The 11th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards has once again unveiled a dazzling array of winners in the Professional category, showcasing a diverse and captivating range of fine art photography from around the world. As one of the largest and most influential award-giving bodies in the global photography community, the Fine Art Photography Awards continues to set the bar high, ushering in new trends and redefining visual storytelling.
This year’s winning images are a testament to the competition’s mission of celebrating artistic excellence, creativity, and cultural diversity. Each photograph reflects the unique vision of its creator—pushing boundaries, provoking thought, and evoking deep emotion through the power of the lens.
Since its inception in 2014, the Fine Art Photography Awards has served as a dynamic platform for photographers pursuing self-realization and professional development. With the Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year title and a share of $5,000 in cash prizes at stake, the competition attracts thousands of entries annually from passionate artists worldwide.
The 2025 edition stands out for its bold experimentation, conceptual strength, and technical brilliance, solidifying its place as a melting pot of innovation and beauty in fine art photography. Submissions are now open for the 12th Fine Art Photography Awards, with a deadline of October 12th, 2025, inviting even more artists to join this thriving creative community.
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#1. Fine Art Photographer of the Year – Professional: "Time Has Wings" by Leigh Schneider
"‘Time Has Wings,’ (a variation of ‘time flies’), focuses on what is of deep value to us in life. Handmade sculptures and natural materials form the aesthetic foundations. Every element was hand arranged by the artist on set. Each concept was crafted to share a message, taking weeks to complete. The ‘wings of time’ are represented in each artwork by some form of moth. Short-lived, they represent reaching fullness of potential and maturity, as well as the pursuit of illumination and good."
#2. Fine Art Photographer of the Year – Amateur: "Out of the Field" by Andres Gallego
"With this project, the possibility of approaching photography from the point of view of painting is explored. Instead of seeing photography as a threat to painting, photography is reinterpreted and recontextualised through the visual language and aesthetic principles of painting. This reversal of perspective allows for a creative dialogue between the two media. Following Hammershøi’s style, the aim is to capture the introspective and minimalist atmosphere characteristic of his interiors, recreating all the scenarios on a real scale. All these interiors, beyond the dialogue between photography and painting, represent the author’s wife, being really self-portraits of the artist himself."
#3. Abstract – 1st Place Winner: "Paint Pots" by Scott Jon McCook
#4. Architecture – 1st Place Winner: "Zsolnay Roofs of Budapest" by Marton Mogyorosy
#5. Conceptual – 2nd Place Winner: "KARTOON" by Michal Zahornacky
#6. Experimental – 1st Place Winner: "Guideline Routine" by Ramona Zordini
#7. Fashion – 1st Place Winner: "The nation of ten arrows" by Natasha Yankelevich
#8. Fine Art – 1st Place Winner: "Metamorphosis" by Claudia Fuggetti
#9. Landscape – 1st Place Winner: "Tree of Life" by Isabella Tabacchi
#10. Nature – 1st Place Winner: "Diatoms" by Tim Platt
#11. Night – 1st Place Winner: "Drooling" by Xuejun Long
#12. Open Theme – 1st Place Winner: "Entombed in Ice" by Liam Man
#13. Panoramic – 1st Place Winner: "Fled is the night, do I wake or sleep?" by Iris Yaun
#14. People – 1st Place Winner: "Le seul rêve" by Vincent Duluc-David
#15. Photojournalism – 1st Place Winner: "Faces of Genocide , Untold Stories from Gaza" by Abdelrahman Alkahlout
#16. Photomanipulation – 1st Place Winner: "Anonymia" by Collective Foto Marvellini
#17. Portrait – 1st Place Winner: "Silent Red" by Elena Turina
#18. Seascape – 1st Place Winner: "BARENA" by Alessandro Tagliapietra
#19. Street Photography – 1st Place Winner: "GEOMETRY OF LONELINESS" by PIOTR NALEWAJKA
#20. Travel – 1st Place Winner: "Eternal Light, Timeless Rock" by Karolina Jurkiewicz
#21. Wildlife / Animals – 1st Place Winner: "The Whale’s Raft" by Estebane Rezkallah
