The biggest photo competition in the world – EyeEm Awards 2021

After a year-long hiatus, the international EyeEm Photography Awards are back with new winners and finalists selected from over 340,000 entries in six categories: Storytelling, Environmentalist, Minimalist, Architect, Portraitist, Natural spaces.”

EyeEm , a photography community of over 8 million photographers, is hosting a competition to showcase innovative images of emerging talent and push the boundaries of visual storytelling. Participation is free for everyone with any skill level.

Since 2015, the EyeEm Awards have been the largest photography competition in terms of entries. In 2018, it attracted over 700,000 submissions from 100,000 photographers around the world. The number of categories has been expanded to 10, including: Gourmet, Traveler, Minimalist, Architecture, Outdoors, Photojournalist, Mobile Photographer, Portraitist, Creative Approach, “Street Photographer”

In 2019 the EyeEm Photography Awards held the title of the largest photography competition in the world and broke its own record as the judges received one million submissions from which winners and finalists were selected. In 2020, the competition was not held, but in the 2021st EyeEm Awards once again pleases both viewers and participants. For the first place in the categories presented with 1000 euros and gifts from sponsors. For the second and third places – 500 and 250 euros respectively. The works of all winners and finalists are exhibited at the exhibition in Berlin.

Via: cameralabs.org

Photographer of the Year 2021. Local dog with a group of patrolmen fighting drug cartels in Mexico. Written by Thiago Dezan

3rd place in the category “Natural spaces”, 2021. On the Sylvenstein lake. Written by Stefan Kurzinger

1st place in the category “Natural expanses”, 2021. Encounter with a giant sea devil (manta ray). Written by Jimmy Song (Song Gang)

2nd place in the category “Natural expanses”, 2021. The courage of athletes against the backdrop of the Dolomites. Written by Adrian Pujolas

Finalist in the category “Natural spaces”, 2021. Fog, valley and mountains. Written by Mario Widmer

Finalist in the category “Natural spaces”, 2021. Swiss Alps. Written by Martin Gstoel

2nd place in the category “Portrait”, 2021. Author Ruta Kenstaviciute

3rd place in the category “Portrait”, 2021. Author Giuliantara Putra

1st place in the category “Portrait”, 2021. Author Jonas Albrecht

Finalist in the category “Portrait”, 2021. Author Katerina Theoharidu

Finalist in the category “Portrait”, 2021. Author Alain

3rd place in the Narrator category, 2021. Needlework. Written by Beata Angyalosi

2nd place in the Narrator category, 2021. Pedro at the Potosi mine. Written by Fabian Schmidlechner

1st place in the category “Storyteller”, 2021. “Self-isolation”. Author Maria Simonova

Finalist in the Narrator category, 2021 by Henri Calderon

Finalist in the Narrator category, 2021. Author Ekaterina Mavrodi

3rd place in the Minimalist category, 2021. People, umbrellas and shadows. Posted by Fotini Georgakopoulou

1st place in the Minimalist category, 2021 by Peter vom Schemm

2nd place in the Minimalist category, 2021. Find the strength to get up. Written by Sotiris Bugas

Finalist in the Minimalist category, 2021 by Cla Bedini

3rd place in the category “Architect”, 2021. Author Honda Yoshiko

2nd place in the category “Architect”, 2021. Author Eva Tsai

1st place in the Architect category, 2021. Architecture and fashion are sisters. Written by George Crustallis

Finalist in the category “Architect”, 2021. Author Sotiris Bugas

Finalist in the category “Architect”, 2021. By Kilo Swaqq

Finalist in the category “Architect”, 2021. Author Maria Shimchik

Finalist in the category “Architect”, 2021. Author Petr Zemlak

Finalist in the category “Architect”, 2021. Author Fajar Tri Wahyudi

1st place in the category “Environmental Defender”, 2021. Swan in the cold winter in Berlin. Written by Jeremy John

3rd place in the Environmental Defender category, 2021. Spring fire. Author Grisha Bruev

2nd place in the category “Environmental Defender”, 2021. A woman at a garbage dump in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Written by Saiful Islam

Category “Outdoor”. Spiekeroog Island, Germany. Written by Niels Lighthold

Category “Outdoor”. Nordurland-Vastra, Iceland. Written by Claudia Cuomo

Category “Outdoor”. Winter paddle, Stockholm, Sweden. Written by Jeffrey Kieffer

Category “Mobile Photographer”. Night portrait. Berlin, Germany. Written by Agustin Farias

Category “Mobile Photographer”. Batik painting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Written by Bimo Pradityo

Category “Mobile Photographer”. From the “Beauty in Abandoned Houses” series, Georgia. Written by Ellena Karabaki

Category “Gourmet”. Mosque in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Written by Arief Dharma Kurniawan

Category “Architecture”. London, Great Britain. Written by Reynold Arie

Category “Architecture”. Lisbon, Portugal. Written by Julia Isaac

Category “Photojournalist”. Women prays on Buddha’s birthday. Jaisalmer, India. Author Emra Uigun

Category “Photojournalist”. Holy Week procession in Lukban, Philippines. Written by Marlon E. Villaverde

Category “Street photographer”. Tokyo, Japan. Written by Gail Yuknite

Category “Street photographer”. Joyce Theatre, Chelsea, New York, USA. Written by Ney Cruz

Category “Street photographer”. Varanasi, India. Written by Md Enamul Kabir

Category “Creativity”. Marrakech, Morocco. Written by Ismail Zayda

Category “Creativity”. Apulia, Italy. Written by Katerina Theocharidou

Category “Traveler”. Morocco. Written by Tanya Walton

Category “Traveler”. Camel Fair, Pushkar, India. Written by Dimpy Bhalothia

Category “Traveler”. Larung Gar, China. Written by Sandra Morante

Minimalist category. Istanbul, Turkey. Author Altan Kan

Minimalist category. Thessaloniki, Greece. Written by Dimitris Mikhailidis

Minimalist category. Berlin, Germany. Author George Crustallis aka Minorstep

Category “Portrait”. USA. Written by Matt Leaf Anderson

Category “Portrait”. Moscow, Russia. Author Katerina Mavrodi

Category “Portrait”. “Sisters”, Germany. Written by Laura Callsen