Photography Contest
Black and White Photo Awards 2025
Deadline |
CLOSEDTheme |
Black and whiteTerritory |
WorldwideEligibility |
Open to allEntry Fees |
15 EurosPrizes |
Cash PrizeBlack & White Photo Awards 2025 continues its mission to recognize and reward outstanding talent in monochrome photography. With five thematic categories —Architecture, Street, Fauna and Flora, Portrait, and Landscape— photographers from around the world can showcase their creativity and vision.
This year, the contest reaches new heights with an expanded prize pool valued at €8,500. The Absolute Winner will receive €1,000, courtesy of SanDisk Professional, along with a ThyPoch Simera 35mm lens (E/RF/Z/X mount) to continue capturing breathtaking black & white images.
Special prizes include the Creativity Award, sponsored by SanDisk Professional, featuring their latest SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD (4TB). The newly introduced Master of Light Award, sponsored by Godox, will reward the image that best captures light’s essence in black and white with a Godox AD600ProII flash. Additionally, the contest debuts a Second Prize, offering a Benro Tortoise TTOR24CGX30 carbon fiber tripod and a Tenba Axis V2 20L backpack, sponsored by Foto Técnica Import.
Category winners in Street and Portrait photography will also receive access to the Retouch4me editing suite, enhancing their workflow with professional-grade tools.
Open to both professional and amateur photographers worldwide, this photo competition offers international recognition and the opportunity to display the prestigious Black and White Photo Awards hallmark. Winning images from past editions can be explored at bwphotoawards.com.
A distinguished jury of leading black & white photographers —including Julia Anna Gospodarou, Charles Paul Azzopardi, Joel Tjintjelaar, Kazutoshi Kawakami, and Néstor Rodan— returns to select the best images, ensuring a fair and high-level evaluation.
The prizes will be:
Absolute Winner: €1,000 + ThyPoch Simera 35mm lens (E/RF/Z/X mount)
Second Prize Winner: Benro Tortoise TTOR24CGX30 Carbon Tripod + Tenba Axis V2 20L Backpack
Best Category Photo (5 winners): €150
Second-Best Category Photo (5 winners): €100
Special Award for Creativity: SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD (4TB)
Special Award Master of Light: Godox AD600ProII Flash
Street and Portrait Category Winners: Retouch4me Photo Editing Suite Access
Honorable Mentions: 15 winners
A distinguished jury of leading black & white photographers —including Julia Anna Gospodarou, Charles Paul Azzopardi, Joel Tjintjelaar, Kazutoshi Kawakami, and Néstor Rodan— returns to select the best images, ensuring a fair and high-level evaluation.
The prizes will be:
Absolute Winner: €1,000 + ThyPoch Simera 35mm lens (E/RF/Z/X mount)
Second Prize Winner: Benro Tortoise TTOR24CGX30 Carbon Tripod + Tenba Axis V2 20L Backpack
Best Category Photo (5 winners): €150
Second-Best Category Photo (5 winners): €100
Special Award for Creativity: SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD (4TB)
Special Award Master of Light: Godox AD600ProII Flash
Street and Portrait Category Winners: Retouch4me Photo Editing Suite Access
Honorable Mentions: 15 winners
Featured Photo Contest
AAP Magazine #49 / B&W
$1,000 cash prizes | Winning image(s) published in AAP Magazine #49 | Extensive press coverage and global recognition
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Best Photography Contests in 2025
Each year, there are hundreds of photography competitions all over the world, so we've decided to select for you the best of the best! Our selection of the best photo contests in 2025 is thoroughly curated to help you, whether you are a professional photographer or an amateur, to help find your next creative breakthrough. These all-star competitions offer the greatest opportunities for international exposure and/or incredible financial benefits. Some of them are closing soon, so get your photo submissions in!
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ENDS 06/30/25
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ENDS 06/30/25
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ENDS 06/30/25
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ENDS 07/01/25
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ENDS 07/07/25
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ENDS 07/14/25
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ENDS 07/15/25
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ENDS 07/15/25
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ENDS 07/15/25
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ENDS 07/22/25
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ENDS 08/01/25
TIFA connects photographers from around the world with the creative community in Tokyo, Japan, providing them with an excellent platform to present their work to a new market.
ENDS 08/05/25
The 2025 Global Contest promotes climate justice. We believe climate change is a human rights issue, so we are looking for images that show people impacted by the escalating climate crisis.
ENDS 09/01/25
The Ian Parry Scholarship is divided into two categories: The Sunday Times Award for Achievement and The Canon Award for Potential.
ENDS 09/01/25
The winner receives a €25,000 cash award to develop the project within ten months
ENDS 09/05/25
The Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook's contribution to the evolving narrative of photography
ENDS 09/15/25
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ENDS 01/06/26
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ENDS 01/06/26
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ENDS 01/06/26
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ENDS 01/13/26
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