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Be inspired by the photographers on the 2020 List. 2020 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Abbie Briggs ABBIE BRIGGS Madison UNITED STATES ABHAY PATEL Delhi INDIA ABHISHEK SINGH New Delhi INDIA ADAM SINCLAIR Melbourne AUSTRALIA ADESH GAUR Uttar Pradesh INDIA ADRIAN TAN SINGAPORE ADRIAN WHEAR Melbourne AUSTRALIA AHMET HOJAMYRADOV Minsk BELARUS ALEX FRAYNE Adelaide AUSTRALIA ALEXANDRA AVLONITIS Manhattan UNITED STATES ALEXEY STRECHEN Moscow RUSSIA ALICIA HABER Montevideo URAGUAY ANEEKA MANKU Birmingham UNITED KINGDOM ANGEL CARNICER Zaragoza SPAIN ANNA MARCHIOLI Clamart FRANCE ANNETTE LANG Nice FRANCE ANTONIS GIAKOUMAKIS Athens GREECE ANWAR SADAT Nairobi KENYA ARTURO CAÑEDO Lima PERU ASHISH PATEL Delhi INDIA ASSIA STARKE Vienna AUSTRIA ASTRID NEUNDLINGER Vienna AUSTRIA B JANE LEVINE New York City UNITED STATES BELINDA CORNEY London UNITED KINGDOM BENNY VAN DEN BULKE Adegem BELGIUM

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2024 List. 2024 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Anna Tut ALEXANDROS ZILOS Athens GREECE AMY HOROWITZ New York UNITED STATES ANA-MARIA ALB Bukovina ROMANIA ANN PETRUCKEVITCH UNITED KINGDOM ANNA TUT Krasnogorsk City RUSSIA CARMEN SOLANA CIRES Madrid SPAIN CATIA MONTAGNA SCOTLAND/ITALY DASHA DARVAJ UMRIGAR Karachi PAKISTAN DEDIPYA BASAK Kolkata INDIA EDWIN CARUNGAY San Francisco UNITED STATES FRANCE LECLERC Chicago UNITED STATES ISABELLE COORDES Münster GERMANY JOHN KAYACAN Los Angeles UNITED STATES JUSTINE GEORGET Lyon FRANCE MARIETTE PATHY ALLEN New York UNITED STATES MATTHIAS GÖDDE Beckum GERMANY MEI SEVA New York UNITED STATES MIA DEPAOLA Washington D.C UNITED STATES NAZANIN DAVARI Tehran IRAN PAUL COOKLIN UNITED KINGDOM PEDRO VIDAL Barcelona SPAIN RAFA ROJAS São Paulo BRAZIL ROMAIN COUDRIER Marseille FRANCE ROWELL B. TIMOTEO La Union PHILIPPINES SASHA IVANOV St. Petersburg RUSSIA

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2022 List. 2022 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Adrian Pelegrin ADRIAN PELEGRIN Playa del Carmen MEXICO AHSANUL HAQUE FAHIM Dhaka, BANGLADESH AJ BERNSTEIN New York UNITED STATES ANWAR EHTESHAM Dhaka BANGLADESH ASEN GEORGIEV Sofia BULGARIA ASLI GONEN Eskisehir TURKEY BRIAN DOUGLAS Ontario CANADA CAHLEEN HUDSON New Taipei City TAIWAN CHETAN VERMA Gurgaon INDIA DEAN GOLDBERG New York UNITED STATES ELIZABETH PAOLETTI UNITED STATES EMIR SEVIM Istanbul TURKEY EMY MAIKE Baden Württemberg GERMANY FRANCESCA TIBONI Cagliari ITALY GABRIEL MIELES GUZMÁN Guayaquil ECUADOR GABRIELE GENTILE Parma ITALY GIANLUCA MORTAROTTI London UNITED KINGDOM GIORGIO GERARDI Venice ITALY JAN ENKELMANN London UNITED KINGDOM JEAN ROSS New York UNITED STATES JELISA PETERSON Texas UNITED STATES JENS F. KRUSE Mallorca SPAIN JONAS WELTEN Salzburg AUSTRIA LAINE MULLALLY Stockholm SWEDEN LELE BISSOLI Vercelli ITALY

