This Year’s International Photography Awards Winning Images Will Change How You See The World

The International Photography Awards (IPA) have just announced their 2025 category winners, and the results are a breathtaking, and at times heartbreaking, reminder of the power a single frame can hold. From thousands of global submissions, the jury has chosen winners across eleven genres, but a few projects especially stand out.

One juror noted that Abdelrahman Alkahlout’s devastating ‘Echoes of Genocide’ from Gaza is a series that will “break the viewer’s heart,” and Sebastian Piorek’s chilling work on Poland’s ever-expanding landfills is a stark metaphor for our planet’s environmental toll. The overall winner and Photographer of the Year will be named in Athens in October, and will win the $10,000 prize. Here are the winners of each category.

Professional Category Winners

Advertising Photographer of the Year

Colour Has A New Chapter – Jonathan Knowles

Analog / Film Photographer of the Year

Inside Romania – Piotr Zbierski

Architecture Photographer of the Year

Requiem pour Pianos – Romain Thiery

Book Photographer of the Year

Fragili Equilibri – Autori Multipli, Percorso Perbellini

Editorial / Press Photographer of the Year

Echoes of Genocide: Gaza’s Civilian Suffering – Abdelrahman Alkahlout

Event Photographer of the Year

MahaKumbh – World’s Largest Gathering – Savadmon Avalachamveettil

Fine Art Photographer of the Year

Frida – A Singular Vision of Beauty & Pain – Julia Fullerton-Batten

Nature Photographer of the Year

The Beautiful of Floating Babies – Sho Otani

People Photographer of the Year

Family In Vitro – Natasha Pszenicki

Special Photographer of the Year

Damselfies from Another Planets – Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz

Sports Photographer of the Year

Buzkashi – Todd Antony

Non-Professional Category Winners

Advertising Photographer of the Year

Porcelain Petals – Natalie Vorontsoff

Analog / Film Photographer of the Year

Misplaced Childhood – Yehor Lemzyakoff

Architecture Photographer of the Year

Icon of Architectural – Mohammad Awadh

Book Photographer of the Year

A Surrender – Markus Naarttijarvi

Editorial / Press Photographer of the Year

The overflowing earth – Sebastian Piorek

Event Photographer of the Year

South Island Group Wedding – Yu Ling Ho

Fine Art Photographer of the Year

Murmures de l’âme – Marie Sueur

Nature Photographer of the Year

Iowa Storm Cell – Ilene Meyers

People Photographer of the Year

Inside Romania – Ilona Schong

Special Photographer of the Year

Emotive Snapshots – Monia Marchionni

Sports Photographer of the Year

Piercing the Rainbow – Kohei Kawashima

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