Photographs that, through blurring, explore what lies at the edges of clarity.
October 23, 2026
Closing date November 22, 2026
Slightly Out of Focus, curated by Juan Carlos Reyes, will present an exhibition that, through images that drift toward the subtly out-of-focus, explores what happens on the fringes of clarity: gestures, atmospheres, and moments that are implied rather than explained. El recorrido invitará a una lectura abierta, donde la interpretación dependerá de la apreciación del observador.
Photographers: 30 | Countries 14 | Curated by: Juan Carlos Reyes
Agnes Burger developed her passion for photography at an early age and began focusing on street photography in 2019. Her work explores human presence, emotional empathy, and surreal or grotesque moments found in everyday life. Through her travels across multiple cities worldwide, she captures intimate and spontaneous scenes, often getting physically and emotionally close to her subjects. She also works as a set photographer, documenting behind-the-scenes moments in film productions.
Awards and exhibitions
Exhibitions
New York, Tokyo, Dublin, Paris, Venice, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Tehran, Mexico City, Lisbon, Ansan (South Korea), Athens, Wilson (North Carolina)
Publications
Cofundadora de Unlimited Zone Zine
Apasionado por la fotografía de calle y el blanco y negro.
Originario de la Ciudad de México y actualmente radicado en Querétaro. Soy Licenciado en Administración de Empresas y egresado de la carrera de Fotografía Profesional por la Escuela Activa de Fotografía.
Me desempeño como coordinador de exposiciones y patrocinios en el Mexico Street Photography Festival (MXSPF). He explorado diversos géneros, incluyendo la fotografía gastronómica y el retrato.
Soy creador de Lens Legends Life y coordinador de la galería y cafetería Gallonegro Café, un espacio dedicado al arte, la fotografía y la comunidad.
Awards and exhibitions
Exposiciones Colectivas:
Publications:
My first deeply personal street photography project began in the late 1990s when I began photographing along my daily commute between home and my job. I realized back then that I especially wanted to photograph what I was seeing in my everyday life, particularly in the city that I called home (Washington, D.C.) and as I traveled to and from New York City (where I am originally from). More recently, I lived briefly and photographed in London. Living in busy Holborn rekindled my passion for photographing life on the street. As I looked through my work there, and photographs I made after I returned home, many of the images that resonate most deeply are of people connecting with other people. For me, these moments serve as reminders that the rising tide of polarization and alienation is not preordained. From these photographs, I began working on a series titled Interconnections. Because I’m generally working on multiple projects simultaneously, I’m also working on a new series of photographs on my post-pandemic commute, tentatively titled Interstices.
Awards and exhibitions
Recent Awards
2025 Dublin Street Photography Festival (DSPF), second place series (Interconnections); 2025 Istanbul Street Photography Festival, runner-up single image (from Interconnections); 2024 Brussels Street Photography Festival (BSPF), Brussels Prize (for a single image from Brussels)
2026: Festivals
DSPF (finalist series); 7. Edition Fotofestival Lenzburg (Switzerland) (single image winners’ group).
2025: Group exhibition
Shutteresque at Hoxton Cabin (part of PhotoMonth London). FESTIVALS: Ecos Cardinales, Centro Querétaro de la Image, Mexico Street Photo Fest; Lisbon Street Photography Festival (finalist single image); Rome International Street Photography Festival (finalist single image); BSPF (finalist single image); DSPF (finalist single image).
2024: Group exhibitions
Heterochromia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Querétaro; Magnificent Distances, the Lorton (Virginia) Workhouse Arts Center. FESTIVALS: Istanbul Street Photography Festival (finalist single image); BSPF (finalist single image); DSPF (finalist singe image); Italian Street Photography Festival (finalist “by phone”); Royal Photographic Society (UK) International Photography Exhibition 165.
Additional exhibitions
Museet for Fotokunst Brandts, Closed Eyes (Denmark 2006); 7th Internationale Fototage: Contemporary American Photography (Mannheim 2005); Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, Photographic Light Box Project (2005); Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Images from Italy (Washington, D.C. 2004); The Art Institute of Chicago, The Sidewalk Never Ends (2001 – 2002); Bayly Art Museum [now the Fralin Museum of Art], Urban Street Photography in the 20th Century (Virginia 1999).
Publications
BOOKS: Street Photography Now by Howarth and McLaren (Thames & Hudson 2010); Bystander: A History of Street Photography. (2001 ed.) by Westerbeck and Meyerowitz (Bullfinch). MAGAZINES: Umanità Pendolare, Luoghi dell’Infinito (Feb. 2026); In the Modern World (Woofer Magazine 2025); Eyeshot Magazine # 12: MEXICO (2024); Leica World (No. 2 2006); Photonews [Germany] (May 2006) (cover); Communication Arts Photo Annual (Aug. 2003)
Collections
Centro Fotográfico Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca; City of Washington, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; Deutsche Bank (New York); Museet for Fotokunst Brandts [now Kunstmuseum Brandts] (Denmark); New Mexico Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and street photographer based in İstanbul. Founder and curator of @dreaminstreets, a platform dedicated to street and documentary photography. Bahar approaches street photography through a poetic and psychological lens, seeing the street as a space where the unconscious emerges. She describes her practice as capturing surreal moments, chance encounters, and dreamlike scenes. For her: “The street is the unconscious, the photographer is the analyst, and the moment is the interpretation.”
Awards and exhibitions
Exhibitions:
Exhibited at the Istanbul International Street Photography Festival (2025).
Publications / Talks / Festivals:
Jury member and speaker at the Istanbul International Street Photography Festival (2025). Lecturer at the Athens Street Photography Festival (May 2026).
Conferencista en el Athens Street Photography Festival (May 2026).
Curatorial work:
Founder and curator of @dreaminstreets, where she also highlights women street photographers through the initiative #womendreamin.
Photographer and writer based in Eugene, Oregon, active since the early 1990s. His work is rooted in everyday observation, primarily shooting in black and white film. His visual language blends street photography with elements of surrealism, serendipity, and dysfunction, capturing spontaneous moments encountered in daily life across diverse environments.
Awards and exhibitions
Exhibitions
His photographs have been exhibited internationally in numerous shows, as well as widely featured across online platforms.
Publications
Regular contributor of photobook reviews to various online platforms. In 2025, he published his first monograph Asa Nisi Masa with Eyeshot Publishing (Italy).
Fotógrafa, diseñadora y creadora visual.
Su trabajo se centra en la observación de lo cotidiano como reflejo de procesos internos, explorando la relación entre luz, sombra y presencia.
A través de una estética en blanco y negro y una mirada introspectiva, busca generar imágenes que no solo se vean, sino que se sientan.
Awards and exhibitions
Exhibitions
Sus fotografías y trabajo audiovisual se han expuesto internacionalmente, además de aparecer en plataformas digitales.
Fotógrafa y diseñadora gráfica mexicana con Maestría en Comunicación Corporativa. Co-fundadora del Mexico Street Photo Fest, jurado del Paris International Street Photo Awards (PISPA) 2025, Rome Photo Lab 2026 y Macadam Awards 2026. Curadora para Street Photography Brazil, Visions of Art y Effe 4.0 Street Photography. Su fotografía explora el color en diálogo con la luz y la sombra, retratando figuras humanas como siluetas anónimas y capturando fragmentos de movimiento que conservan el misterio y la presencia.
Awards and exhibitions
Notable awards
• Galardón “Mujer Líder” en el ramo cultural (2025), otorgado por el Inter American Institute for Research & Teaching Human Rights, el Centro de Innovación en Derechos Humanos y Arellano y Asociados.
• Reconocida como “Fotógrafa de la Semana” por la comunidad Fish Eye (2024).
• Finalista en diversos concursos de diseño y fotografía.
Exhibitions
• Exposiciones colectivas en México, Rusia, Australia, Francia, Emiratos Árabes, Portugal, Argentina y Estados Unidos.
• Participación en MUSEA (2025), exposición y catálogo editorial con obra fotográfica intervenida digitalmente.
Publications:
• Seleccionada por Eyeshot Magazine (Italia) para su edición #12 dedicada a México – 2023.
• Publicación del zine individual Colores de Cuba con Docu Magazine (Finlandia) – 2024.
• Publicaciones fotográficas en revistas de circulación nacional e internacional.
(15 years) Documentary/street photography. "Photographic curiosity is one of the essential components of existential healing, oscillating between the harsh and the sublime. For me, photography solidifies cruel reality; at other times, it portrays the false beauty of existence itself, where our subconscious begins to work appreciatively. When I’m on the street, it has the power to elude me and traumatize me, quickly immersing me in the deafening silence of the obvious, because I feel as though I’m documenting reality and illusion.”
Taveira tiene el talento para resaltar el estado de ánimo de su sujeto, sea un alma viviente o un objeto inanimado. Su pasión por el objeto humano son evidentes en cada obra, como tarjeta de presentación del enfoque calculador hacia la expresión personal. Los retratos de Taveira son representaciones suntuosas de la diversidad cultural y el movimiento de las calles.
Awards and exhibitions
Prizes
The International Portrait Photography of the Year; MEITAR Award – For Excellence in Photography; Fine Art Photography Awards; European Photography Awards; New York Photography Awards; Annual Photography Awards; London Photography Awards; ReFocus Awards; Monovisions; ND Awards; Monochrome Awards; Chromatic; Shoot the Frame, among others
Exhibitions
Brazil, United States, Israel, India, Mexico, Europe, in museums, galleries, and organizations like: INAH - National Institute of Anthropology and History, MFF - Fortaleza Museum of Photography, Photo Israel, Soumaya Museum, India Photograhy Festival, Museum of Sacred Art of São Paulo, ArtBrazil - United States, Spectrum Miami, Araguaia Palace, MAQRO - Art Museum of Queretaro, Potrich Gallery, Concrete Space and Art & Design Gallery, Zero Gallery, FCP - Palmas Cultural Foundation, Museum of Sacred Art, among others.
Publications
Libro: Anonymous 2018 / Libro: Presencia Africana 2019 / Fotolibro: Filhos de Deus 2017 / Fotolibro: Antropogênico 2026. Publicaciones: National Geographic, The times, GEO, El Universal, Milénio, entre otros.
I am 26 years old, and about 10 years ago, photography came into my life as a hobby that quickly turned into a Passion teaching me to appreciate the little things in life, beyond the camera. People and their daily struggles, the landscape around me, and light have become my main subjects for telling the stories from which I learn…
Awards and exhibitions
Prizes
- 2022 First-place winner in the Latin American Documentary Photography Contest “Los trabajos y los días” in the “Care Economy”
-2023 Finalist in the Mexico Street Photo Fest International Contest Concurso Internacional del Mexico Street Photo Fest
-2023 Selected to be part of the first Latin American book of street photography, a call for submissions launched by the Colectivo Observadores Urbanos.
- 2025 Award in the competition for the 80th anniversary of the UN in the “Childhood” category, awarded by UNICEF, and an award granted by the FAO.
Exhibitions
In Countries like: Cuba, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Spain
-2021 Participant in “Ríos Intermitentes,” a project by Cuban-American artist María Magdalena Campos Pons, at the 14th Havana Biennial in Matanzas, Cuba
-(2023-2024) Two-person exhibition “Albor” with Julio Cesar in Madrid and the Casa de la Cultura on the island of Lanzarote
-(2024) Invited to exhibit in the main exhibition in the FotoCanimar International Festival and Colloquium
-(2025) Participant in the group exhibition “TUMBAO”. Contemporary photography from Matanzas: Main Exhibition, part of the 19th edition of Noviembre Fotográfico in the Artemorfosis Gallery.
-(2025) Participant in the group photography exposition “Mirando el Mundo con ojos nuevos” (Seeing the World with New Eyes) for the 80th anniversary of the UN, as a collateral exhibition of the Noviembre Fotográfico activities.
Publications
Local and independent media in Cuba, CubaSeen Magazine.
