money Magazine, USA
Scott McKiernan, Founder/Director, ThePicturesofTheDay.com, USA
Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs, Museum of the City of New York, USA
Sébastian Hau, Director, Le Bal Books, France
Selva Barni, Founder & Editor, Fantom Editions, Italy
Serge Belet, Senior Exhibitions Manager / Exhibitions Management, National Gallery of Canada, Canada
Dr. Shahidul Alam, Director, Chobi Mela Festival of Photography, Bangladesh
Silvia Mangialardi, Director, Fotomundo Magazine, Argentina
Simon Lim, Senior Photo Producer, Greenpeace East Asia, China
Stacey Baker, Owner, Stacey Baker Photographic Artistry, USA
Stephen Mayes, Executive Director, Tim Hetherington Trust, USA
Stephen Perloff, Editor, The Photo Review, USA
Sujong Song, Independent Photography Professional, South Korea
Susan Spiritus, Owner, Susan Spiritus Gallery, USA
Susan Zadeh, Founder/Photography Director, Eyemazing Editions, Netherlands
Suzanne Opton, Photographer/Educator, International Center for Photography, USA
Taj Forer, Cofounder & CEO, Fabl, USA
Tala Skari, Director of Photography, International New York Times, France
Thomas Seelig, Director, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Tiffany Hagler-Geard, Photo Director, SheKnows, USA
Todd Hido, Photographer, USA
Todd James, Sr. Photo Editor, National Geographic Society, USA
Todd Tubutis, Associate Director, Sheldon Museum of Art, USA
Tomoka Aya, Owner/Director, The Third EyeGallery Aya, Tokyo, Japan
Ute Noll, Photo Director, Du Kulturmagazin, Germany
Valerie Fougeirol, Co-commissioner with Rafal Lawandowski, Asymetria Gallery, France
Vangelis Ioakimidis, Director, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece
Volker Lensch, Photo Editor at Stern Magazine, G&J, Germany
Whitney Johnson, Deputy Director of Photography, National Geographic, USA
Wim Melis, Curator, Noorderlicht Photography, Netherlands
Xavier Canonne, Director, Musée de la Photographie, Belgium
Xavier Soule, CEO of Abvent Group and Gallery VU, France
Yuko Yamaji, Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
Yumi Goto, Independent Curator, Editor, Researcher and Consultant, USA
Zoe Chun, Communications Director, Kukje Gallery, South Korea
Visibility With Industry Insiders
We are now connected to over 3,000 photography industry insiders around the world including top photo editors, book publishers, gallery owners, festivals directors, agents, curators, online media publishers, and many more. LensCulture has become a key resource for these professionals to discover new work from photographers all over the world. This kind of industry-wide exposure is critical for both emerging and established photographers—all it takes is one set of eyes to change the future of your career.
International Press Exposure
Each year, LensCulture award winners receive a variety of press coverage from publications and media outlets around the world. Winners, finalists and entrants have been featured in such major publications as BBC, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Spiegel Online, TIME Lightbox, The British Journal of Photography, The Telegraph, among many other national and international media outlets. This kind of press exposure can lead to viral, global recognition of your work.


Massive Exposure to our 2M+ Global Audience
Winning images will be showcased in the Street Photography 2016 Online Exhibition, accessible by photography-lovers all over the world immediately after the results are announced as well as long after the competition closes. Selected photographers will also be published in feature articles on LensCulture's home page and published across LensCulture's social media and editorial channels. We have found this to be a very effective strategy for getting photographers exposure that leads to career-building opportunities — see our Success Stories.
Immediate Exposure Opportunities
The sooner you enter, the better your chance to be selected by LensCulture's editors for immediate exposure in our Competition Gallery, which is seen by our global audience. Some of these entries selected by the LensCulture editorial team will also be shared across LensCulture's online channels – our web site, mailing list, mobile platform, and social media channels. Access to additional opportunities and resources to share your work and gain recognition and exposure are provided to all participating photographers.

Free Submission Review
by Industry Professionals
We know how important critical feedback is to fine-tuning your work, and we want you to feel as confident as possible every time you submit to a call for entry. Enter a series or 5+ single images in the Street Photography Awards 2016 and you'll receive a free submission review. Our submission reviews include recommendations for improving your practice and preparing your work for competitions, grants, juried exhibitions, and other calls for entries. We have over 100 trusted and qualified educators, photo editors, curators, publishers, gallerists, and other industry professionals who provide meaningful critiques and actionable feedback on your photography.
Read what LensCulture's community of photographers is saying about Submission Reviews:

I really have to say thank you (BIG TIME!) to the LensCulture team: first of all, for the submission review I received after the LensCulture Award — it really helped me to re-edit the 8 pictures for the World Press Photo Award submission, where I then won 2nd prize! Second, for the publication of this story on the front page of LensCulture. Your article went online just a few days before the judging process, so it's very well possible that that was also helpful for convincing the jury. Keep up the great work at LensCulture, you do an amazing job for photographers and the photography world!


Not in my wildest dreams did I expect such a positive response! Thank you! It gives me validation to continue on my Photographic journey, always being honest and true to what I see and feel. Besides this, it was also very encouraging and thorough in critique of each image. Also noted and appreciated were all the relevant and further reading links. Thanks so much.


I found the comments most perceptive, precise and accurate. I will certainly bear them in mind when resuming this project (or other projects of a similar stylistic profile). I appreciate the fact that the reviewer meticulously analysed all the technical details of the photos, as well as the general idea underlying the whole series. Thank you very much!

I just go out and try to make sense of the world around me.
LensCulture's Commitment to Education
We believe student photographers should have access to the best tools and services to help them elevate their photography practice and prepare their work for international exposure and recognition—even before they graduate. The LensCulture EDU Program provides photography students with resources and tools for creative and professional development including:
- Free Student Portfolio Account to showcase their work
- 30% discount on their entry into the Street Photography Awards
- Opportunity for global exposure in the LensCulture Student Gallery
Educators and students can visit LensCulture EDU to learn more about our program and register for a free Student Portfolio Account.
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We're on a mission to find the photographers who are best able to capture surprising, memorable, inspiring, candid, delightful or spontaneous moments out in public spaces all around the world. These Awards aim to recognize unique, authentic and personal points of view from professionals, amateurs, students and emerging talents everywhere. Enter our 2nd annual LensCulture Street Photography Awards now!
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Photographers Moving Forward
We believe that competitions are some of the best ways for photographers to gain valuable international exposure and connect with the photography industry. LensCulture's dedication to helping photographers move forward has helped to jumpstart careers and inspire a community of over 2.5 million across the globe to participate, engage, share, connect and learn. Here are just a few examples from previous LensCulture winners and finalists of how these awards have impacted their careers: