Stenin Contest

🔴Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest has dispatched its team to the Tretyakov Gallery on a Photo[graphic] Journey. 🔴This is the title of an exhibition which presents works by prominent photographers from around the world, including views of Naples by 19th century master of photography Giorgio Sommer, photo portraits of Bedouins by Swiss photographer Jean Geiser, and Egyptian women in their traditional dresses by Hippolyte Arnoux, a French photographer. These imagines are accompanie...

🌟 Captivating photographs by past winners and laureates of the Andrey Stenin International Press Photo Contest are now on display at the “Jazz Legacy Collection” exhibition, a dynamic event of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival’s cultural program running from March 27 to 28, 2026.   🏛️ The vibrant showcase has taken center stage at Youngblood Gallery, a creative hub in the heart of Cape Town. Organised by the Independent Media Group and the African News Agency (ANA), longstanding i...

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🥇 Rossiya Segodnya’s photographers won multiple Best of Russia awards as part of an annual national competition. 📸 These masters of photography include Vladimir Astapkovich with his image titled Monument to Worker and the Kolkhoz Woman in Moscow. It could seem as if we all knew this famous piece of monumental art, which came to symbolize the Soviet era. But just look at this mesmerizing image. 📷 There is also Ilya Pitalev’s image of a village girl posing next to the Beaubourg art installation...

🖼 The 1861 – 1865 Civil War can be viewed as the starting point for photography in the United States. In fact, quite often major historical upheavals offer artists a wealth of new topics and material to work with. Therefore, unsurprisingly, it was at this time that photography in the United States discovered new horizons, primarily with the birth of documentary photography and photo reporting. Alexander Gardner and Jacob Riis stood at the roots of this process. 🔴Gardner became famous not only ...

↘️You cannot have a major contest without a prominent jury. ✔️We have formed a team of experts. It is now time to start introducing them. 🔝Meet the first member of the jury. 🈲 ➡️We will present other jury members in the following publications. Follow our…

Russia’s first photo exhibitions Photography in Russia reached new heights at the turn of the 20th century in terms of its professionalism and artistic sophistication. In fact, apart from serving as an exclusively artistic genre, it started playing a prominent role in research and manufacturing. For thisreason, it was quite natural for the first photo exhibitions to start taking place in the country. One photo exhibition opened in St. Petersburg in 1888 with 820 images by 138 authors, including ...