2025 Color Photography Competition Winner
The 2025 color photography competition winners have been announced, highlighting the colorful variety worldwide. Competition hosted by 1839 AwardsThe aim is to celebrate images that respect color photography and elevate the art of photography around the world.
This year’s panel included judges of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Fedon Press, Vanity Fair, Arts, University of Jurich, Dwel, Christies, and more. The organizers of the competition explained, “In the tasks recorded in this year’s competition, images that create feelings, challenges the perception, and introduce the windows in completely new realities.”
The competition selects three professionals and three non-professional overall winners. It selects the winners of 14 different categories, including animals, architecture, ideological, landscapes, people, photo journalism and more.
Participants can be judged as a group, or present a series of two to five images to choose to enter individual photos. You can also see the winning series and photos on the awards of 1839 -as well as category winners. 2025 color photography competition website,
Professional overall winners in the first place
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artist: Nikola Fiorwanti
IG Handle: @Hacklabo
Topic: Morocco, passionate atlas
Description: This project is a heartfelt tribute to the country which I consider dear. In Morocco, colors are not only seen, but experienced. It is also a deep personal journey that tries to understand the land where the woman I loved was born.
Second place professional overall winner
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artist: Jatnipat Katepradit
IG Handle: N/A
Topic: Tsam · Dance of gods
Description: A sacred Tibetan Buddhist ritual is a symbol of a divine battle between Tsam
Bad – good. Complex masks, grand costumes, and accurate choreography, through monks
The channel to purify and preserve angry gods. The series revealed the mystery of Mongolia’s rare masked dance tradition.
Third place professional overall winner
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artist: Abdelrahman alkhalot
IG Handle: @abd.pix96
Topic: Unbreakable soul: worship between destruction
Description: A powerful view of Palestinian citizens is praying at the rubble of a mosque
Destroyed by Israeli an air strike. Under a smoke-filled sky, they continue their worship at one place once of the sanctuary of peace, now reduce the ruin-stomach between the ruins.
1 place Non-Passenger Composite Winner
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artist: Diana cheran nagren
IG Handle: @dianacherennygrenphotography
Topic: mother Earth
Description: I have mounted the scenes of the colony behind the acrylic, set within the future
Climate change -shaped landscape. Frame painted in the next chapter of Earth. The future post-human landscape asks the scenes of human habitation against whether humanity can be favorable for what is in the store for the planet.
Second place Non-Pestive Composite Winner
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artist: Xuejun long
IG Handle: N/A
Topic: Life’s journey 20
Description: This picture features a group of flamingos flying on the Magdi lake in Kenya.
Once fresh water lake, it has now become a highly concentrated salt pan which is severely
Except for the most forms of animal and plants life, except for alkaline and toxic – flamingos, which prefer to forest on the surface.
Third place Non-Pestive Composite winner
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artist: Tina O’Hara
IG Handle: @Trinaoharapainter
Topic: Flowers for caravagio
Description: For seven years, I immersed myself into the world of Carvagio. I copy (in paint)
The whole body of his work. I made it my mission to see all the pictures of Caravagio in meat. His vision gave me shape. Now, when incense kills a vase of flowers, I don’t see it, I see life through the eyes of Karwagio.
Gold – architecture, professional
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artist: Svetlana Fedeva
IG Handle: @Fadeevaphotography
Topic: Doha
Description: This photo was taken in the grounds of Qatar National Museum in the morning, designed by French architect Jean Navel.
Sona – Film/Analog, Professional
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artist: William Mark Somer
IG Handle: @Williammarksommer
Topic: Pink donut
Description: The house can be found in many places from the house on which you live in the local
Donut shop. I remember that a child in case all donuts, being amazed by all colors and sizes, and how my father loved Pink people. Through this indifferent memory, I was brought home.
Gold – Nature, Professional
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artist: Carla rhodes
IG Handle: @misscarlarhodes
Topic: Dance in moonlight
Description: Gliding like a ghost in the moonlight, a flying squirrel dances across the strings
The sky, while the moon puts an abstract shade at my house. After late night months and
Passionate observation, I created an image that I had imagined – reveal a single single frame
Magic just beyond our windows.
Gold – landscape, professional
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artist: Stuart arc
IG Handle: N/A
Topic: Glacial blue
Description: This series was photographed with a light aircraft and captured blue
Lattake blue glacial rivers flowing into the lakes from high mountains of water
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. The blue color of water is caused by fine silt particles in water.
Gold – People, Non -Pacific
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artist: Arcadius
IG Handle: @Awophotography
Topic: In the trap
Description: In the morning, we planned to shoot in a small fish market. Meanwhile, we met a group of people sewing and repairing fishing nets. They do this once every few months, so we were very lucky
Gold – Animals, Non -Pacific
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artist: David von
IG Handle: @Davidvaughnphotos
Topic: family portrait
Description: South India was looking for a tiger for photography and this mother and 3 cubs were drinking from a small pond and I had to wait until they all looked at my way and then it happened.
Gold – event, non -sector
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artist: Dylan Tom
IG Handle: @dylantom10
Topic: Fire god of Malabar coast
Description: Waym is a ritual art form in Kerala, India. It implements the life and legend of local heroes who were martyred for the cause of people and later became revered.
Dimigods. Fire is a main protagonist that reflects life and life after legend’s death. The Act has a deep place.
Gold – Photo Journalism, Non -Pessever
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artist: Jeremy sciro
IG Handle: @undrgrain
Topic: Dust and despair: a coastal cry for water
Description: In rural Peru, about 40% lacks water access. Communities
HuanchaCo rely on expensive, incredible truck delivery due to poor infrastructure. Despite APEC 2024, water and waste challenges in rural areas are encountered, inequality is deepened and damaged agriculture, businesses and daily lives.
