Photography

October 3, 2025

2025 Spotlight Awards Highlight Incredible Talent in Commercial Photography

The landscape of commercial photography is vast. Whether shooting elegant fashion spreads or finding creative ways to photograph a car, commercial photographers help shape the way we see the world. To honor their creative contributions, the 2025 Spotlight Awards recognized 15 photographers across a wide variety of categories. Photographer Todd Antony won the Grand Prize, as well as the Sport category, for his fascinating look at Central Asiaโ€™s historic sport, buzkashi.

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September 29, 2025

Exposure One Awards Celebrates Timeless Beauty of Black and White Photography

The Exposure One Awards celebrates the beauty of monochrome photography with the announcement of its winners. This premier black and white photography contest saw entries from 64 countries, with Mexican photographer Arturo Gรณmez Sierra earning the title of International Photographer of the Year. His photo Lux, in which light filters down to illuminate a cross, shows the simple beauty of working in black and white.

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September 24, 2025

Intimate Portraits of the Nenets Capture the Faces of Indigenous People in the Russian Arctic

In 2022, Natasha Yankelevich traveled to Yamal for the first time. Nestled in northwest Siberia, the region is remote, icy, and has been โ€œhistorically cut off from the rest of Russia by endless swamps,โ€ per the Moscow-based photographer. It also happens to be home to the Nenets, a Samoyedic ethnic group native to the Russian Arctic.

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September 22, 2025

2025 Audubon Photography Awards Expands Its Reach Into South America

For its 16th year, the Audubon Photography Awards has expanded into new territory with special categories dedicated to photographers in Chile and Colombia. These nine categories add to the eight prizes awarded to residents of the United States and Canada in this annual celebration of bird photography. Felipe Esteban Toledo Alarcรณn was the inaugural grand prize winner for Chile and Colombia with his dynamic photo of a kingfisher emerging from the water.

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