The 2025 Great Photo Awards have once again delivered a stunning showcase of visual storytelling, highlighting the artistry and emotion of photographers from around the world. This year’s 20 amazing award-winning street and travel photos offer a vivid journey through city streets, remote landscapes, and culturally rich moments captured with a perfect blend of timing, perspective, and emotion.
Photo by: Myo Minn Aung
In the street photography category, spontaneity reigns supreme. Each image is a fleeting moment—expressive portraits of strangers, dynamic urban compositions, and raw slices of daily life. These photos don’t just document reality; they elevate it, revealing the soul of bustling metropolises and quiet corners alike. From Tokyo’s neon-lit crosswalks to the textured alleyways of Naples, the photographers managed to freeze time in ways that are both powerful and poetic.
The travel photography selections transport viewers to the farthest reaches of the world. These images capture the grandeur of nature, the elegance of architecture, and the diversity of human culture. Whether it’s a monk walking through morning mist in Myanmar or vibrant market scenes in Morocco, the photographers demonstrate a deep sensitivity to place and people.
What unites these award-winning images is their ability to tell compelling stories in a single frame. The judges praised the photographers’ mastery of light, composition, and narrative instinct, noting how each photo invites the viewer to pause, reflect, and feel.
These 20 photos are not just visual records; they are emotional experiences. They remind us of photography’s power to bridge distances, transcend language, and celebrate the richness of life across continents. As the 2025 Great Photo Awards winners prove, when street and travel photography are done right, they don’t just capture the world—they expand our understanding of it.
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Street Winners
#1. 1st Place: "Moment" by Myo Minn Aung, Myanmar
#2. "The Pusher & Pullers" by Saurabh Sirohiya, India
#3. "Loss" by George Koulouridis, Greece
#4. "Pilgrim in the Mist" by Leonidas Papadopoulos, Greece
#5. "Balloon salesman" by Vangelis Tzertzinis, Greece
#6. "Flying high" by Olga Arune, Czechia
#7. "Movement" by Maria Plaino, Romania
#8. "Time is running" by Nikos Karampetakis, Greece
#9. "Ghostly" by Desislava Ignatova, Bulgaria
#10. "Boats filled with travelers crossing the river to their workplace" by Azim Khan Ronnie, France
Travel Winners
#11. 1st Place: "Drying incense" by Azim Khan Ronnie, France
#12. "Daily labour" by Radana Mikova (Kucharova), Czechia
#13. "Frozen" by Zhenhuan Zhou, Canada
#14. "Discover Fjords in Norway" by Marian Plaino, Romania
#15. "Returning home" by Aye Chan Tun, Myanmar
#16. "She is Mundari" by Svetlin Yosifov, Bulgaria
#17. "Dried up lake" by Aref Tahmasebi, Iran
#18. "Symmetric Reflections" by Antonis Tzanakakis, Greece
#19. "Fishermen on Lake Victoria" by Kirill Nikitin, United Kingdom
#20. "South Tyrol" by Josef Hinterleitner, Austria
