Competitions - LIFE FRAMER - Photography Award

COMPETITIONS
OPEN FOR ENTRIES

The award is made up of 12 monthly competitions – each judged by an industry leader with a wealth of experience and expertise.

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BLANDINE SOULAGE

OPEN CALL

Judge: Alison Morley
Deadline: 30 June 2025

THE BRIEF:

“With photography a new language has been created” – Ernst Haas

This time there’s no explicit theme… We’re giving you the freedom to inspire us with your photography, no matter the style, subject matter or genre.

Landscapes, portraits, reportage, conceptual, personal documentary, travel… From spontaneous street moments to meticulous studio set-ups, new images or from your archive – show us your technique, vision and creativity. Open to all types of photographer with any type of camera, and images new or old.

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OPEN CALL INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

OPEN CALL INSPIRATIONAL IMAGES (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) © ELSA MARIE KEEFE, HENRIETTE SABROE EBBESEN, PETER FRANCK, OLGA DE LA IGLESIA, HENDRIK BRAET, ELLIOT PETENBRINK, FABIAN ALBERTINI, JULIA SH.

COMPETITION JUDGED BY ALISON MORLEY

Alison Morley is a photography coach, Photobook editor and educator. She is chair Emerita of the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography. She has taught workshops all over the world and has worked at various magazines and newspapers as Photo Editor including the New York Times, Esquire, and LIFE Magazine. She has written on photography for Elle Magazine and is an editor for major monographs such as The Ninth Floor by Jessica Dimmock, Andrea Star Reese’s Urban Cave and Ron Haviv’s Blood and Honey; A Balkan War Journal. She curated the Daegu Photo Biennale, in Korea, 2022 and recently photo edited and wrote the Afterward for All The Colors I Am Inside by Deb Achak.

IMAGES © ALISON MORLEY

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MICHAEL IVSHIN JOHANSEN

PLANET EARTH

Judge: Corey Arnold
Deadline: 31 July 2025

THE BRIEF:

From icy polar snowscapes to vast and arid deserts; from sweeping agricultural plains to dense tropical rainforest; the earth has always provided an awe-inspiring backdrop to our short stay.

This month we want you to capture the beauty of our shared planet – nature’s landscapes and man’s influence on them. The land, our cultures, and the myriad of species with which we inhabit planet Earth. Let’s step out into our world and capture its majesty! Landscapes, conceptual, aerial, documentary…. All genres welcome, images new or from your archives. Show us the majesty of Earth!

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PLANET EARTH INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

PLANET EARTH INSPIRATIONAL IMAGES (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) © KIN CHAN, ALEX OELOFSE, JATENIPAT KETPRADIT, LUCA RENNER, MARC LLEWELLYN, MARCO DEL ZOTTO, MIKE LOUAGIE, JOSUÉ SILVA.

PLANET EARTH INSPIRATIONAL IMAGES (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) © KIN CHAN, ALEX OELOFSE, MARC LLEWELLYN, LUCA RENNER, MIKE LOUAGIE, MARCO DEL ZOTTO, JATENIPAT KETPRADIT, JOSUÉ SILVA.

COMPETITION JUDGED BY COREY ARNOLD

Corey Arnold is an American photographer whose stark and cinematic work explored our complicated and often precarious relationship with the natural world. Working seasonally as the captain of an Alaskan fishing boat alongside his photography career, his work explores the raw, rugged beauty of life at sea and the environmental challenges faced by the fishing industry, as well as broader topics such as industry, the domestication of animals, and urban wildlife.

He has been widely featured in prominent publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, Harpers, The Guardian and TIME, as well as garnering awards from Sony World Photography Awards and World Press Photo Awards, and numerous private and public collections. With his unique perspective, Arnold presents the beauty of planet Earth, and explores the challenges of our changing world.

IMAGES © COREY ARNOLD

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JONATHAN JASBERG

SCENES OF LIFE

Judge: Damarice Amao
Deadline: 31 August 2025

THE BRIEF:

From fleeting moments on bustling streets to quiet rituals behind closed doors, life unfolds all around us—in the extraordinary and the everyday.

This month, we invite you to capture the rhythm of life as you see it. Think daily routines, family gatherings, market crowds, still-life arrangements, moments of solitude, or shared joy. Religion, sports, work, hobbies. The people, spaces, and objects that tell the stories of how we live.

All interpretations are welcome—intimate or expansive, spontaneous or staged. Street photography, documentary, still life, portraiture, or something more abstract. New images or rediscovered archive work. Show us your Scenes of Life.

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SCENES OF LIFE INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

IMAGES (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) © SARAH REBERT, JACK LAWSON, PHILIP COBURN, EVA VELDHOEN, ISABELA NOBELL, MATT BRAMSTON, POLGA STEINEPREIS, JASMINE POOLE.

IMAGES (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) © SARAH REBERT, JACK LAWSON, STEINEPREIS, EVA VELDHOEN, ISABELA NOBELL, MATT BRAMSTON, PHILIP COBURN, JASMINE POOLE.

COMPETITION JUDGED BY DAMARICE AMAO

Dr. Damarice Amao is photography historian with a PhD in art history, working as associate curator at the photography department of the Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne/Centre Pompidou. She has co-curated exhibitions such as Eli Lotar (Jeu de Paume, 2017), Photography, Weapon of Class (Centre Pompidou, 2018) and Dora Maar (Centre Pompidou, Tate, Getty, 2019), and has taught photography history at the Sorbonne University. She has also contributed to the production of multiple exhibition catalogues and collective books.

IMAGES © DAMARICE AMAO / CENTRE POMPIDOU

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PRIZES &
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	Monthly 1st Prize	Monthly 2nd Prize	Other Monthly Winners (18)	All Entrants
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Your image exhibited in three global exhibitions
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