Indonesian street photographer whose work is deeply rooted in everyday life, often capturing moments of labor, transition, and quiet human gestures. Her vision focuses on the interplay of gesture, timing, and context, revealing subtle narratives within ordinary scenes.
Awards and exhibitions
Notable awards
2nd Place, Event Category — International Photography Awards (IPA) 2025
Nominee — Refocus Awards 2025 (Event and Travel categories)
Exhibitions:
Women Street Photographers 2026, New York
IPA Awards Exhibition 2025, Athens
Jakarta Future Festival 2025
Con más de 20 años dedicada a la fotografía, mi mirada se ha formado a través de la práctica constante, el estudio y la observación del mundo. A lo largo de este tiempo, he tomado más de 60 cursos de fotografía en México, Estados Unidos y Londres, experiencias que han enriquecido mi lenguaje visual у ampliado mi comprensión del medio. La fotografía de calle se ha convertido en un espacio natural para mi expresión. En ella encuentro la posibilidad de observar la vida como ocurre: espontánea, imperfecta y profundamente humana. Mi interés está en capturar momentos que revelen la relación entre las personas y su entorno, gestos fugaces, escenas cotidianas y pequeños instantes que muchas veces pasan desapercibidos. Los viajes han sido una parte fundamental en la construcción de mi mirada. Cada ciudad, cada cultura y cada calle ofrecen nuevas formas de entender la vida urbana. A través de la cámara busco traducir esas experiencias visuales que transmitan atmósferas, ritmos y emociones propias de cada lugar. Mi visión artística parte de la paciencia y la observación. Más que intervenir en la escena, prefiero dejar que la vida ocurra frente a mí y encontrar dentro de esos flujo el instante donde la composición, la luz y el gesto humano se encuentran. La fotografía de calle, para mí, es una forma de diálogo con el mundo: una manera de registrar la belleza de lo cotidiano y de construir memoria visual de los lugares y las personas que habitan en ellos.
Awards and exhibitions
Relevant awards
Primer Lugar en curso de fotografía y exposición en Casa Lamm.
Ganadora de las 50 imágenes concurso México en una Imagen 2022.
Finalista con la serie “Devoción Guadalupana” de la IPA, International Photography Awards, Agosto 2023.
Finalista en Half the Sky-Street photography for women en la serie “Devoción Guadalupana” Septiembre 2023
Reconocimiento por trayectoria fotográfica Fundación Abraxas, México, Abril 2024
Finalist for the “Veddah Tribe” series at the IPA (International Photography Awards), August 2024.
Honorable Mention in the Master Class Photographers Competition, October 2024.
Invited to serve as a judge for the “Sonrisa de colores” competition organized by the Mexican Chamber of the Construction Industry, November 2024.
Article in MM Mexico Moda magazine about my work. February 2025.
Finalist in the Mexican Women Photographers competition, February 2025; winner to be announced on March 1.
Invited as a judge for the 2025 Art Competition in October 2025.
Finalist in the Mexican Women Photographers competition, February 2026.
Finalist in the Kase Filters Mexico competition in the Urban Landscape category.
2nd Place in the Kase Filters Mexico competition in the Mexican Wildlife category.
Award for Best Photograph of 2025 at the Mexican Women Photographers Exhibition in March 2026.
Exhibitions
Woman’s Mind, June 2018
Pocket Book featuring the book Myanmar, Oct 2019 and Jan 2020.
Pocket Book featuring the book La Flor de la Vida, Nov 22.
Exhibition “Mexico in One Image” at the Soumaya Museum, Dec 2022.
Traveling exhibition throughout Mexico, “Mexico in One Image,” 2023.
Self-Portrait Exhibition, with Imagini Gallery, August 2023.
Gazar Gilberto Exhibition and Sale 2023.
“Mexico to Paris” Exhibition October 2023.
Bada 2025 Exhibition and Sale.
Exposición Photobook con el libro: Explorando Srilanka… Un viaje visual. Septiembre 2024.
Exposición “Estampas y visiones Modernas” en el mirador de la Torre
Latino, piso 42. Septiembre 2024.
Exposiciòn Venta Bada 2025.
Budokan Arena, March 2025.
Women in Flight, March 2025.
Photography Exhibition “In a Corner of La Mancha” with the theme “Vietnam from the Air: Tradition and Modernity in Perspective.” 2025 to present
Photography Exhibition at the “Maison” Hotel, 2025 to present.
Exhibition Mexican Women Photographers, “Photography of Everyday Life,” March 2026.
Participation at the Centro de la Imagen booth in the Photobooks category at Zona Maco, February 2026
Publications
Yaocalli Magazine (cover), May 2009.
Balance Magazine, April 2012.
Dragonfly Magazine, May 2012.
Book: Myanmar, 2019.
Book: The Flower of Life, 2022.
Book: Natural Wealth of Mexico Vol. III, 2021.
Book: Natural Wealth of Mexico Vol. IV, 2022.
Half the Sky, Street Photography for Women, September 2023.
Mexico to Paris magazine on the Day of the Dead exhibition in Paris, November 2023.
Book: Natural Wealth of Mexico Vol. V, 2023.
Book: Natural Wealth of Mexico, Vol. VI, 2024.
Book: Natural Wealth of Mexico, Vol. VII, 2025.
Mexico to Paris magazine on the Day of the Dead exhibition in Paris, Nov. 2025.
Book: “Art: The Essence of Interior Design,” February 2026.
ICM Photography Magazine, February 2026.
Vision:
Giedo’s positive and slightly romantic view on life is strongly reflected in his photography. He photographs small, wonderful moments of people in connection with their environment and in this way, he tells us his own story: through his eyes, you can feel that all the beauty that we need is just around us. His approach is to photograph people from very close, but he is not a portrait photogapher; his focus is on the beautiful, strange, magical connections that pop up everywhere, all the time. To control the way he depicts these connections, he uses a Leica with manual settings, a wide-angle lens and a flash. Giedo works very close to his subjects. With carefully composed images, smart juxtapositions and a feel for the right moment, he shows us a bright colorful world that we all like to live in. Awards: Since he started in street photography in 2016, Giedo has been nominated, finalist and won many awards, all over the world. From the bigger well-known street photography festivals like Brussels, Dublin, London, Miami, Paris, Rome, Siena, Trieste, to global award institutes like Lensculture, Life Framer, AAP, Independent Photographer and many smaller awards in several continents. In his own country he has been awarded twice at the honorable award of ‘de Zilveren Camera’.
