ALEX STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - FREE FOR 1 PHOTO SUBMISSION
alexcoghe.com invites emerging & established photographers to enter this award.
2025 EDITION IS NOW OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS!!!
The Alex Street Photography Awards is intended to promote street photography through a competition far from the classic logic of photographic competitions, with only one judge putting his face and taking all responsibility} for his decision on the winners, based on his experience as editor, educator and especially as a street photographer with an experience of over 15 years.
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We want to show the best of street photography worldwide through a special award with prizes.
Street Photographers from any part of the world may submit works that convey their talent and creativity through street photographs representing the best of their work.
Prizes* are:
1st place winner: Featured on a printed and electronic book with a percentage of profit on each copy sold
The 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive a 1 year COLLECTION to THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHER NOTEBOOK ebook edition
Entry fee:
FREE TO ENTER FOR 1 PHOTO
5 US$ gives you the opportunity to submit 5 photos and having more chance to win. Please note: 5 photos submissions will be accepted only for those paying the entry fee. Don’t send images before to pay the fee because the image will be rejected.
How do I enter?
Step 1: For the free entry just send the photo to: alexcoghe.store@gmail.com Photos need to be 1920 px wide, 72 dpi
5 photos submissions: Pay in this page your submission fee. You will receive confirmation of your submission and payment via email.
Step 2: Send your photos via email to: alexcoghe.store@gmail.com Photos need to be 1920 px wide, 72 dpi
Is there a limit to how many images I can submit?
Yes! To submit 1 photo is FREE!!!
With your submission fee you can submit up to 5 photos, so I recommend you to choose only the best street photograph you realized. If you want to submit more to have more chance you have to pay again the fee: any payment gives you the opportunity to submit only 5 photos per entry fee.
When are submissions due?
Entry Deadline March, 30th 2025
When and how will you announce the winners?
We will notify you by email 1-2 weeks after the close of the contest.
Can I enter photographs regardless of when they were taken?
Yes, eligibility is not dependent upon having created the artwork during a specific time period.
Do I still own the rights to my images after I submit them to this contest?
Yes, you own all the rights to your images after you submit them to any contest on alexcoghe.com. We respect your rights as a photographer and artist, and we do not become the owner of your work when you submit an entry. We will not sell any entry to a third party. We will not claim any copyright or moral rights to your work submitted in the competition.
To the winners we will propose the publication on a monographic issue of THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHER NOTEBOOK magazine, under the terms that you can read by clicking here
Entry fees are non-refundable unless otherwise set forth in these Terms of Use.
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You represent and warrant that:
You own or control all rights in and to the Entry and have the right to grant the license and other rights granted herein. You will cooperate with any request to prove your ownership of the Entry
Your Entry does not infringe any intellectual property rights or other rights, including moral rights and rights of privacy, or any third-party.
Your Entry has never been the subject of any claim by any third-party regarding ownership or infringement of intellectual property rights.
Your Entry does and will comply with these Terms of Use and all applicable laws, regulations, or agreements with respect to intellectual property rights which may apply.
You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any Entries you submit, and you have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. We are not responsible or liable to any third-party for the content, copyright compliance and enforcement, or accuracy of any Entry submitted by you or any other individual or entity submitting an Entry to the Competition. You acknowledge and agree that the display or inclusion of your Entry shall be in our sole discretion and your Entry may or may not be included on the Site for any reason or no reason at all.
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2024 WINNERS
1 PLACE: GIUSEPPE CAGNETTA
Different layers in a shot where the details make the difference, the richness of perfectly set elements make this photograph the winner of this year's edition of the awards. I wanted to reward the skill in giving us a photo that has at least 3 photographs inside.
2 PLACE: THE BLACKMAN ARMED WITH A CAMERA
Start getting used to it because these awards are different and do not speak the same language as festivals and other awards dedicated to street photography. Street photography should stop being seen as a type of photography dedicated only to pleasant things, to formally captivating photographs, in short, those photos that receive applause on Instagram. Do we consider Boogie a street photographer or no? If I decided to award this photograph it is because I believe it is a very good photograph. In addition to this, I want to define my awards, so that they reflect my ideas on street photography which can be an opportunity to describe the street in all its facets. The street is a place where everything exists, from funny situations to tragedies. It seems to me that in recent years everything is cloaked in cloying do-goodism. This photograph derserves this space here.
3 PLACE: PETER SUSSEX
Third post for a photograph that refers to different times of street photography, let's say pre-explosion of the genre. That's why I'm awarding it here. For this award they asked me several times what it is that I'm looking for. The answer is simple: good photography that does not respond to prevailing trends and certain tricks that allow the same ones to win and always make them win. I want real new people who propose their own vision. The good thing to make an award like this is exactly that I am not responding to anyone and there is anot a pool of judges: it is just alex street selecting the winners independently and with intellectual honesty to reward only the photo.
2023 FIRST EDITION WINNERS
1 PLACE: PAVEL GOLOVKIN
A photograph that plays with layers and makes you enter the scene. There is a dynamism offered by the continuum of kids which allows for perception of the moment captured by the photographer. The figure of the mother who walks with the child is masterfully set in a natural framework This is a great photo!
2 PLACE: ERIC DAVIDOVE
Funny moment masterfully caught. The division of the frame in two makes the photo even more enjoyable, almost as if they were two frames to underline the different actions of the subjects.
3 PLACE: EDDY VERLOES
Landscape photography and human documentation meet in this photograph sublimating the vision of a beautiful scene that counts with good dynamism.
