Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) Launches 2025 Competition – Seeking Powerful Visual Stories from Across the Globe
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) Launches 2025 Competition – Seeking Powerful Visual Stories from Across the Globe
The prestigious Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) photo competition has officially opened for its 2025 edition. It invites photographers worldwide to submit their best work for global recognition, cash prizes totalling $11,500, and coveted spots in the PX3 Annual Book and the exclusive Winners’ Exhibition in Paris.
Celebrating its commitment to promoting photographic talent, PX3 recognizes professional and amateur photography excellence. Winners will be honoured to compete for the title of PX3 Photographer of the Year, with a $5,000 cash prize, and PX3 Best New Talent for non-professional and student photographers, accompanied by a $2,000 cash prize. With a jury of top editors, curators, publishers, and art directors, PX3 offers entrants the unique opportunity to present their work on a global stage, gain international exposure, and connect with the vibrant photographic community in Paris.
Px3 Program Director Hannah Lillethun shared her thoughts, “PX3 is passionate about discovering powerful new voices in photography and providing a platform for artists who push the boundaries of visual storytelling. This prize invites all emerging or established photographers to share their unique perspectives and inspire the world with their artistry.”
Following an impressive 2024 competition that spotlighted powerful stories such as Julia Fullerton-Batten’s “He Gets Us”, which earned her the title of PX3 Photographer of the Year, PX3 is committed to continuing its tradition of awarding impactful and visually arresting storytelling. Additionally, Mouneb Taim was named Best New Talent of 2024 for his striking series “Living with War,” which conveyed powerful images of hope in war-torn Syria.
PX3 welcomes submissions across various categories, including advertising, analogue, architecture, books, fine art, nature, portraiture, press, special arts, and sports. The 2025 edition will also feature the powerful “State of the World” collection, a curated series of images that capture global events and social issues, bringing crucial attention to diverse perspectives and stories from every region.
Entrants will compete for:
– PX3 Photographer of the Year (Professional) – $5,000 cash prize
– PX3 Best New Talent (Non-Professional/Student) – $2,000 cash prize
– First Place Category Winners (Professional) – $500 cash prize
– First Place Category Winners (Non-Professional/Student) – $250 cash prize
– Paris Exhibition and PX3 Annual Book Inclusion – Winning work will be exhibited in the PX3 Winners Exhibition in Paris, with additional gallery showcases worldwide, and published in the PX3 Annual Book.
The PX3 competition encourages photographers to capture the world through their lens and share their unique visions. All winners receive PX3 certificates, logos for promotional use, and international publicity through PX3’s media partners.
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Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