Awards and exhibitions
Prizes
Since he started in street photography in 2016, Giedo has been nominated, finalist and won many awards, all over the world. From the bigger well-known street photography festivals like Brussels, Dublin, London, Miami, Paris, Rome, Siena, Trieste, to global award institutes like Lensculture, Life Framer, AAP, Independent Photographer and many smaller awards in several continents. In his own country he has been awarded twice at the honorable award of ‘de Zilveren Camera’.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions: Over the last 10 years, Giedo’s work has been exhibited in museums, public spaces, galleries and several outdoor exhibitions. In 2018 his solo-exhibition ‘Pier to Pier’ was exhibited on the Pier for 6 months and was seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
Exhibitions: Over the last 10 years, Giedo’s work has been exhibited in museums, public spaces, galleries and several outdoor exhibitions. In 2018 his solo-exhibition ‘Pier to Pier’ was exhibited on the Pier for 6 months and was seen by hundreds of thousands of people. His work has been shown in several museums in his own country (Fotomuseum, Muzee, Panorama Mesdag Museum), in public venues as The Hague City Hall and the library, and other public buildings and also in private venues.
Also in other countries, Giedo’s works has been displayed at many Street Festivals, galleries and in public space – from a Villa in Rome to a square in Treviso, and… even in space! (British Journal of Photography sent one of his images into the endless abyss a few years ago) This year, next to this exhibition in Mexico, Giedo’s works will be exhibited in at least 3 other exhibitions: Eyes on Mainstreet (Wilson, USA), Museum in Zierikzee (Netherlands), and the Lago Photo fest Alpago (Italy).
Publications
Following his presence at international festivals, museums, and public venues, Giedo’s work has been published all over the world. From special editions in national newspapers in his own country (NRC and Volkskrant) to the Times of India and The Guardian, and online and offline in photography magazines, such as Bump Books, Caption Magazine, Cities, Eyeshot Magazine, F-Stop, Lensculture, and his work was added in special tribute publications to Martin Parr and Bruce Gilden. In 2018, Giedo published his own book Pier to Pier, about the local beach culture in his hometown.
En 2018, Giedo publicó su propio libro, Pier to Pier, sobre la cultura playera local de su ciudad natal.
Graciela Marie Magnoni (b. 1961, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a French-Uruguayan photographer known for her candid street photography and long-term projects that explore culture, identity, and everyday life across the world. She grew up moving between countries in South America and Europe, an experience that shaped her curiosity about people and places. She began her career as a photojournalist in the 80s, working for the Brazilian press, where she documented political and social change in Latin America. Later in her career, Graciela transitioned to street photography, pursuing projects independently. Her project Watan explores the idea of homeland and identity in the Punjab region that was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947. It was later developed into a photobook, which Graciela self-published in 2021. Her project Nosotras portrays Women across borders, highlighting moments of resilience, intimacy, and solidarity. It celebrates the enduring mystery of the feminine spirit. The project was shortlisted for Leica Oskar Barnack Award in 2021, and it is still ongoing. Graciela participated, over the years, in numerous festivals, talks, and group exhibitions. She has also been invited to judge numerous international photography competitions. Her work celebrates serendipity and captures authentic moments that reveal the poetry of everyday life. Her projects blend observation with personal storytelling. Graciela is a member of the international collective UP photographers
Awards and exhibitions
Projects
Nosotras (2011–ongoing)
Global documentary portraying women and girls across 17 cities in 13 countries; shortlisted for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (2021). Captures moments of dignity, resilience, and joy.
Watan (2017–2021) Documentary exploring the cultural continuity of Punjab across India and Pakistan, combining photography and poetry. Published as a book in 2021.
Solo exhibitions
Selected group exhibitions
Prizes
Books (Author)
Books and Anthologies (Selected)
Magazine features
Charlas y presentaciones en festivales
Practice:
Street photography and conceptual practices
Vision:
Explores everyday life, social spaces, and urban narratives through a surreal approach
Awards and exhibitions
Published work
By the Mekong (2025), a photographic series documenting life along a 200-metre section of the Mekong River in Phnom Penh
Collaborations
Xiaomi, Leica
Publications
CNN, France 2, Stern, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Fisheye, Geo Magazine
Exhibitions
Tonle Soap — Les Rencontres d’Arles (2023), Angkor Photo Festival (2025)
Gustavo Minas was born in Cássia, Brazil, in 1981. He graduated with a degree in journalism from the State University of Londrina and studied the language and history of photography under Carlos Moreira in São Paulo. Since 2009, he has been photographing daily life in the cities where he lives.
Awards and exhibitions
In 2017, his "Bus Station" series won the Pictures of the Year (POY) LATAM award in the category “The Future of the Cities.” This project was exhibited at the Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo in 2018 and at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. His first book, Maximum Shadow, Minimal Light, was released in May 2019 by Edition Lammerhuber, alongside a solo show at Freelens Galerie in Hamburg, Germany.
In 2023, his "Liquid Cities" series was a finalist for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and was launched as a book by Eyeshot one year later. In 2024, he presented his work from São Paulo at the NGV Triennial in Melbourne, Australia. In 2025, he won his second POY LATAM award in the "Daily Life" category with his project "Festa do Império Kalunga."
Fotógrafo comercial y de calle cuyo trabajo explora la narrativa visual desde la observación del entorno urbano y cultural. Es fotógrafo de viaje para la revista Asomarte, director de arte en Claro Estudio y co-fundador del MX Street Photo Fest. También es embajador del 24 Hour Project.
Awards and exhibitions
Notable awards
Ganador de la categoría global de Arte y Cultura en los Sony World Photography Awards 2015.
