April 2025

The URBAN Photo Awards 2025, now in its 16th edition, is an international photography contest celebrating urban life and photography. Organized by the dotART cultural association in Trieste, Italy, the competition runs from April to

The URBAN Photo Awards 2025, now in its 16th edition, is an international photography contest celebrating urban life and photography. Organized by the dotART cultural association in Trieste, Italy, the competition runs from April to

Born in 2021, Trieste Photo Young is a free contest dedicated to photographers under 35, promoted by the dotART and Exhibit Around APS associations with the support of the Pietro Pittini Foundation.The aim of Trieste

Opening Hours25 October - 10 November 2024:25, 26, 27 October 2024: 10:00 - 13:00 and 15:00 - 20:0028 October - 10 November 2024: Monday to Sunday, 10:00 - 13:00 and 17:00 - 20:00Ekatarina Frolova exhibits "Young Cuba"

Single Pictures – Streets Andrei Bercea – The.observationalist – She smokes the rain Dejan Mijović – Fearless Len Bernstein – Boys playing football in snow Marco Parenti – The date Matthew DeSantis – Baseball in Bhutan Maude Bardet – Untitled Max Cavallari

 Maria Pansini has won the URBAN Book Award for her moving editorial documentary SEA, STEEL AND SORROW. This project explores the city of Taranto, Italy, and the devastating impact of industrialization on its rich history and environment.Taranto, once

Max Cavallari has been honored with the URBAN Press Award 2024 for his striking project, Drowned Choice. This powerful work provides a poignant exploration of the catastrophic floods that ravaged Emilia Romagna in May 2023. Cavallari’s evocative visual narrative captures the profound

The winning project by Mauro Zorer  was selected by Claudia Colecchia, (archivist executive officer and head of the Photo Library – Fototeca and the Library of the Civic Museums of Trieste – Biblioteca dei Civici

Matt Black is from California’s Central Valley, a rural, agricultural area in the heart of the state. Between 2014 and 2020, he traveled over 100,000 miles across 46 states for his project American Geography, published

Paolo Verzone is an accomplished photographer with nearly three decades of experience capturing the world through his lens. Based in Barcelona, Spain, he has developed a reputation for his long-term projects that explore themes of

Denis Curti, a prominent name in the world of photography, holds numerous prestigious roles: he is the artistic director of Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice; the photography sector representative for Marsilio Editore; the director

Mihaela Noroc is a 39-year-old Romanian photographer who has spent the past 12 years traveling the world, capturing the beauty and diversity of women. Her acclaimed project, The Atlas of Beauty, showcases portraits and stories

My name is Mark Fearnley and I’m a London-based Fine Art Street Photographer. A painter (artist) by profession, I first got into photography about 10 years ago as I wanted to widen my creativity -

Giorgio Celiberti's "Special Prize for Artistic Sensitivity"  In Search of the Extraordinary   What does it take to be an artist? At URBAN Photo Awards 2025, amidst the hundreds of talented photographers, only one exceptional voice will stand out

The Book Award category of the international URBAN Photo Awards contest offers participants the opportunity to present extensive photographic projects in book form, with a free theme. This section is dedicated to photographers who wish

The Projects & Portfolios category of the international URBAN Photo Awards contest offers photographers the opportunity to present a series of photos that share a common theme or element. This section of the contest is

The URBAN Photo Arena category of the international URBAN Photo Awards contest is aimed at young photographers under 35 and offers a unique opportunity to showcase their talent. With the support of the Pietro Pittini

The PEOPLE category of the URBAN Photo Awards contest celebrates the beauty, complexity, and variety of the human form in urban life. Whether captured in a posed image or spontaneously on the street, the human

Urban spaces offer an endless source of inspiration for photographers worldwide, and the SPACES category of the international URBAN Photo Awards contest is the perfect opportunity to capture the beauty and complexity of cities. Single

The URBAN Photo Awards presents the CREATIVE category for single photos, dedicated to images that challenge perceptions and push the boundaries of traditional photography, inviting the viewer to see the city in new and unexpected

The international URBAN Photo Awards contest offers multiple categories in which photographers can explore the complexity of cities worldwide and capture their essence. Among the available categories, the STREETS section stands out for single photos,

URBAN unveils the City and its secrets Vol. 10 contains works of the best photographers at URBAN Photo Awards 2024. The aim of this editorial project dedicated to street photography is to provide the reader

Maria Pansini's project Sea, Steel, and Sorrow captures the complex and tragic relationship between industrialization and human life. Her work delves deeply into the identity of Taranto, revealing both the city's historical grandeur and the

Nadia Marmondi’s project “Divenire” evokes an inner journey that transports us into the realm of human emotions and natural elements. Water and rocks symbolize metaphors of change, transforming thoughts into abstract places. Her photographic language

After her studies in communication, she gained important experience initially working for design and furniture companies. In the nineties she worked in Kartell S.p.A. in the marketing and event organization division, following the production of

Andy Hall is a freelance editorial photographer based in London with over 35 yrs experience working regularly all over the world on commission for a wide range of of international magazines and newspapers, including the

Isabella Tabacchi is an Italian landscape photographer who experiences natural landscapes as a means to convey her inner world. With a distinctive style that transforms landscapes into dreamlike experiences, her work has been featured in

