The Andrei Stenin International Press Photography Competition is open to participants aged 18 to 33. Its aim is to promote young photographers and support them in their pursuit of professional excellence.

The 2023 competition will feature four categories in which young photographers can compete for prizes:

1. Main news. Significant events in the lives of individuals and nations as a whole are the main theme of entries in this category: major political and social events; accounts from war zones and places affected by natural disasters; decisive moments in people's lives.
2. Sport. This category involves entries that capture moments in sports: athletes' victories and dramatic losses; daily sports training; the beauty of sporting competitions.
3. My Planet. This category involves entries that reflect the full multicolored palette of themes and images from around the world. The author's task is to showcase a kaleidoscope of daily life in its timeless beauty and harmony, uniting scenes of everyday life; life in large and small cities; images of nature; ethnographic and religious holidays.
4. Portrait. A Hero of Our Time. This category includes entries such as individual or group portraits of people. The photographs can be documentary or posed. The determining factor in this category is the author's ability to reveal the inner world of their subjects, to express their mental qualities and character through the uniqueness of their appearance and overall look.

REQUIREMENTS

• Entries may contain a single photograph or a series of no more than 12 photographs. Minor cropping, balance (white balance), or density (brightness, contrast) corrections are acceptable. Framed images, collages, photographs that have been significantly altered, or with parts of the image edited, erased, or replaced with a different image will not be accepted.
• Photographs must be uploaded in JPG format. Acceptable compression must not exceed 10. The image must be at least 2,200 pixels wide and no more than 5,700 pixels wide on its longest side.
• The filename must contain the photograph's serial number, the author's first and last name, the title, and the year it was taken, separated by underscores, for example: 01_Smith_James_The_Spring_2011. The filename must be in the Latin alphabet. The file size must not exceed 20 MB. The file must also contain all EXIF data.
• Entries are uploaded and stored by the participant on their personal page at STENINCONTEST.COM. Photographs can be added or replaced until the participant submits the entry. After submission, no more photographs can be added or replaced.
• The photographs must have been taken after January 1, 2022. In exceptional cases, series of photographs started in previous years are accepted. In this case, the last photograph in the series must have been taken in 2022 or 2023.

For more information: Visit the official page of UNESCO Andrei Stenin International Press Photography Competition 2023