Exhibitions
Participación en exhibiciones colectivas relacionadas con fotografía de calle y proyectos vinculados al MX Street Photo Fest.
Publications:
I discovered photography while living in Panama; at that time, most of my photos were in black and white. Six years ago, I moved back to Mexico, where I began to see and photograph in color.
I use photography as a form of meditation; it’s a way for me to disconnect and be 100% present. I seek out unique, once-in-a-lifetime moments in the ordinary moments of daily life. Photography has helped me find beauty in the small details, but above all, it has taught me to see and appreciate every single moment.
My main interests are street photography, documentary photography, and portraits.
Awards and exhibitions
Prizes
Finalist in the “El México de los Mexicanos” contest organized by Fomento Cultural Banamex 2025
Finalist Street Macadam contest – 2025
Finalist “Livorno – Street Photography” – 2024
Honorable mention in the “Pispa – Street Photography” contest - 2024
Winner of the FFiel Leon documentary photo contest, México - 2023
Finalist in the “Made in Mexico, 2022” competition; exhibition at the Soumaya Museum
Finalista concurso Ricoh GR 2020
Exhibitions
“El México de los Mexicanos” organized by Fomento Cultural Banamex 2025
Livorno – Street Photography” – 2024
“Lo Hecho en México,” 2022; Soumaya Museum
Publications
“Mexico City Dreaming,” Trope Publishing Co. 2026
Observadores Urbanos Street Photography Yearbook
Eyeshot Magazine
A photographer from Oaxaca, active since 1988. His work revolves around encountering stories and forging deep connections with people, always seeing others as a reflection of himself, in a constant search for identity and feeling of belonging to the land. He was a member of the Luz 96 Collective in Oaxaca, a group that, in collaboration with the artist Francisco Toledo, contributed to the creation of the Manuel Álvarez Bravo Photography Center (CFMAB) in 1996.
Awards and exhibitions
Notable awards
Member of the National System of Art Creators
Bertha Foundation Fellow
Winner of the FUJIFILM GFX Challenge Grant Program 2023
Jury prize in the Banamex Foundation El México de los mexicanos 2024 competition
Exhibitions
His work is part of the José F. Gómez Collection of the Manuel Álvarez Bravo Photography Center.
Publications
Author of the book “Las mujeres que no se fueron” (The women who didn´t leave) (Oaxacan Women´s Institute, 2003).
Has been published in numerous national and international media outlets.
A street and documentary photographer based in Florida, with over 18 years of experience in visual storytelling.
His work focuses on observing everyday life, exploring identity and human connection through a direct and honest lens.
His background as an Art Director in advertising provides a solid narrative foundation and a refined visual sensibility to his photographic practice.
Awards and exhibitions
Finalist at LensCulture (2022, 2023)
Exhibitions
He has exhibited his work in the United States, Italy, and Mexico, among other countries
Publications
LFI Magazine
The Pictorial List Book
Kantaya New is a Thai–Singaporean photographer based in Singapore, working across street and conceptual photography.
Having lived in Bangkok, Tokyo, and Singapore, she brings a perspective shaped by all three cities.
Life is already complicated enough. So I want my street photos to do the opposite — to make you feel alive and put a smile on your face.
In addition, modern life feels increasingly too "optimized" and "organized." Therefore, I am drawn to the random moments where that order breaks down.
However, I seek beyond simple visual coincidences. What interests me is the layer of meaning underneath.
Fundamentally, I believe there are "unpolished diamonds" buried in the busyness of everyday life.
My ideal street photo captures just that and reminds us that Life is worth every second.
Awards and exhibitions
Selected Street Awards and Exhibitions
Leica Street Photo Contest — Finalist; exhibited Leica Gallery Vienna & Warsaw (2026)
7th Annual FujiFanBoys Best of Show — 2nd and 5th Place; touring exhibition Indonesia (ongoing), Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand (2026, forthcoming)
Photography Foundation Awards — Runner-Up; exhibited London (2026, forthcoming)
Sony Alpha MX Street Photo Contest — 1st Prize; exhibited Querétaro, Mexico (2025)
Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards — 2nd Prize; exhibited Poland (2024–2025)
Brussels Street Photography Festival — Finalist; exhibited Brussels (2023)
Sony World Photography Awards — Alpha Female Award & Open Competition Lifestyle, Shortlisted; travelling exhibition UK, Europe, USA (2022)
Selected Street Publications
Leica Camera — 15th Leica Street Photo Contest, featured image (2026)
Edge of Humanity Magazine — "Urban Frames Shaped By Chance Encounters In Japan" (2026)
121 Clicks — "30 Stunning Winning Photos From the 2026 Leica Street Photo Awards" (2026)
art4d — "Photo Essay: Coincidences in the Street" (2025)
All About Photo — Best Rising Photographers of December 2025 (2025)
I have been photographing on the street for the last decade in countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Ghana, Poland, and the USA. I believe that street and documentary photography are the most art inspiring types of photography. I tend to focus on people and explore ideas of mis/placement, authenticity, and belonging. Street photography is one of the best ways to explore and interact with the world and the people around them.
Awards and exhibitions
Prizes:
British Journal of Photography <> 2020 Winner
Independent Photographer Magazine <> Finalist
Group exhibitions
Leica Women Foto Project. Women Street Photographers 2024, 2023 & 2018
Female In Focus. Bridge & Tunnel Gallery. Brooklyn, New York 2022
Female In Focus. FotoFusion. London, UK 2022
A Wall of Women by Women. Unexposed Collective. Ballarat Biennal. Australia 2022
Wojnowski Festiwal Fotografii Poland 2022
Edition 365. British Journal of Photography. Digital Exhibition on New Art City 2021
Focus Photo LA 2021 & 2018
Festival de Fotografia Callejera. Regional Museum of Anthropology, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico 2021
Trieste Photo Days. International Urban Photography Festival. Trieste, Italy 2020
Solo exhibitions
Women Untitled Dador. Havana, Cuba 2019
Inauthentic Authenticity Altamira Gallery. Havana, Cuba 2016
Publications
Independent Photographer
Zwierciadło
Duży Format Gazeta Wyborcza
Soho House Magazine
Cuba Seen
Negolution
Vogue Italia
The Guardian
Times UK
Revista Garbos
Fotopolis
WP Kobieta
Shoutout LA
Street and documentary photographer. Her work explores themes of adolescence and life in small towns, approaching everyday scenes through an intimate and socially aware perspective.