Gabriele Micalizzi (Milan, 1984) is an Italian photojournalist. His work focuses on analysing and representing the social condition of individuals, and their relationship with the context they live in. After completing his art studies, in the early

Dimpy Bhalotia (1987)  is one of the most influential and celebrated photographers of this generation. An award-winning photographer and creative director, Dimpy has redefined contemporary photography with her striking street, portrait, and documentary work. Her

Alessandro Cinque (b. 1988) is a photojournalist based in Peru, whose work explores environmental and socio-political issues in Latin America, particularly the devastating impact of mining on Indigenous communities and their lands.Through his work, Cinque

Helsinki based Tommi Viitala (born in 1975) started active street photography over four years ago. However, the camera is not a new device for him because he has been filming more and less actively throughout

Chantal Convertini, born 1992 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is a  photographer and artist. With a huge passion for film photography, she points her camera mostly & intimately at herself, then at her partner and last but

Trish Lambe is the Artistic Director/CEO at Photo Museum Ireland, Ireland’s national centre for contemporary photography. She leads the exhibition curatorial team, artistic programming and the development of the museum’s collection initiative. Her curatorial practice

Péter Baki PhD is a Rudolf Balogh Prize-winning photo-historian, director of the Hungarian Museum of Photography, executive director of the Hungarian House of Photographers - Mai Manó House, deputy director of MATE’s Rippl-Rónai Art Institute

A Nigerian born Visual Artist, Photographer and Art Director, Obinna Obioma is based in New York, USA although shuttles between Abuja, Nigeria, London, U.K for commissioned work and Personal Projects.Over the years, his work has

I’m Monica Carvalho, a Swiss-Portuguese visual artist based in London, working at the intersection of photography and digital art. I specialise in creating surreal photomontages that blend the familiar with the unexpected—offering viewers a fresh,

Michael George is a photographer and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. “Walking the Way,” his first National Geographic story, showcased Michael’s walk of over 1,000 miles through France and Spain to document pilgrims on

Olga Karlovac is a self-taught abstract and street photographer born in Dubrovnik and now based in Zagreb, Croatia. Originally trained as an economist, she turned to photography as a different means of expression. Known for

Every day I try to make my ego, which longs to be an artist to bathe in fame and money, succumb to my inner child. The latter is the only one that guarantees fun, which

Khumais Idrees is a photographer based in Pakistan. His photographic work primarily centers on capturing silhouettes and landscapes, often incorporating a human element within the frame to add scale or narrative focus. He describes his

Nina Papiorek’s visual language is characterized by a distinctive aesthetic. In her black and white compositions she prefers to capture the interplay between lines, architectural forms and the presence of people. Her photographs combine elements of street

Award winning minimalist photographer and influencer, exhibited worldwide.Website: minimalphotos.com Instagram: @marcuscederberg

Irina Werning is a freelance photojournalist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, focusing on personal long-term projects. She holds an unusual academic background with degrees in Economics and History before obtaining a Master's in Photojournalism in

Steve Bisson is a seasoned professional in photography and visual arts, working across roles as a curator, art director, and educator. Describing himself as "mestizo" with Venetian, French, Dutch, and American roots, he grew up

Nora Lalle is an artist, curator, and the founder of Pamplemousse Magazine, a print publication dedicated to film photography. Her artistic work explores collective and individual memory, storytelling, community, and changing landscapes through photography and collage.

Award-winning photographer and filmmaker publishes for major international publications including National Geographic, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Newsweek, Days Japan International.His documentaries have been broadcast by: Amazon Prime Video, Al Jazeera, Discovery Channel, RSI TV Switzerland.He

For over two decades, French photographer Charles Fréger has developed a distinctive and extensive body of work with an almost encyclopedic scope. Born in 1975 and based in Normandy, France, Fréger focuses his lens on

SuzAnne Steben is an accomplished photographer and visual artist with over a decade of experience. As Managing Editor of The Photographic Journal (TPJ) since 2018, she has played a pivotal role in shaping a platform that celebrates

Konrad Langer is a photographer and location guide, based in Berlin.He aims to capture places of distinctive modern and contemporary architecture and developed a favor for bold colours, large scales and graphic perspectives, often in

Sharon Harper is a lens-based artist working at the intersection of technology, perception, and the living environment. Her work is in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of

James Artaius is the editor-in-chief of Digital Camera World, a leading website dedicated to photography, videography and image-making launched in 2017, born from print publication Digital Camera magazine, "the world's favorite photography publication", which debuted

I am a Mexican architect and fine art photographer, born in Mexico City in 1963. I studied architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana, and that foundation has profoundly shaped my visual language. My work explores the intersection

Pie Aerts is a photographer based in Amsterdam. His work examines and questions the intricate and often melancholic relationship between people and place in an attempt to explore why we seem increasingly disconnected from each

Cyrielle Gendron is editor-in-chief of PHOTO magazine, the oldest French magazine dedicated to the art of photography and an international reference.Born in 1989, the journalist joined the editorial team fifteen years ago, organizes exhibitions, and

Tomasz Trzebiatowski is a photographer and independent publisher. He is the founder of FRAMES - quarterly printed photography magazine and the accompanying digital platform. He is also the editor-in-chief of the FujiLove Magazine for users