Pride Photo Award Edition 2014

This photo from the series The Pink Choice © Maika Elan is used to illustrate the 2014 theme: ‘Getting Closer’.

With some challenges Pride Photo Award has managed to organize yet another great edition. The contest delivered a lot of diverse images with innovative storytelling, poignant and moving stories and impressive portraits.

The jury, which exists of international experts in the world of photography, was very happy with the great diversity in photographic styles and subjects. The jury selected the twelve winning series and gave three special mentions. Together they tell a varied story about sexual and gender diversity.

The winning photo came from the series ‘BOY’ from the British/Iranian photographer Parisa Taghizadeh about her son who was very fond of colorful things that are mainly associated with girls like nail polish, bracelets and masks.

Virtual exhibition 2014

Enjoy the awesome 360-degree virtual tour of this year’s exhibition! It’s a great opportunity to visit the exhibition if you weren't able to make it. You can jump to different viewpoints and view the photos in all their glory. We have added several new features since the previous editions: the tour is now available in six languages and we’ve hidden [...]

Winners 2014

British photographer Parisa Taghizadeh is the winner of the Pride Photo Award 2014 with a photo from her series 'BOY'. 1. Getting Closer - 2014 theme category First prize: 'Harsh Beautiful Portraits' by James M. Barrett, UK Second prize: 'Call me Heena' by Shahria Sharmin, Bangladesh Third prize: 'Transitory' by Ashley Golsby, Australia 2. [...]

About the 2014 contest

Pride Photo Award is an annual international contest for photos about sexual (LGBT) and gender diversity. We are looking for top quality photography on the following topics: non-stereotypical images of gender, masculinity and femininity the diversity of the LGBT community The contest has closed on July 14th. Participants can no longer [...]

On Tour

Present your city with a new perspective Sexual and gender diversity issues are becoming a higher priority for cities and municipalities everywhere. Finding new and creative ways to engage people in a conversation on this topic can be a challenge. Based on the knowledge that an image says more than a thousand words, Pride Photo Award [...]

The 2014 jury

Pride Photo Award is proud to present the members of the 2014 jury. Jury chairman is art historian and curator Simon Njami (France/Cameroon), who was artistic director of Bamako Encounters, the African Photography Biennale, from 2001 to 2007 and gained international recognition with his large exhibition ‘Africa [...]

The categories for 2014

Pride Photo Award is a contest for photos about sexual (LGBT) and gender diversity. We are looking for top quality photography on the following topics: non-stereotypical images of gender, masculinity and femininity the diversity of the LGBT community Photos that fit these topics can be entered in one of four categories. The four categories [...]