Andrei Stenin Contest announces 2025 short list

17 / 06 / 2025

The shortlist of the 11th Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest has been released in Moscow today.

The shortlist and the photographs are available at https://stenincontest.ru/winners2025/ (in Russian) and https://stenincontest.com/winners2025/ (in English).

An international jury has compiled the shortlist, though the specific prizes remain undisclosed and will be revealed alongside the Grand Prix winner this fall.

The international jury of the 11th Andrei Stenin Contest for young photojournalists consists of renowned masters of photojournalism and winners of the most prestigious international prizes: Vladimir Vyatkin (Russia), Anatoly Maltsev (Russia), Valery Melnikov (Russia), David Pujado (Serbia), Arif Hüdaverdi (Türkiye) and Wang Jianhua (China).

The 2025 shortlist features single images and photo series by young photo correspondents hailing from 15 countries. The international jury reviewed nearly 1,800 submissions from 593 photographers representing 40 countries.

“It is important to us and the jury that photographers uncover captivating stories and tell them in a compelling language. From the very first images, this visual world pulls you in, and each frame is as immersive as a page-turning book. We received some remarkably powerful works from contestants and we are pleased to confirm that the future of photojournalism is in capable hands. No artificial intelligence could match the skill of these young professional photojournalists,”

- contest curator Oksana Oleinik commented.

The shortlist of the 11th Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest (2025)

Top News (singles)

Reza Saifullah, Indonesia

Syed Mahamudur Rahman, Bangladesh

Muhammad Amdad Hossain, Bangladesh

Top News (series)

Abdelrahman Alkahlout, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory

Garry Lotulung, Indonesia

Kazi Salahuddin Razu, Bangladesh

Vladimir Umikashvili, Georgia

Sport (singles)

Sergei Bobylyov, Russia

Yasser Alaa Mobarak, Egypt

S.M. Al Muztaba Rosul, Bangladesh

Mohammad Shahriar Foisal, Bangladesh

My Planet (singles)

Hendy Wicaksono, Indonesia

So Pyay Lynn, Thailand

Rakibul Alam Khan, Bangladesh

Mengdan Zhu, China

My Planet (series)

Mustafa AbdulHadi, Bahrain

Pavel Ivshin, Russia

German Caballero, Spain

Shibasish Saha, India

Portrait. A Hero of Our Time (singles)

Pradiptamoy Paul, India

Mohammad Ali Pour, Czech Republic

Nyein Nyein Htwe, Myanmar

Portrait. A Hero of Our Time (series)

Yevgeny Konoplyov, Russia

Pradiptamoy Paul, India

Pelagia Tikhonova, Russia

Yekaterina Yakel, Russia

Top View (singles)

Mushfiqul Alam, Bangladesh

Armin Durgut, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anselmo Cunha dos Santos, Brazil

Joy Saha, Bangladesh

Shibasish Saha, India

The Organizing Committee will announce the prizes and the Grand Prix winner at the awards ceremony this fall, along with publications on the Russian https://stenincontest.ru and English https://stenincontest.com websites of the Andrei Stenin Contest.