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2023 List. 2023 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Ypatia Kornarou AARON RUBINO San Francisco UNITED STATES ALESSANDRO GIUGNI Milan ITALY ALEX GOTTFRIED BONDER Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA AMY NEWTON McCONNEL Arizona UNITED STATES ANASTASIYA PENTYUKHINA Moscow RUSSIA ANDREE THORPE Ontario CANADA BARBARA PEACOCK Portland UNITED STATES BRANDEN MAY Atlanta, UNITED STATES DARREN SACKS London UNITED KINGDOM DOUG WINTER California UNITED STATES ELSA ARRAIS Leiria PORTUGAL FABIO CATANZARO Venice ITALY GILES ISBELL Chiang Mai, THAILAND IDA DI PASQUALE Rome ITALY JAN PONNET Antwerp BELGIUM JAYESH KUMAR SHARMA Varanasi INDIA JEFF ROTHSTEIN New York UNITED STATES JUAN BARTE Madrid SPAIN JUAN SOSTRE California UNITED STATES KONRAD HELLFEUER Görlitz GERMANY LEANNE STAPLES New York UNITED STATES MENA SAMBIASI Madrid SPAIN MONIKA JURGA POLAND NAIMA HALL New York UNITED STATES NSIRIES Bologna ITALY

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2025 List. 2025 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Stephanie Duprie Routh ABDULLA SHINOSE CK Malabar INDIA ALEJANDRO DAVILA Pachuca MEXICO ANTON BOU Montreal CANADA AYANAVA SIL Kolkata INDIA BETTY GOH SINGAPORE BUKU SARKAR Paris FRANCE CYNTHIA KARALLA New York UNITED STATES DAVID GRAY New York UNITED STATES EVA MALLIS New York UNITED STATES FANJA HUBERS Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS FUTURE HACKNEY London UNITED KINGDOM GIORDANO SIMONCINI Rome ITALY GUILLERMO FRANCO Córdoba ARGENTINA HIROYUKI ITO New York UNITED STATES JAY HSU Yilan City TAIWAN KAT PUCHOWSKA Barcelona SPAIN LAETITIA HEISLER Berlin GERMANY LUISA MONTAGNA Parma ITALY MASSIMO LUPIDI ITALY MATTEO BERGAMI Bologna ITALY MEERA NERURKAR Düsseldorf GERMANY NASOS KARABELAS Greece ATHENS NICOLA CAPPELLARI Vicenza ITALY PARISA AZADI IRAN & DUBAI PARVATHI KUMAR New Jersey UNITED STATES

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2021 List. 2021 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Meryl Meisler AGATA LO MONACO Gela ITALY ALAN THEXTON Melbourne AUSTRALIA ALEX RUTHERFORD Surrey UNITED KINGDOM ANDRES GONZALEZ Porto PORTUGAL ANDREW ROVENKO Melbourne AUSTRALIA ANDRÉ LOBÃO London UNITED KINGDOM AURÉLIEN BOMY Nantes FRANCE BARRY BOTTOMLEY London UNITED KINGDOM BASTIAN PETER Basel SWITZERLAND BEN ALLAN London UNITED KINGDOM BETTY MANOUSOS Athens GREECE CAMILLE WHEELER Austin UNITED STATES CARLA HENOUD Beirut LEBANON CAROL DRONSFIELD Brooklyn UNITED STATES CHICHEK BAYRAMLY Baku AZERBAIJAN CHRISTINA SIMONS Melbourne AUSTRALIA DAMIEN GORET Brest FRANCE DANIEL GOLDENBERG Buenos Aires ARGENTINA DANIELA PEREIRA Montevideo URUGUAY DANNY JACKSON Essex UNITED KINGDOM DAVID KUGELMAS New Jersey UNITED STATES DAVID LAWLESS Winnipeg CANADA DAVID SHORTLAND London UNITED KINGDOM DREW KELLEY California UNITED STATES EDUARDO ORTIZ Valparaiso CHILE