Awards and exhibitions
Member of iN-PUBLiC (The Home of Street Photography)
Awards (selected)
Ganadora, Aussie Street Photo Festival (2023)
Ganadora, Italian Street Photo Festival (2021)
Ganadora, Concurso de la Revista Smithsonian (2021)
Ganadora del London Street Photography Festival (2020)
Ganadora del The Independent Photographer – Street Photography Competition (2020)
Finalista de los premios LensCulture Street Photography Awards (2020) Finalista del Miami Street Photography Festival (2017, 2018, 2019)
A street photographer with a visceral, intuitive, and poetic approach. His work focuses on the ephemeral, the discarded, and what often goes unnoticed in the city of Buenos Aires. He views photography as a form of reaction to the world and as an existential act: a way of leaving a record of having been alive. He advocates for conscious, critical street photography with a Latin American identity, where intention and perspective carry more weight than technique. His work explores death, memory, disappearance, and the city as an inner mirror.
Awards and exhibitions
Exhibitions
Gente de Mi Ciudad, Argentina. (2023)
Publications
Mugre (2024)
Photo book Revista ARS (2025)
Analógica Magazine (2026)
With over 16 years immersed in street photography, his work focuses on capturing complex scenes filled with multiple subjects and layered activities, seeking dynamic and visually rich compositions.
Awards and exhibitions
Notable awards
First Place, Miami Street Photography Festival, 2020
First Place, Los Angeles Street Shooting Around the World, 2020
First Place, Soho Photo National Photography Competition, 2015 & 2021
First Place, TDM Awards, 2021
First Place, Pollux Awards (Street Division), 2019 & 2023
Third Place, LensCulture Street Photography Awards, 2020
Finalist in multiple street photography festivals across Europe, Asia, and the USA
Exhibitions
Five solo exhibitions and approximately 200 group shows
Publications
Featured in various books and magazines, including Reclaim The Street and Never Too Small Magazine
Bangkok-based street photographer who considers photography a lifeline and a practice of attention and honesty. Through his community, Seeing Different, he mentors photographers worldwide, helping them discover and trust their own visual voice. His approach emphasizes that the voice is not missing, but must be learned, heard, and nurtured through consistent practice.
Awards and exhibitions
Notable awards
Became Thailand’s first Fujifilm X Photographer representing the street photography genre (2020)
Exhibitions
Exhibited across Thailand; most recently at the Dublin Photo Festival (2025)
Publications
Author of the photobook Platform 10 (Peanut Press, New York, 2016); featured in Reclaim The Street by Matt Stuart and 100 Great Street Photographs by David Gibson
Raúl Cañibano was born in Havana on August 10, 1961, and graduated as a welding technician, beginning his career in this field in 1984. He entered the world of photography as a self-taught artist in 1990 after discovering a photographer of the stature of Alfredo Sarabia, producing his first works experimentally, which were later featured in national magazines of the time. By studying the work of great masters of painting and photography such as Cartier-Bresson, Sebastián Salgado, and Salvador Dalí, he gradually developed his own style, marked by the surrealist movement, to which he feels drawn. At this time, the so-called “Special Period” began in the country, characterized by a profound crisis that led to a shortage of photographic materials in general and greatly hindered the development of his work in the early days.
Revisando la obra de grandes maestros de la pintura y de la fotografía como Cartier Bresson, Sebastián Salgado o Salvador Dalí, fue conformando un estilo propio que se encuentra signado por la corriente surrealista, con la cual se siente atraído. En este tiempo comienza en el país en llamado ¨Período Especial¨ caracterizado por una profunda crisis que conllevó a la escasez de material fotográfico en general y que dificultó en gran medida la conformación de su obra en los inicios.
Awards and exhibitions
He began his series “Tierra Guajira” in 1998, winning the National Photography Salon Award the following year. This work, through which he pays homage to the Cuban peasant, is an anthropological series that recalls his own experiences, having spent part of his childhood in the eastern rural region of Cuba.
He has also produced several other series, such as “Ciudad,” “Fe por San Lázaro,” and “Ocaso,” which have been featured in major publications including: “100 Years of Photography in Cuba,” “Asahicamara, Japan,” “In the Heart and Soul of Cuba,” The New York Times, USA, and “Take Magazine03,” Sydney, Black & White magazine, The Leica Camera Blog, among many others. In the heart and soul of Cuba ¨, New York Time, USA, ¨ Take Magazine 03,¨ Sydney, , Black & White magazine, The Leica cámara Blog, entre muchas otras.
He has published two books: the first by the Spanish publisher “La Fábrica” in the Foto Bolsillo series, and the second, “Absolut Cuba,” by the Austrian publisher Lammerhubert.
His work has also been exhibited worldwide at venues such as the Fototeca de Cuba, Casa de las Américas in Madrid, Spain, the Royal National Theater, London, Arles Festival, France, Nordic Light Photography Festival, Kristiansund, Norway, Frankstone Arts Center, Melbourne, Australia, Robert Mann Gallery, NY, USA, Throckmorton Fine Art, NY, USA, The Photographer’s Gallery sale room in London, etc.
In October 2022, he was invited to participate with one of his photographs in the annual week when Magnum Photos holds sales of small-format prints, which that year were presented in square format to mark the 75th anniversary of the agency’s founding. This year, 2026, another of his photographs will also be part of this collaboration.
He has taught workshops both in Cuba and in other countries such as Spain, Mexico, France, and Belgium.
He is a documentary photographer and has collaborated with CNN Digital, US. A member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), his work is part of the Cuban Image Fund, as well as major public collections such as the National Museum of Fine Arts and the ICP, and private international collections.
