2025 CALL FOR ENTRIES: 9 APR 2025

European
Photography AWARDS

An Award For Avid Shutterbugs And Their Photographic Intuition.

The European Photography Awards welcome photographers from worldwide nations ready to hone their photography skills and their extraordinary takes on diversity, whilst portraying the majestic cultures passed down for generations.

Recognising exquisite and artistic content, the awards honours vast arrays of genres in the photographic medium, extending the reaches of your talents all across the globe. No matter your status in the industry, your visualisations of the world and all it encases are what the awards celebrates. Unearth limitless possibilities while embarking on an outlandish voyage across the vast continent pieced together by countless diverse countries, where they combine to form a grandeur landmass.

Similarly, your memories are fabricated through different pieces, as you forge your personal collection of reminiscence. With each photograph you capture, your bonds with your memory strengthens, until you ultimately link them to create a future vision of collective remembrance, and that is the direction the awards plans on acknowledging.

FEATURED CATEGORIES

Within the European Photography Awards, detailed categories are available to acknowledge exclusivity, involving Fine Art Photography, Architecture Photography, Black & White Photography, Nature Photography, People Photography, Editorial Photography, Commercial Photography, and other special categories, such as Event Photography, Mobile Photography, Film Photography, etc.

This time around, the awards would like to inaugurate something unique, with the introduction of France Photography, Italy Photography, Switzerland Photography, and Germany Photography. Again, we would like to express our invitations to worldwide photographers, as the awards are not limited to those in Europe. Gain heightened honours when you obtain the title of a specified country, proving your artworks to be on an international standard.

BECOME THE
2025 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
AND WIN CASH PRIZES

Win The Title For Photographer Of The Year And Receive Up To $7,400 Cash Prizes

Progress Towards The Universal Photographer of the Highest Endeavours

In The European Photography Awards, our sights are set on altering the standards of photography. No matter if you are a professional or just a new enthusiast, there will always be room for innovation and talent.

Photographer
of the Year (Professional)

Receive the 2025 European Photography Awards’ Medal and a $3,000 cash prize

Photographer
of the Year (Amateur / Student)

Receive the 2025 European Photography Awards’ Medal and a $2,000 cash prize

Category Winners
(Professional & Amateur / Student)

$100 cash prize* each
Professional (12 Categories) & Amateur / Student (12 Categories)

All Winners
(Professional & Amateur / Student)

Printable e-Certificate
Winner Badge & Marketing Tools
Exhibit in European Virtual Exhibition
Be interviewed and featured on Muse.World, our third-party media partner website
Dedicated winner’s profile page and social media posts

EPA Limited Edition Medals Collection

Traverse Across the Continent

The European Photography Awards introduces the birth of 4 limited edition medals, with an individual sizing of 14.1 (W)x 7.1(H) cm, specially crafted and only designated for 2025 EPA Winners. Each medal is a representation of the newest category addition: Germany, Italy, France, and Switzerland respectively. The medals are inscribed with eminent landmarks, symbolising their glorious history. You are able to find our logo engraved behind every medal, intertwining the stunning cultures of different nations, amalgamating alluring sceneries with solid matters of metal.

Unite the Lands of Europe, Piece by Piece.

All medals come attached with a lanyard that carries their country flags, which are detachable for something far grander. Tracing back to the roots of diversification, that emphasis is implemented on our medals, as they merge together to form a magnificent display piece. The 4 medals are attached together to encircle a piece in the centre that reads EPA (European Photography Awards), the core of in which holds them together. This 2025 European Photography Awards Limited Edition Collection signifies the concept of unity, and the wide acceptance of the awards program in granting photographers the exposure they require, whilst gathering photographers across the world, and combining all into something majestic.

*All Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only. Actual product may vary due to product enhancement.

HIGHLIGHTED WINNERS

European Photographers of the Year:Trevor Cole (Professional) and Jesús Manzaneque Arteaga (Amateur/Student Category).

Category Winners of the Year: Robin Yong, Sonka Skerik, Robert Fülöp, Francisco Negroni, Christophe Demigné, Stephan Goss, Ondrej Blaho, LIN, CHUN-CHUNG, Simon Heather, João Coelho.

Professional
2024

Photographer / Company

Trevor Cole

Category

Italy Photography - People

Country / Region

Ireland

Amateur
2024

Photographer / Company

Jesús Manzaneque Arteaga

Category

Architecture Photography - Historic

Country / Region

Spain

Professional
2024

Photographer / Company

Robin Yong

Category

Italy Photography - People

Country / Region

Australia

Professional
2024

Photographer / Company

Sonka Skerik

Category

Fine Art Photography - Nudes

Country / Region

Czech Republic

Professional
2024

Photographer / Company

Robert Fülöp

Category

Architecture Photography - Cityscapes

Country / Region

Romania

Professional
2024

Photographer / Company

Francisco Negroni

Category

Nature Photography - volcanoes

Country / Region

Chile

Professional
2024

Photographer / Company

Christophe Demigné

Category

France Photography - Fine Art

Country / Region

France

Amateur
2024

Photographer / Company

Ondrej Blaho

Category

People Photography - Portrait

Country / Region

Czech Republic

Amateur
2024

Photographer / Company

LIN, CHUN-CHUNG

Category

Nature Photography - Macro

Country / Region

Taiwan

Amateur
2024

Photographer / Company

Simon Heather

Category

Italy Photography - Drone

Country / Region

United States

Amateur
2024

Photographer / Company

João Coelho

Category

Editorial Photography - Documentary

Country / Region

Portugal

Amateur
2024

Photographer / Company

João Coelho

Category

Black & White Photography - Children

Country / Region

Portugal

European PHOTOGRAPHY
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

EXPERIENCE THE SURREALISM PHOTOGRAPHY

This digital display immerses you in a curated exhibition, showcasing critically-acclaimed images from the 2024 European Photography Awards gallery. Browse through this exhibition at your personal leisure, feast your eyes upon each breathtaking photograph, and be absorbed in each detailed accompanying caption.

Throughout this exhibition, you’ll discover the awe-inspiring Photographers of Year, Category Winners of the Year, as well as Platinum Winners, from the Professional and Amateur/Student divisions.

*Clicking on an image will bring you closer to view them; Clicking on the "i" icon located at the top right of the screen, will allow you to learn more about that amazing piece.

AWARDS DEADLINE

Early Bird

Deadline

7 May
2025

Regular

Deadline

4 June
2025

Final

Deadline

2 July
2025

Final Extension

Deadline

30 July
2025

IAA TESTIMONIALS

Read, and be inspired by, our photographer winners’ success stories!

International Awards Associate (IAA)

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AWARDS ASSOCIATE

European Photography AWARDS
IS AN IAA COMPETITION

The International Awards Associate (IAA) is a group of industry innovators, creators, designers and communications professionals whose commitment is to move the industry forward through discovery and recognition of new and existing talent.

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