As long as I can think, I have been fascinated by observing people in everyday life situations, trying to make sense of their actions and to understand how they relate to their environment. Even as a child I could be dropped off somewhere, offering me a viewpoint on life unfolding under my eyes and then to be picked up hours later. This fascination took me quite naturally into studying anthropology and cultural linguistics. While others thrive on exoticism, it is normalcy and the underlying web of cultural and personal significations that attract me and provide me with a sentiment of happiness. This also influences my photography. Living in Nice - after Paris the most touristic and best known French city - I try to use my camera to witness life behind postcard views and to celebrate the beauty of everyday people in everyday activities. I love catching the moment never coming back, involving a minute but significant detail. I have recently explored the color blue more intensively to reveal another side of the denomination "Cote d'Azur" - "Blue Coast" used for the Nice region. French law is tricky for street photography - you normally need people's authorization to take their picture. Asking permission beforehand would destroy the candid street shot. I tried to build my own ethic framework around this. Never shoot to ridicule, show the picture as often as possible to the people afterwards and propose sharing or deleting. Today, there are many people I know by name in my neighborhood thanks to photography. If somebody feels beautiful thanks to a candid street shot, it feels like artistic accomplishment for me. In order to give back to the society that sustains me, I have often taken family or business photos for the people I met upon their request. This allowed me to explore a halal butchery and a Vegan restaurant, making me feel somehow useful. ANNETTE LANG As long as I can think, I have been fascinated by observing people in everyday life situations, trying to make sense of their actions and to understand how they relate to their environment. Even as a child I could be dropped off somewhere, offering me a viewpoint on life unfolding under my eyes and then to be picked up hours later. This fascination took me quite naturally into studying anthropology and cultural linguistics. While others thrive on exoticism, it is normalcy and the underlying web of cultural and personal significations that attract me and provide me with a sentiment of happiness. This also influences my photography. Living in Nice - after Paris the most touristic and best known French city - I try to use my camera to witness life behind postcard views and to celebrate the beauty of everyday people in everyday activities. I love catching the moment never coming back, involving a minute but significant detail. I have recently explored the color blue more intensively to reveal another side of the denomination "Cote d'Azur" - "Blue Coast" used for the Nice region. French law is tricky for street photography - you normally need people's authorization to take their picture. Asking permission beforehand would destroy the candid street shot. I tried to build my own ethic framework around this. Never shoot to ridicule, show the picture as often as possible to the people afterwards and propose sharing or deleting. Today, there are many people I know by name in my neighborhood thanks to photography. If somebody feels beautiful thanks to a candid street shot, it feels like artistic accomplishment for me. In order to give back to the society that sustains me, I have often taken family or business photos for the people I met upon their request. This allowed me to explore a halal butchery and a Vegan restaurant, making me feel somehow useful. LOCATION Nice FRANCE CAMERA/S Fuji X-T4, Leica Q2 @LUXTASIA FEATURES // My Cape of Good Hope Archaeological Paradoxes

Parvathi Kumar was born and raised in eastern Canada, is of South Indian origin, and is currently based in New Jersey, USA. She was initially trained as a teen by her mother in manual film photography. Her passion for this medium remained strong over the next 35+ years (while earning degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science along the way!) and after working in IT, she became a professional freelance photographer since 2010. She has received awards and frequently exhibits her work in both solo and group shows throughout the US and abroad. She is a flaneuse, thoroughly enjoying the process of candid or street photography, wandering and observing in various locations to creatively capture our collective journey through life. PARVATHI KUMAR Parvathi Kumar was born and raised in eastern Canada, is of South Indian origin, and is currently based in New Jersey, USA. She was initially trained as a teen by her mother in manual film photography. Her passion for this medium remained strong over the next 35+ years (while earning degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science along the way!) and after working in IT, she became a professional freelance photographer since 2010. She has received awards and frequently exhibits her work in both solo and group shows throughout the US and abroad. She is a flaneuse, thoroughly enjoying the process of candid or street photography, wandering and observing in various locations to creatively capture our collective journey through life. LOCATION New Jersey UNITED STATES CAMERA/S Fujifilm XT5, iPhone 16 pro WEBSITE https://www.parvathikumar.com/ @PARVATHI_KUMAR_PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURES // Everyday Blackness