For over 40 years, the American/British photographer Richard Bram has been walking the streets of the world in search of the special moments of everyday life. He has worked on large public events and intimate private moments, always looking for the significant gesture to animate his photographs. His approach is straight: In black & white or color, he doesn't set up a photo or alter the scene. The photograph is either there or it is not.
Born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1952, Bram has been a professional photographer since 1984. He is a founding member of UP Photographers, the first international street photography collective. In addition to being regularly published in traditional and digital magazines, he writes and lectures on street photography. Three books of his work have been published, "Richard Bram: Street Photography" (2006), “Richard Bram: NEW YORK” (2016),“Short Stories” (2020) exhibition catalog, as well as the zine "The Red Cube," the subject of his 2025 exhibition at the Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo in Oaxaca, México.
In 2020, Bram received the honor of a major solo retrospective exhibition at the Mannheimer Kunstverein in Mannheim, Germany. His work has been seen in over forty solo and group exhibitions around the world, and is part of major museum collections in America and Europe. He now makes his home on the banks of the River Thames in Limehouse, where he observes the water, light, and air of that great river.
Awards and exhibitions
Selected Individual Exhibitions
2025 Oaxacan Sketchbooks, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Ky.
2024 El Cubo Rojo (The Red Cube), Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, México.
México.
Oaxacan Sketchbooks, Galería La Mano Mágica, Oaxaca
2021 Limehouse Reach, 3xKlingeln…XIII, Neustadt, Mainz, Germany.
2020 Richard Bram: SHORT STORIES, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany;
Zweitstelle Galerie, Mainz, Germany.
Kings, Queens, & War Games, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
2017 SHORT STORIES, Leica Gallery SoHo, New York; (2019) Rangefinder Gallery, Chicago.
Selected group exhibitions
2025 “Memento Mori” by UP Photographers, Pisa Street Photography International, Italy.
2023 Sanremo Street Photography international, Sanremo, Italy
2021 In 80 Bildern um die Welt, Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, Mannheim, Germany
2017 A History of Photography, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
FIX Photo Festival, OXO Bargehouse Gallery, London
2016 Kentucky Captured, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Films
2020 ISPF Talks: Richard Bram Italian Street Photo Festival, Rome, Italy
2016 Richard Bram: NEW YORK, Documentary, Directed by Josh Kesner & Tom Starkweather
Tom Starkweather
2011 iN-PUBLiC in-sight, Documentary, Directed by Nick Turpin.
Publications
2021 The Red Cube, Bump Books, London.
in 80 Bildern um die Welt, Sui, Herrmann, & Rosendahl, Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, Mannheim, Germany
2020 “SHORT STORIES” Mannheimer Kunstverein, J. S. Klotz Verlaghaus, Mannheim, Germany
Mannheim, Alemania
2016 RICHARD BRAM NEW YORK, Peanut Press Books, New York.
2014 “The New Street Photography,” Popular Photography, October 2014.
2013 “Glory Days of Big Hair in Kentucky” Slate, Sept. 2013.
“Working Title: Significant Gestures,” LENSCRATCH Aug. 2013.
Other Projects & Activities:
2025 Curator: "Memento Mori," 25 Years of UP Photographers, Pisa Street Photography International, Pisa, Italy
2023 Member, Editorial Board, CITIES Magazine, Milano, Italy.
2022 Juror, Pisa Street Photography International; ProgresStreet Festival, Milano
2020 Keynote Speaker, Italian Street Photography Festival Virtual Edition.
2019 Leader, Leica Akademie Street Photography Workshop, Chicago.
Selected Institutional Collections:
Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, Mannheim, Germany
Hellenic Centre of Photography, Athens, Greece
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
Museum of London
Museum of the City of New York
Biographical notes
2017 Returns to London, living by the Thames in Limehouse.
2010 Decides to work solely in color in personal work.
2008-16 Moves to New York City, living in lower Manhattan
2001 Founding member of first International Street Photography collective, now UPPhotographers.com
1997 Moves to London, beginning to specialize in personal work and street photography
1984-97 Independent Photographer, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1976-84 Business career with several firms in U.S.A.
1975, 2001 Master of International Management, American Graduate School of
International Management, Glendale, Arizona
1974 Bachelor of Science, Politics, Arizona State University
1952 Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U. S. A.
Roger is an urban street photographer who is always on the hunt for that special light. 6 AM hazy summer mornings, windforce 8 snow blizzards with -10°C temperatures at night, and chilly foggy autumn blue hours is when you can find him roaming the streets searching for that special light. There he'll be fishing for that one lonely street dweller to pass through his frame to capture that unique fleeting glimpse in time. He tries to blend the light with the colors and mix it in with some little human element against the backdrop of gorgeous Amsterdam.
When he is hunting instead of fishing he tries to capture raw, fun, or extreme moments where it is all about capturing emotion.
Awards and exhibitions
Prizes
World Wide Street Photo Awards 2025 – 1st Prize, Silhouettes category
World Wide Street Photo Awards 2025 – 1st Prize, Low Light category
Exhibitions
Kiff Urban Fest, Paris – July 2026
Image Nation, Paris – 2025
The Pop Up Gallery, Amsterdam – October 2025
A Global View of Street Photography, Lisbon – September/October 2025
World Wide Streets, Hamburg – July 2025
World Wide Streets, Amsterdam – May 2025
The Unknown Art Gallery, Amsterdam – November 2024 to February 2025
The Street as a Stage, Rome – November 2024
Latest info: https://pictorlux.nl/expositions
Publications
Woofer Magazine, The Winter Book – April 2026
Over Fotografie Geschreven (Interview) – July 2025
State of Amsterdam Zine – July 2025
Darkroom Zine (Interview) – July 2025
Woofer Magazine, In The Modern World – May 2025
Street Zine – December 2024
Chip Foto Magazine (Interview) – October 2023
De Gevoelige Plaat (Interview by the City of Amsterdam) – August 2021
Amsterdam Museum, Covid in the City – 2020
Latest info: https://pictorlux.nl/publications
Began his career as a school photographer, later working as a paparazzo in Los Angeles, followed by collaborations with press agencies in France covering celebrities, as well as work in cinema and politics.
