2023 Street Photography Awards

Screen Your Greatest Street Photography

Different eyes can see different things. Every day is different since people see it from different points of view. Yet there are similar factors such as craving the capture of unsolicited instants of the daily life, the competency of bestowing order in mayhem the world is facing today. As it has already been seen, some the top photographers were originally street photographers and we are honored to say we have a part in elucidating a chance for this group. We would like to announce our will and eagerness in seeing your creativity in shooting marvelous and splendid moments happening around you in your daily life. The tools you use is not important for us! All we care about is seeing your perspective and point of view in any way you would like to present it.

Win Cash Awards & International Exposure

  • Win $2500 in Cash
  • Exhibition in Tehran
  • International Press Exposure
  • Visibility With Industry Insiders
  • Showcase of Your Work During the Competition Selected by Our Editors Team

WE RESPECT ARTISTS’ RIGHTS

All photographers retain full copyrights for their own work. Period. Winners and Finalists grant Tehran Street Photography Festival limited, restricted use of winning photos only to promote the photographers themselves and in connection with marketing the Awards competition itself. Details can be found in the Competition rules.

All Types Of Street Photography Are Welcome

BLACK & WHITE | MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY | ANALOG | CONCEPTUAL | STREET PORTRAITS | URBAN | STREET FASHION | ROAD TRIPS | STREET ART | TRAVEL | ARCHITECTURE |ABSTRACT | GRAPHIC | LARGE FORMAT

Meet Our International Jury

Tahmineh Monzavi

Photographer / Artist

Nikos Economopoulos

MAGNUM PHOTOS

Melissa O’Shaughnessy

UP PHOTOGRAPHERS

Jesse Marlow

LEICA AMBASSADOR

Masoud Gharaei

STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION

AWARDS & BENEFITS

  • Win $2500 Cash Awards, global exposure, see your work published and exhibited in our international exhibitions!
  • SERIES IMAGE: 1ST Place: $1000 to the winner of series image, Exhibition, Massive exposure to our Global Audience, Featured Article on Tehran Street photography Festival.
  • SINGLE IMAGE: 1ST Place: $1000 to the winner of a single image, Exhibition, Massive exposure to our Global Audience, Featured Article on Tehran Street photography Festival.
  • FINALISTS: 28 Finalist will be selected, Exhibition, Massive exposure to our Global Audience, Featured Article on Tehran Street photography Festival.
  • Iran Street Photos
  • This category is for street photos taken in Iran.
  • SINGLE IMAGE: 1ST Place: $500 to the winner of a single image, Exhibition, Massive exposure to our Global Audience, and Featured Article on Tehran Street Photography Festival.
  • FINALISTS: 5 finalists will be selected, Exhibition, Massive exposure to our Global Audience, and Featured Article on Tehran Street Photography Festival.

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SINGLE

IMAGES

Limited to one free entry per person.

5+ SINGLES

IMAGES

5 single image entries, judged individually (not as a series).
€10 for each additional photo.

€35

Enter Awards
BEST OPPORTUNITY

SERIES

IMAGES

Max 10 images, judged as a series. Your submission should work as a group, thematically or aesthetically.

€45

Enter Awards

Iran Street Photos

IMAGES

Limited to three free entry per person.
Candidates are required to submit only pictures that have been taken in Iran for participation in the contest.
for Free

Question or problem?

Contact our team: Tehranstreetphotofestival@gmail.com
and we’ll reply within 24 hours.

Masoud Gharaei

was born in March 1988, He is an Iranian photographer. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of Iran.
He is also founder of Street Photographers foundation and Tehran Street Photography Festival.

Tahmineh Monzavi

Tahmineh Monzavi

Tahmineh Monzavi, born in 1988 in Tehran, is a socially conscious photographer. She received her BA in photography from Azad art and architecture University. She began her professional career as a documentary photographer in 2005 .Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), MAXXI museum of Roma, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and many other galleries .

Jesse Marlow

Jesse Marlow

Jesse Marlow (1978) is an Australian street photographer, editorial and commercial photographer who lives and works in Melbourne.
Marlow's personal work has been published in three books of his own, and in various books with others; it has been exhibited in a number of solo exhibitions in Australia, and group exhibitions internationally; and is held in the public collections of the City of Melbourne, and the State Library of Victoria, both in Melbourne, Australia. He won first prize in the 2011 London Street Photography Festival's International Street Photography Award, and in the 2012 Bowness Photography Prize.
He was a member of the Australian documentary photography collective Oculi,[5] from 2003 to 2012, and was a member of the In-Public street photography collective from 2001.

Melissa O’Shaughnessy

Melissa O’Shaughnessy is a photographer based in New York City. She is a member of UP, an international collective of 27 photographers, and her work is included in the third edition of Bystander: A History of Street Photography. Her first book, “Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs” was published by Aperture in October, 2020.

Nikos Economopoulos

Nikos Economopoulos

Nikos Economopoulos was born in the Peloponnese, Greece. He studied law in Parma, Italy, and worked as a journalist. In 1988, he started photographing in Greece and Turkey, and eventually abandoned journalism to dedicate himself to photography.
He joined Magnum in 1990, and his photographs began appearing in newspapers and magazines around the world.

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