I was born in 1986 and grew up in Calabria, South of Italy. Moved to Bologna in 2005 where I graduated in Economics and Marketing with a second degree in Social Communication. Photography helps me understand my place in the world while observing those aspects of the society that spark my curiosity. I believe that daily life scenes hide the secret of life. Here is a series of photographs as a greeting from Bologna through an intimate look that evokes a nostalgic feeling. An introspective journey synthetising the relationship between the photographer and his city for twelve long years. Many contemplative walks become the opportunity to narrate the relation with this place: a story of lights and shadows, created by the characteristic arcades of the city center, and colour games: the warm tones from the “cotto emiliano”, the yellow, the red and the orange, all of which blend over everything. The people in the photos are actually the background completing the scenography illustrating Bologna's atmosphere, which is the real subject of these shots characterized by a suffused languor: just like during the last light of the day. GREGORIO PAONE I was born in 1986 and grew up in Calabria, South of Italy. Moved to Bologna in 2005 where I graduated in Economics and Marketing with a second degree in Social Communication. Photography helps me understand my place in the world while observing those aspects of the society that spark my curiosity. I believe that daily life scenes hide the secret of life. Here is a series of photographs as a greeting from Bologna through an intimate look that evokes a nostalgic feeling. An introspective journey synthetising the relationship between the photographer and his city for twelve long years. Many contemplative walks become the opportunity to narrate the relation with this place: a story of lights and shadows, created by the characteristic arcades of the city center, and colour games: the warm tones from the “cotto emiliano”, the yellow, the red and the orange, all of which blend over everything. The people in the photos are actually the background completing the scenography illustrating Bologna's atmosphere, which is the real subject of these shots characterized by a suffused languor: just like during the last light of the day. LOCATION Bologna ITALY CAMERA/S Fujifilm X100F @GREGPAONE FEATURES // Last Light in Bologna

Michèle Polak is an artist and photographer that has embodied illumination and has spent her life searching for new ways of expressing and sharing this light that has become a part of her. The effect that humanity has had on these elements and the way it affects our world has inspired new works of her perceptions. She embraces many different photographic techniques to create her abstractions. She considers us as elements of the universe, and the connections she has made throughout her life are profound and incite thought and contemplation. It is the 'Light What We See’ that illuminates her soul and is her guiding light in life. MICHÈLE POLAK Michèle Polak is an artist and photographer that has embodied illumination and has spent her life searching for new ways of expressing and sharing this light that has become a part of her. The effect that humanity has had on these elements and the way it affects our world has inspired new works of her perceptions. She embraces many different photographic techniques to create her abstractions. She considers us as elements of the universe, and the connections she has made throughout her life are profound and incite thought and contemplation. It is the 'Light What We See’ that illuminates her soul and is her guiding light in life. LOCATION Bergen NORTH HOLLAND CAMERA/S Sony RX100lll, Iphone 12 pro, Nikon analog/digital, and Minox. @DEBERGENSEBOEKENKAST FEATURES // Light Is What We See

I am an Iranian artist and photographer based in Guilan, on the northern coast of Iran. Inspired by conceptual photography, I create minimalist landscape photographs that are strongly rooted in themes, ideas and symbolism. I have a background in painting and while photography is my preferred medium today, I often combines aspects of both into my working process, often inspired by my own thoughts and dreams, and chance and coincidence. To me, minimal photography is an art in the way that artists learn how to omit the extra elements which seem to be very necessary in such a hectic life. I see it as an international language to communicate with the people round the world. MOSTAFA NODEH I am an Iranian artist and photographer based in Guilan, on the northern coast of Iran. Inspired by conceptual photography, I create minimalist landscape photographs that are strongly rooted in themes, ideas and symbolism. I have a background in painting and while photography is my preferred medium today, I often combines aspects of both into my working process, often inspired by my own thoughts and dreams, and chance and coincidence. To me, minimal photography is an art in the way that artists learn how to omit the extra elements which seem to be very necessary in such a hectic life. I see it as an international language to communicate with the people round the world. LOCATION Guilan IRAN CAMERA/S Canon 7D @NODEHPHOTO FEATURES // Notes On A Landscape

Photography is my fashion. A patient observer with a focus on adventure! EMY MAIKE Photography is my fashion. A patient observer with a focus on adventure! LOCATION Baden Württemberg GERMANY CAMERA/S Fujifilm X-Series, Canon EOS 5D Mark iv WEBSITE http://www.emymaike.photoshelter.com @MAIKEEMY @EMY.MAIKE FEATURES // Sta(y-ac)tion Floating Garbage