Winners Gallery 2025

Official distinction

Grand prizes

Photographer of the Year and the highest honours of the 2025 edition.

Photographer of the Year Grand prizes Morning Jog 2 Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Winner section

Portrait

Winning photographs from the Portrait section.

Series Winners

Winner Portrait Stolen Spring Alena Grom 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Honorable Mention Portrait The Language of Eyes MAHMOOD ALJABRI 🇴🇲 Oman

Honorable Mention Portrait Behind the shawl Samira Hesami 🇮🇷 Iran

Single Winners

Winner Portrait self-portrait Fateme Rohani 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Portrait kebabiyana Debdatta Chakraborty 🇮🇳 India

Honorable Mention Portrait Silent witnesses Mehrdad Oskouei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Portrait raheleh Mohsen Kaboli 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Portrait Copper Crafts Master- Petko Baikov Todor Tilev 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Honorable Mention Portrait Amaka ll Maryam Zandi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

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Landscape

Winning photographs from the Landscape section.

Single Winners

Winner Landscape Autumn in Patagonia Alexey Morkvashentsev 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Honorable Mention Landscape village in night Vahid Babaei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Landscape Panoramic view of Arpa Canyon, Armenia Tigran Hayrapetyan 🇦🇲 Armenia

Honorable Mention Landscape Shack on I29 Daniel Damico 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Landscape Move Mohammad Esteki 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Landscape Orange, Blue, Green Mansour Vahdani 🇮🇷 Iran

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Street

Winning photographs from the Street section.

Series Winners

Winner Street Color in the Face of Darkness Ahmad Kousa 🇩🇪 Germany

Honorable Mention Street Cold World Andrew Gimblet 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Street generation Z Matin Hashemi 🇮🇷 Iran

Single Winners

Winner Street The spectators Vahid Ghasemi zarnoosheh 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Street Pigeon Warden Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Honorable Mention Street Border Faraz Ahanin 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Street Inner child, Havana (Cuba) Jeremy Lafleur 🇫🇷 France

Honorable Mention Street Uptown Love Nick Grinder 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Street Pink Love Mehran CHeraghchi Bazar 🇮🇷 Iran

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Fine Art

Winning photographs from the Fine Art section.

Series Winners

Winner Fine Art Photograms Joseph O'Neill 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Fine Art Emotional Metadata: Amor Fati Simon Ellingworth 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Honorable Mention Fine Art Dreamtime Michael Potts 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Fine Art Lost Room Saeed Rezvanian 🇮🇷 Iran

Single Winners

Winner Fine Art Iranian deer Bahram Bayat 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Fine Art Bullet Train Named Raven Tomohiko Funai 🇯🇵 Japan

Honorable Mention Fine Art Broken tree Vahid Babaei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Fine Art the dream Mahmoodreza Noraei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Fine Art the fish Avin Abbasi 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Fine Art IMAGINARY TURTLE DÁMASO ÁVILA 🇪🇸 Spain

Honorable Mention Fine Art Between fire and sky Maryam Zandi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention Fine Art A flame of light Nemah Naji 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

Winner section

Documentary

Winning photographs from the Documentary section.

Series Winners

Winner Documentary Survivors Jalal Shamsazaran 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary Never Give Up… Mohsen Kaboli 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary Discourse of the power Farid(Hassan) Azadi(Azadi Kenary) 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary Pareh Qmars Khoshsefat 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary The Role of Animals in Human Life Ghadir Vaghari 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary After the death of the lake Shaghayegh Shayankhah 🇮🇷 Iran

Single Winners

Winner Documentary Lynette, acid attack survivor Erberto Zani 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Documentary Mother Davoud Izadpanah 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary The Offering Luisa Gerardina Suzaña 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Honorable Mention Documentary Water is not the source of life EHSAN MORADI 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary Local Women Ali Sooteh 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Documentary blacksmith Shoresh Mobashery 🇮🇷 Iran

Winner section

Environmental

Winning photographs from the Environmental section.

Series Winners

Winner Environmental The bitter death of birds Mehdi Mohebi pour 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Environmental The Silent Guardians Vahid Hasan Abbasi 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Environmental story of people who will no longer have a lake Jalal Shamsazaran 🇮🇷 Iran

Single Winners

Winner Environmental moto Asghar Besharati 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Environmental Alarm for Lake Urmia Mina Noei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Environmental Glacier Requiem Paulo dos Santos Sousa 🇵🇹 Portugal

Honorable Mention Environmental Flood-damaged road keyvan Jafari 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Environmental Natural link Benoit Rondelet 🇧🇪 Belgium

Honorable Mention Environmental Water Marc Sanye 🇪🇸 Spain

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Black and White

Winning photographs from the Black and White section.

Series Winners

Winner Black and White Mundari silhouettes SVETLIN YOSIFOV 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Honorable Mention Black and White Black Death Mine Photo Series Pezhman Molaei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Black and White Wings Over Concrete Raghuvamsh Chavali 🇨🇦 Canada

Single Winners

Winner Black and White Gallop Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Black and White moto6 Asghar Besharati 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Black and White From life to death SANGHAMITRA SARKAR 🇮🇳 India

Honorable Mention Black and White Winter Mehran CHeraghchi Bazar 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Black and White Final Shoot Ali Nejatbakhsh 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Black and White Rebirth Michael Potts 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Black and White to the valley Mohammad Baghal Asghari 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Black and White The edge of the shadow Thierry Lagnel 🇨🇭 Switzerland

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Nature/Wildlife

Winning photographs from the Nature/Wildlife section.

