LensCulture is calling for entries to the 2026 Street Photography Awards — international photography competition open to street photographers worldwide. From fleeting gestures to monumental scenes, this is your opportunity to share how you see the world — and have it seen by millions. Selected photographers will receive international recognition, cash prizes, and a place in a group exhibition in London. Hundreds of Editors’ Picks will be featured in LensCulture’s online gallery and across social media throughout the open call. Top winners will be showcased on their platform reaching photography lovers in over 150 countries.

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The LensCulture Critics’ Choice photography competition is now open for entries for 2026. LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards put the spotlight on the year’s most talented photographers — maximizing visibility and opportunities for those ready to step onto the global stage and enter international markets. The top ten photographers will be exhibited during Photo London 2027, the premiere international photo fair that brings together hundreds of galleries, publishers and collectors, as well as an ambitious program of exhibitions, conversations, artist book signings and curated fair events.

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LensCulture is calling for entries to the 13th Portrait Awards, to celebrate exceptional portrait photography worldwide. This year, LensCulture is searching for photographers whose portraits stand out for their vision, emotional depth, and creative originality. For more than two decades, LensCulture has helped launch and elevate the careers of 300+ outstanding portrait photographers. Many have gone on to work with leading international magazines, museums, book publishers, and galleries. You could be one of them!

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The LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2026 competition is now open. The Awards celebrate visionary image-makers who work with photography and photographic practices to create stunning new works of art. Photographers and artists from every corner of the world are welcome to share work that surprises, challenges, delights, or expands our appreciation of the photographic medium.

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LensCulture is calling for entries to the annual Black & White Photography Awards, now seeking the best work from 2025. LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards seek photographers worldwide who work in monochrome — whether through classic processes, digital techniques, or experimental approaches that expand the language of grayscale. A total of 37 photographers will be recognized as winners, jurors’ picks, and finalists, with the top winners featured in a group exhibition in New York — reaching curators, editors, gallerists, and collectors. This is a unique opportunity to have your work seen, celebrated, and connected to a worldwide community of photography experts and enthusiasts.

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LensCulture is calling for entries to its 2025 Street Photography Awards — international photography competition open to street photographers worldwide. From fleeting gestures to monumental scenes, your images can echo far beyond the instant they were captured. LensCulture invites you to enter and share how you see the world. A total of $10,000 will be awarded in cash prizes. Winning photographers will be exhibited at a gallery in New York during The Photography Show (Spring 2026), the eminent photo fair that brings together hundreds of galleries, publishers and collectors, as well as an ambitious program of exhibitions, conversations, artist book signings and curated fair events.

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The LensCulture Portrait Awards, now in their 12th year, celebrate exceptional portrait photography by rewarding 35+ photographers worldwide. The 2025 LensCulture Portrait Awards are open to photographers at all levels of experience, and all genres of portraiture are welcome — from professional studio shoots, to detailed environmental portraits, to casual candids. The awards are open to all types of artistic approaches, too, including staged, fiction, fashion, metaphoric, self-portrait and conceptual work. Selected works will be showcased at our New York exhibition, with winners chosen by industry-leading jurors. Winners also receive extensive global media coverage, projection at several international photography festivals, cash prizes, and more.

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LensCulture are seeking for the world’s top 25 creative photographers who are ready to shape the future of contemporary photography. Since their inception, LensCulture has searched the globe for early-career image-makers who represent the vital creative force of the photography medium. Winning photographers will be exhibited at the fabulous Somerset House in London during Photo London 2025, the premiere international photo fair that brings together hundreds of galleries, publishers and collectors, as well as an ambitious program of exhibitions, conversations, artist book signings and curated fair events.

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LensCulture wants to discover remarkable B&W photographers from all cultures and all experience levels, and connect them with global audiences and career-changing opportunities including an exhibition in London during Photo London 2025. The competition is open to all types of Black & White photography: fine art, experimental, fiction, documentary, visual storytelling, portraits, landscapes, staged/constructed, street, mixed media, alternative processes, conceptual. Winning photographers will be exhibited at the fabulous Somerset House in London during Photo London 2025, the premiere international photo fair that brings together hundreds of galleries, publishers and collectors, as well as an ambitious program of exhibitions, conversations, artist book signings and curated fair events.

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LensCulture is calling for entries for its 2024 Street Photography Awards — international photography competition open to street photographers worldwide. If you are creatively capturing the weird and wonderful moments of life as they unfold around you, LensCulture wants to see your work! You might be shooting with an old film camera in a new city or using your smartphone to document daily life in your community. No matter your tools or your location, LensCulture wants to see your unique perspective from the street, however you define it. All winning photographers will be exhibited at Photo London 2025, a photography fair which brings together the world’s leading galleries, publishers and collectors, as well as an ambitious program of exhibitions, conversations, artist book signings and curated fair events. The top 10 winners will be featured with prints in the group show, and all other winning work will be presented on a large digital display.

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