Each stage shaped his perspective, but it was street photography that brought him back to the essence of the medium.
His approach is rooted in honesty—capturing life as it unfolds, without filters or manipulation—focusing on people, light, gestures, and fragments of everyday stories.
He embraces unpredictability, allowing instinct to guide his work, understanding that the street constantly offers unexpected moments beyond intention.
Born in Tokyo, Japan. Photographing the cityscape and street life combined with social nature to find common ground between the street and documentary photography in Tokyo. He shoots the street every morning and every night in Shinjuku on the way to work/home.
Awards and exhibitions
Prizes
2024 Graphtgate by CANON 2nd Honorable Mention
PROFIFOTO NEW TALENT AWARD 24/1 Selected
2020 Tokyo Photobook Review Finalist
2018 35 AWARDS - 100 Best Photographers 2017 (Russian 35 Awards) "Best
photographer - Street"
Alghero Street Photography Awards Winner (Street Photography Series category) PX3 Second Prize (Non-professional / Book Proposal (Series Only))
PX3 Honorable Mention (Non-professional/Fine Art / People_FA)
2017 Gregor International Calendar Award 2017 "Photo Calendar Award"
PX3 Honorable Mention (Non-professional/Fine Art / People_FA)
MIFA(Moscow International Foto Award)2017 Bronze prize and Honorable Mention
(People)
Trieste Photo Days book award by dotART.it First Prize
Photoplus annual photography contest (Street photography category) Finalist
"Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology prize"
Solo exhibitions
2025.6 Journey Inwards / Nikon Salon Shinjuku, Tokyo
2025.4 The Lights of Greater Tokyo / CAMUZ, UZ
2023.9 Shinjuku Parrot /Gallery Niepce, Yotsuya, Tokyo
2022.10 Lost in Shinjuku 2 / Gallery Niepce, Yotsuya, Tokyo
2018.8- ROZOU project / Somewhere on the street in Tokyo
2018.11 Street photography in artPotluck / studio d21, Tokyo
2018.8 Lost in Shinjuku in Corigliano Calabro Fotografia 2018 / Corigliano Calabro, IT
2018.5 Transit Station / Nikon Salon Osaka, Osaka
2018.4 Transit Station / Nikon Salon Ginza, Tokyo
2018.3 Lost in Shinjuku @CITY TALES in Euro Photo Festival / Legnano, Milano, IT
2016.4 Zebra The City / Konica Minolta Gallery, Tokyo
Group exhibitions
2025.3 Intersenctions by VoidTokyo / HIKOHIKO gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
2025.2 506.08.244688.6 Fotografien. / galerie haus23, Cottbus, Germany
2024.11 GRAPHGATE award exhibition / CANON Gallery, Shinagawa, Tokyo
2024.10 PHOTOPIA Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2024.6 Japanese Photobook Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2024.6 Oberstdorfer Fotogipfels, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss präsentiert, Germany
2024.4 Parole on the street (Japan-Korea Exchange exhibition), Haeden Museum, Incheon, Korea
2024.2 VoidTokyo Exhibition 'THE STREETS' in CP+ / Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa
2023.12 Tokyo / City Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
2022.10 City in the world / City Art museum, Lishui, China
2022.9 Tokyo / Contemporary Art Museum, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2021.10 Shinjuku / Plan C gallery, Milan, Italy
2021.4 Different Dimension / City Art museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
2019.9 Enter the City / Mt. Rokko Foto Festival
2019.6 (6/21-7/10) FUJIFILM SQUARE Tokyo Snap Love / Fujifilm gallery, Roppongi, Tokyo
2019.5 (5/1-5/31) VOID TOKYO / Misty bookstore, Taipei, Taiwan
2019.2 (2/19-3/3) 13 VIEW ON TOKYO / Clouds+Art, Tokyo
2018.10 (10/26-2019/3/10) VoidTokyo exhibition / Oriental museum, Trieste, Italy
2018.10 Flowing city / Aeropuerto de Trieste, Trieste, Italia
2018.7 (7/10-7/22) VoidTokyo exhibition / Clouds+Art, Tokyo
2018.6 （6/22-7/31）Perceiving The Void / Hamburg, Germany
2018.5 ASPA winner's exhibition / Alghero, Italy
2017.3 Laatikkomo exhibition / Jyväskylä, Finland
2016.6 Myaku - Ri-man don’t bushi / Kobun-garou, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
2015.12 bluestreets TOKYO STREETS (w/ Tatsuo Suzuki & Mitja Kobal) / Gallery The Shelter,
Cairo, Egypt
2015.10 bluestreets TOKYO STREETS (w/ Tatsuo Suzuki & Mitja Kobal) / Z Gallery, Quito,
Ecuador
2014.9 Heiwa art exhibition / Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
2014.7 Black and White Street - World Street Photography Exhibition / Tejada Canary Islands
And more
Publications
2025.10 Polytheism Mandala
2025.6 Exhibition catalogue - Journey Inwards
2023.8 Shinjuku Parrot photobook
2022.4 Connection #4 Order here
2021.1- Monthly zine project "YEARS"
2020.10 Stoneage Photobook w/ full CD album, photo/edit by Tadashi Onishi
2019.8 Exhibition catalogue - Enter the City 鼓動by Tatsuo Suzuki + Tadashi Onishi
2019.6 ROZOU zine #1 *Available at ROZOU project exhibition only
2019.1 Fanzine con cubierta naranja por Hiroyuki Nakada + Tadashi Onishi
2018.4 Exhibition catalogue - Transit station Order here Also available at Sokyusha
2017.10 Lost in Shinjuku (published by dotART)
2016.4 Exhibition catalogue - Zebra The City
2017- VoidTokyo vol.1 - vol.10 and Special editions
Public collections
2024.4.17 24 photos from 'Zebra The City' and 'COVID19' series have been added at Pushkin State Museum
2025.4.28 51 photos from 'Tokyo Flicker (The Lights of Greater Tokyo)´ series have been added at Contemporary Art Museum of Uzbekistan(CAMUZ), Uzbekistan
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