LensCulture Portrait Awards 2025
LensCulture Portrait Awards 2025: A Global Photography Call
- Deadline: 2 April 2025
- Entry fee: Free Single, 5+ singles $35, Series $45 Free Single Limited to one free entry per person. $10 for each additional photo. 5 images are $35. 5+ singles $35 series $45
- Website: https://www.lensculture.com/photo-competitions/portrait-awards/2025
The LensCulture Portrait Awards, now in their 12th year, celebrate exceptional portrait photography by rewarding 35+ photographers worldwide. Our past winners have gone on to be featured in leading magazines, museums, galleries and publications. Selected works will be showcased at our New York exhibition, with winners chosen by industry-leading jurors.
We welcome all approaches to portraiture—from classic to experimental. Submit your work to be recognized among photography's most innovative voices.
Free entry option.
The winners of this year’s awards will be featured at the LensCulture Discoveries exhibition in New York City. Winners also receive extensive global media coverage, projection at several international photography festivals, cash prizes, and more. Our esteemed jurors are seeking compelling portraits, so don’t miss this opportunity to have your work seen — and chosen — by some of the most respected names in the industry.
When you enter this award, your work will be immediately reviewed by our editors. Selected submissions will be featured in our Competition Gallery and published across all of our online channels, reaching an international audience of three million. (For example, 529 entries were selected and featured during our 2023 Portrait Awards, and 253 of those were promoted via LensCulture’s Instagram and Facebook platforms, garnering more than 450,000 likes and comments.) Enter your work early to take advantage of this incredible opportunity for global exposure!
Prizes:
SERIES PRIZE WINNERS
1st Place: $3,500
2nd Place: $2,000
3rd Place: $1,000 SINGLE IMAGE PRIZE WINNERS
1st Place: $2,000
2nd Place: $1,000
3rd Place: $500 JURORS' PICKS
Each juror will select an individual Juror's Pick to receive special distinction, including quotes from the experts praising each of the selected series or single images. 25 FINALISTS
25 Finalists and their work will be highlighted and featured on the winners’ page, and in the worldwide promotions, along with the Winners and Jurors’ Picks.
Eligibility:
Open to all, worldwide
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
All photographers retain full copyright for their work. Winners, Jurors’ Picks and Finalists grant LensCulture limited, restricted use of winning photos only to promote the photographers themselves and in connection with marketing the Awards competition itself.