İstanbul Photo Awards 2025 jury begins selection process

ISTANBUL

The jury for the 2025 İstanbul Photo Awards, an international contest organized by Anadolu, began evaluating entries to select the year’s best photojournalism on Wednesday.

The jury, comprising renowned professionals from six countries, held the online session through a platform specially prepared by Anadolu for the contest, with deliberations set to continue over two days.

This year’s prominent jury features photojournalist Carol Guzy, Yuri Kozyrev from NOOR Agency, The Globe and Mail photojournalist Goran Tomasevic, National Geographic photographer and filmmaker Ami Vitale, visual media consultant Michel Scotto, Getty Images Chief Sports Photojournalist Cameron Spencer and Turkish photojournalists Ahmet Sel and Firat Yurdakul.

The contest received 21,558 entries showcasing last year’s global events from 1,966 photographers across 114 nations, between Nov. 18, 2024 and Jan. 13, 2025.

Submissions were accepted in 10 categories, including Single News, Story News, Single Sports, Story Sports, Single Nature and Environment, Story Nature and Environment, Single Portrait, Story Portrait, Single Daily Life, and Story Daily Life.

The Single Daily Life category has been renamed in honor of Marion Mertens, a visual storyteller and former jury member who passed away in December 2024.

Winners will be announced on March 21, with a total of $58,000 in prizes awarded.

The Photo of the Year winner will receive $6,000, while first, second, and third-place finishers in each category will earn $3,000, $1,500, and $1,000, respectively.

Supported by Turkcell as the communications sponsor, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) as the overseas events sponsor, and Turkish Airlines as the airline sponsor, the contest has grown into a global platform with over 20,000 participants since its inception.

İstanbul Photo Awards not only celebrates outstanding photojournalism but also contributes to the field through exhibitions and photo albums featuring winning works.

Past award-winning photographs can be viewed at istanbulphotoawards.com.

İstanbul Photo Awards, organized by Anadolu, has become a prestigious platform for photojournalists worldwide, highlighting the power of visual storytelling in documenting global events.