Series Winners

Winner Nature/Wildlife In Memory of Tigress Tibo Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife The Language of Affection Nikita Chicherin 🇩🇪 Germany

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Encounters with the Eurasian Monarch HEATHER HALL 🇺🇸 United States

Single Winners

Winner Nature/Wildlife Those last seconds Alex Brackx 🇧🇪 Belgium

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Phantom of Lizard Leka Huie 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Deep in Thought: Orangutan Venkatesh Kittur 🇦🇺 Australia

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Relaxing in the snow Daniel Valverde 🇪🇸 Spain

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife The Galaxy Salman Bohlouli 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Scent of Spring Wojciech Sobiesiak 🇵🇱 Poland

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Snow Crowned Nikita Chicherin 🇩🇪 Germany

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Portrait of Grace: Female Superb Fairy Wren Heather Smith 🇦🇺 Australia

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Fearlessness Xiaoping Lin 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Deer Abbas Rastegar 🇮🇷 Iran

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Minimalist

Winning photographs from the Minimalist section.

Single Winners

Winner Minimalist Morning Jog 2 Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Minimalist tree Vahid Babaei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Minimalist Melody Mehran Bagherian 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Minimalist Dead tree in Holbox Valentin LEFEBVRE 🇫🇷 France

Honorable Mention Minimalist Amaka Maryam Zandi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention Minimalist I sea you Hesma Fivaz 🇿🇦 South Africa

Honorable Mention Minimalist Loneliness Michel Soufia 🇱🇧 Lebanon

Winner section

Travel

Winning photographs from the Travel section.

Series Winners

Winner Travel Hidden dream Shaghayegh Shayankhah 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Travel Veiled Realms Muneera Yacoub Alobaidli 🇶🇦 Qatar

Single Winners

Winner Travel Washing Water Lilies Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Honorable Mention Travel Land of Incense Viet Van Tran 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Honorable Mention Travel Women in rice paddy Davoud Izadpanah 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Travel Dance of colors Zhaleh Bahrami 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Travel Simple life Mohammad Esteki 🇮🇷 Iran

Winner section

Architectural

Winning photographs from the Architectural section.

Series Winners

Winner Architectural SKYSCRAPERSQ DÁMASO ÁVILA 🇪🇸 Spain

Honorable Mention Architectural MUSEO Mafe Garcia Crosby 🇵🇪 Peru

Honorable Mention Architectural Abstract Living Dorota Qaid 🇨🇦 Canada

Single Winners

Winner Architectural Whispers of Light: A Minimalist Ode to Istanbul’s Airport Ceilings Roberto Crucitti 🇰🇭 Cambodia

Honorable Mention Architectural Divine Harmony: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque’s Eternal Glow Mohammadreza DOMIRIGANJI 🇫🇷 France

Honorable Mention Architectural Swallowing Danny Au 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Architectural Man On A Balcony Doug Caplan 🇨🇦 Canada

Honorable Mention Architectural The burnt city Sadegh Souri 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Architectural Urban Kaleidoscope Doug Caplan 🇨🇦 Canada

Winner section

Daily Life

Winning photographs from the Daily Life section.

Series Winners

Winner Daily Life Echoes of Everyday – Indonesia Muneera Yacoub Alobaidli 🇶🇦 Qatar

Honorable Mention Daily Life Mr. Chap Zdeněk Dvořák 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Honorable Mention Daily Life CIRCUS HUMBERTO Zdeněk Dvořák 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Single Winners

Winner Daily Life Early Morning Walk Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Honorable Mention Daily Life “In the Heart of the Mist” Vahid Ghasemi zarnoosheh 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Daily Life Nomad girl Mohsen Kaboli 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Daily Life After breakfast break NUWAIR ALHAJERI 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention Daily Life childhood Mina Noei 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Daily Life Guardian Angel Cerrina Smith 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Daily Life Ashigh Fattah Bahram Bayat 🇮🇷 Iran

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Editorial/Press

Winning photographs from the Editorial/Press section.

Single Winners

Winner Editorial/Press Rescue Under Pressure Jaime Pérez Rivero 🇪🇸 Spain

Honorable Mention Editorial/Press movement kazi arifujjaman 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Honorable Mention Editorial/Press No Pride in Genocide Victoria Hynes 🇦🇺 Australia

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Drone

Winning photographs from the Drone section.

Series Winners

Winner Drone Golden sands MAHMOOD ALJABRI 🇴🇲 Oman

Honorable Mention Drone Flowers Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Single Winners

Winner Drone Camel Naz Asghar Besharati 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Drone Sheep Tree Jan Ulicki 🇵🇱 Poland

Honorable Mention Drone Lake Urmia Shoresh Mobashery 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Drone Sculpted by Time Arbab Naimat Kasi 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Honorable Mention Drone In the belly of the fish Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Honorable Mention Drone The Silent Oar of Hawizeh Marsh Arash Radmanesh 🇮🇷 Iran

Winner section

Mobile Photography

Winning photographs from the Mobile Photography section.

Series Winners

Winner Mobile Photography Holy Streams Shinya Itahana 🇯🇵 Japan

Single Winners

Winner Mobile Photography Snail dance on a flower mohebbipour farzad 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Mobile Photography transmogrification Mohammad Nazari 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Mobile Photography Reflection Nemah Naji 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

Honorable Mention Mobile Photography Horse Sadegh Souri 🇮🇷 Iran

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Other

Winning photographs from the Other section.

Series Winners

Winner Other State of Mind: The Theater of the Modern Mind Antonio Coelho 🇵🇹 Portugal

Honorable Mention Other Galaxies Tylor Brents 🇺🇸 United States

Single Winners

Winner Other Child on fire Vahid Ghasemi zarnoosheh 🇮🇷 Iran

Honorable Mention Other Heelflip in New Orleans – Margielyn Didal Zorah Olivia 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Other Princess from Atlantis Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore