#URBANinsights: In Conversation with the Winners of URBAN Photo Awards 2025
As we look forward to the 2026 edition of the URBAN Photo Awards, we are pleased to relaunch #URBANinsights, our annual interview series dedicated to the winners of previous years. This editorial space is designed to go beyond the award-winning image, offering a deeper look into the creative processes, artistic visions, and personal journeys of the photographers involved.
The 2025 edition saw record-breaking participation, with over 10,000 single photos, 600 projects, and 90 books submitted by more than 5,000 international authors. These figures, coupled with the extraordinary quality of the works, reaffirm URBAN Photo Awards as a privileged observatory and global point of reference for contemporary photography, attracting outstanding and diverse visions year after year.
Among this season’s featured artists, we will discover the work of Fabio Domenicali (Book Award winner with TEREN ZIELONY), the layered storytelling of Andrea Bettancini (Press Award winner with The Sound of Silence), the social impact of Daniel Ramos (selected for the Projects & Portfolios category by Jury President Matt Black), and the narrative precision of Luis Olivan Tenorio, winner of the Single Photos category.
Through #URBANinsights, we give voice to these artistic journeys in order to better understand what it means today to build a project capable of standing out in a highly competitive international landscape. As we reflect on this remarkable edition, our focus is already shifting to the future: submissions for the 17th edition of the URBAN Photo Awards will open on April 1, 2026.
In the meantime, don’t miss our latest interview with Krzysztof Bednarski (winner of the Projects & Portfolios 2024) in conversation with Anil Purohit: Read the interview here
