THE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION AWARD prizes

The fastest growing and exciting photography awards in the industry, established by the award winning and largest Photography charity in the UK, The Photography Foundation. The Photography Foundation Awards are sponsored by Leica and supported by MPB.com, Survey Legend and the Photobook Cafe.

  • Provided by Leica, this prize fund will contribute to either an on-going or new photography project.

  • An incredible opportunity to have your own portfolio reviewed by the worlds leading entertainment photographer, Greg Williams. The portfolio review will be carried out online via Zoom.

  • Winners will get £100 vouchers from MPB to spend in their store. Amazing opportunity to add to your kit from their extensive range of stock.

  • Winners, runner-up and highly commended winners will have their images exhibited at the annual Photography Awards winners exhibition attended by industry professionals, awards winning photographers, writers, journalists and many more

  • Selected winners will have free entry into any of the fantastic Beyond Photography workshops

  • Inline with the values and ethics of The Photography Foundation, who organise and manage the awards, the barriers for entry t the awards is significantly reduced. We believe awards should be open to all, therefore everyone gets 1 free image.

Greg Williams - world leading entertainment photographer

Overall Winner:

'Photography foundation Awards Photographer of the Year'

The overall winner of the Photography Foundation Awards becomes our Photographer of the year. The overall winner will be selected by the judges from one of the category winners. There will only be one overall winner.

Overall Winner Prizes:

  • All category winner prizes and benefits below, plus:

  • Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards - Photographer of the Year’

  • £2,000 prize from Leica (to be used towards a new or ongoing photo project)

  • Overall winners logo

Category Winner:

Voted for by the international panel of judges, each of the awards categories will have one category winner. The voting will be completed independently and anonymously to ensure no conflicts of interest, and each category winner will automatically be entered into the final vote for the overall winner and the ‘Photography Foundation Photographer of the Year’.

Category Winner Prizes & Benefits:

  • Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards 2023 – [category] Winner’

  • £100 MPB vouchers

  • Beyond Photography Workshop/course

  • Your image(s) exhibited at our annual awards exhibition

  • Category winners logo (For use on winners socials, website etc)

  • Publication in our online winners gallery

  • Publication on social media channels

  • Winners interview journal post

  • Potential international publicity

Category Runner-up:

Our panel of judges will be voting on the images entered into the competition, which will result in not only a winner for the category, but also a runner-up. The runner-up for each category will not be entered into the overall winner vote, however, will win a selection of great prizes and gain international exposure. There will be one runner-up for each category.

Each Category Runner-up Prizes & Benefits:

  • Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards 2023 – [category] Runner-up’

  • Your image(s) exhibited at our annual awards exhibition

  • Runners-up logo (For use on winner’s socials, website etc)

  • Publication in Online Winners Gallery

  • Publication on social media channels

  • Potential international publicity

Highly Commended:

There will be a handful of ‘Highly Commended’ awards allocated. These are not category specific and will be awarded to images which didn’t quite reach the winner or runner-up award, but are of very high quality. Being selected as a Highly Commended image is still a fantastic achievement and comes with great prizes and international exposure.

Highly Commended Winners Prizes & Benefits:

  • Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards 2023 – Highly Commended’

  • Your image(s) exhibited at our annual awards exhibition

  • Highly commended winners logo (For use on winner’s website etc)

  • Publication in Online Gallery

  • Publication on social media channels

  • Potential international publicity

All Entrants:

Inline with the values of The Photography Foundation who runs and manages the awards, the Photography Foundation Awards are open to anyone, whether they are a professional photographer or not. We believe in accessibility to the awards and want to celebrate the diversity of images captured.

All competition entrants:

  • One free entry to the competition (must be on the mailing list)

  • Images viewed by a global panel of judges

  • Chance of Publication in Online Gallery

  • Chance of Publication on social media channels

  • Potential for International publicity