• color portrait of Steve McCurry
    © Steve McCurry

    Judge: Steve McCurry

    Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for over three decades and has created a unique collection of work featuring some of the most famous images of our time. McCurry’s work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions, and contemporary culture alike – yet always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl so powerful.

    Over the course of his illustrious career, his work has been the subject of countless exhibitions around the world and recognized with some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal, National Press Photographers Award, and an unprecedented four first prize awards from World Press Photo.

    McCurry has published over a dozen books including, The Iconic Photographs (2011), Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs (2013), Afghanistan (2017), A Life in Pictures (2018), and In Search of Elswhere (2019).

     

    – Competition Judge:

    2019 Travel Award

Alex Stoll
© Alex Stoll

Closing Soon

color aerial landscape photo of lake and forest in autumn by Rakesh Baro
© Rakesh Baro
2025 Color AWARD

Win $2700 Cash Awards & International Exposure

From bold portraits to ethereal landscapes, we invite photographers driven by their artistic eye and passion for color to join the competition and celebrate with us the beauty and diversity of color photography.

  • Win $2700 in Cash Prizes
  • International Exhibition
  • +865k Instagram Feature
  • Free Online Portfolio
Privacy Overview
The Independent Photographer

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website or helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.