PhMuseum 2025 Women Photographers Grant

Shortlist

Main Prize Shortlist

We are glad to present the 32 finalists of the PhMuseum 2025 Women Photographers Grant. The selected works are in consideration for €10,000 in cash prizes, and will be screened at Photo Vogue Festival 2025.

All the submissions are still eligible for a solo exhibition at PhMuseum Lab, a featured interview on Vogue Italia, features in PhMuseum's printed annual magazine, 6 free online portfolio reviews, and features on our platform and social media.

All prize recipients will be announced in the next weeks.

$11,000 in cash plus an exhibition at PhMuseum Lab, screenings at PhotoVogue Festival, and more

The PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant, now in its 9th edition, aims to empower the work and careers of female and non-binary professionals of all ages and from all countries working in diverse areas of photography. Its mission is to support the growth of new generations and promote stories narrated from a female perspective while responding to the need to work for gender equality in the industry.

To participate, you are invited to submit work centred around a specific theme, narrative, or concept. All approaches are welcome, from classic to more experimental projects, and you may present more than one body of work. By applying, you retain full copyright of your images at all times, and we will ask for your permission to share them on our social media channels.

The judging will take place between October and November, with the shortlist to be announced before November 20. Thank you for considering this opportunity, and best wishes for your applications!

Prizes

$11,000 in cash prizes

1^st Prize

$5,500,
plus a projection at PhotoVogue Festival 2026 and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.
2^nd Prize

$2,200,
plus a projection at PhotoVogue Festival 2026 and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.
3^rd Prize

$1,100,
plus a projection at PhotoVogue Festival 2026 and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.
New Generation

$2,200,
plus a projection at PhotoVogue Festival 2026, a remote consultancy, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels. This prize is aimed at photographers who are 30 years of age or younger at the time of the application.

Open

Independent jury

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Monica de Miranda

Visual Artist, Filmmaker, and Researcher
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Katy Hundertmark

Curator and Managing Editor of Foam Magazine
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Amak Mahmoodian

Multidisciplinary Artist and Educator
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Diana Markosian

Documentary Photographer, Writer, and Filmmaker

Shortlist

Main Prize Shortlist

I'm Never Loved The Way I Do/You're Like Me Too. by An Nguyen Nguyen Ngoc

Underwood by Barkat Mehra

Reliées by Billet Marine

(Tsy) Possible by Charlotte Yonga

Daydream by Elisa Azevedo

Godsips (the Serpent's Thread) by Emilia Martin

The New Black West: Photographs From America's Only Touring Black Rodeo by Gabriela Hasbun

The Pregnant Tree by Gayatri Ganju

Don't Cry For Me When I'm Gone by Irene Antonia Diane Reece

It's My Wound Because It's Pain For Me by Jana Islinger

¿Quieres Salvar Al Mundo? Empieza Por Tu Familia / Do You Want To Save The World? Start With Your Family by Jennifer Teresa Villanueva

Golden Girls by Kourtney Iman

The Journey Home by Laura Pannack

The Stars That Don't Look Back by Léa Chen

We Are More Than Strangers by Mana Baoosh

All Those Nails Were Too Much For My Eyes by Masoumeh Bahrami

You Wouldn't Be So Depressed If You Really Believed In God by Michelle Arcila

When Spring Never Comes by Min Ma Naing

Spark Of A Nail by Morgan Levy

Time Is A River by Niharika Chauhan

The Echo You Can See by Nina White

Trust Me by Nyo Jinyong Lian

Mundane by Salma Prithi

Rzuga by Samar Zaoui

Hairouna by Sarah Jade Sullivan

If You Can Read The Ocean You Will Never Be Lost by Shannon

God's Eye Sees All by Taiba Al Nassar

THE I'MPOSSIBLE WORK by Tereza Červeňová

Untitled, India by Vani Bhushan

I Ain't From No East Coast by Verdiana Albano

Make Me Beautiful by Yufan Lu

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