THE PHOTO REVIEW
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
The Photo Review International Photography Competition is an annual contest that welcomes photographers from around the world to submit their best work. Each year, the competition is judged by a distinguished figure in the photography world—such as a renowned photographer, curator, or gallery owner.
Why enter?
Wide Exposure: Selected entries are featured in The Photo Review’s competition issue and showcased online, reaching a global audience of photography enthusiasts, collectors, and professionals.
Exhibition Opportunity: Top prize-winning photographs are exhibited at the prestigious Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia—an important platform for both emerging and established photographers.
Awards and Prizes: Winners also receive a range of valuable prizes from the contest’s many sponsors, which may include gear, publication opportunities, or services relevant to professional photographers.
Whether you’re looking for recognition, exhibition opportunities, or a chance to connect with the broader photo community, this competition offers a respected venue to get your work seen.
2026 Juror: Dr. Sarah Kennel
Dr. Sarah Kennel is a specialist in the history of photography who has curated, published, and presented widely on subjects ranging from nineteenth-century French photography and historic photographic processes to European modernism and understudied women photographers.
Her recent projects include A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845; Willie Anne Wright: Artist and Alchemist; Underexposed: Women Artists from the High Museum of Art; and Olivia Parker: Order of Imagination. She has also written on the relationship between painting and photography in nineteenth-century France and completed her dissertation on the intersection of dance and the visual arts in early twentieth-century culture.
Dr. Kennel has previously held curatorial positions at the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
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