Congrats to Our World Photography Day 2026 Contest Winners

Another World Photography Day is within the books and as soon as once more the neighborhood introduced some critical competitors to our annual contest. Our class regulars like Nature, People, Animals and Urban have been joined this yr by Film, and with so many unimaginable submissions, our judges had their work lower out for them.

This yr’s contest winners are taking house a MODE Festival Mystery Box that features 3 Day VIP passes to our inaugural pictures pageant taking place September 18-20 in Minneapolis, MN. We’ll even be that includes their profitable images on the pageant for the entire neighborhood to get pleasure from. Each winner is getting a yr of Flickr Pro. So let’s meet the folks and the images that took prime spots this yr!

Nature Category

Bernd Leicht with Dangerous lighthouse journey

Meet the photographer:

Bernd is a passionate passion photographer from southwestern Germany and focuses his pictures on landscapes. He shared with us a bit extra about this harmful journey that introduced him to his profitable lighthouse picture. “It was a trip with a Zodiac boat from the port of Audierne (Bretagne) to the lighthouse Phare de Tevennec (also called Hell). The trip took place under rough seas and was at the limit of feasibility. The guide had everything well under control, you are not allowed to drive there alone, too dangerous.”

“The tour led through the Raz du Sein, also known as the Cape Horn of Europe. There are a lot of wrecks and drowned sailors here. The tidal current is incredibly strong in the passage. It was not easy to photograph because I had to hold on to not be thrown around in the boat. Taking a picture in Libra was almost impossible. The trip passed the Phare de la Vieille and had a total time of 3 hours. At first we were accompanied by a large dolphin school that jumped next to the boat.”

Animals Category

Per Thyrén with Muskox with calf – Myskoxe med kalv

Meet the photographer:

Per Thyrén is retired journalist who lives outdoors of Nyköping, a small city 100 kilometers south of Stockholm, Sweden. “I have been interested in animals and nature since I was young and I am often out in nature with my camera. My longest photo trip was to British Columbia where I photographed spirit bears and coastal wolves.”

We requested him to share about how he got here to search out this pretty pair. “I took the picture in Dovrefjell, a large wilderness area in Norway. After a couple of hours of tough hiking, we found a group of five musk oxen on a mountain slope. We approached the group cautiously when the cow with her one-month-old calf came walking from another direction close enough for a photo. When they both turned around and looked at me curiously, it was one of those moments when you feel a strong sense of connection with nature. They looked kind and harmless, but I kept a good safe distance. It has happened that photographers have been attacked when they got too close.”

Urban Category

Giorgio Ghezzi with Man on the window in I3 / Uomo alla finestra in I3

Meet the photographer:

Giorgio lives in Rome, Italy, the place he was born 76 years in the past. He’s retired after working within the insurance coverage business and now we’re fortunate sufficient to benefit from the pictures he takes in these years of retirement. Giorgio loves this constructing and shares, “I took the photo in St. Julian, Malta, nine years ago. I used an old smartphone. I love this crazy and colourful building!”

Film Category 

Byron Segraves with we met in a car parking zone…

Meet the photographer:

Byron is a self-taught photographer primarily based in California. “My work is rooted predominantly in the streets of Los Angeles, where I developed my style through endless hours of walking, seeing, shooting, and editing. I shoot mainly candid, looking for the unpredictable theatre of the everyday. My work has primarily been shared and developed through Flickr and online communities, rather than galleries or formal education. I’ve also had my work shown and reviewed on several episodes of the podcast The Candid Frame.”

“As far as the actual photo itself, and like most all my work, it’s a candid street shot. I love the thrill of finding little moments that others seem to miss, and sharing them with my loyal friends on Flickr. I love the community, support and inspiration they all provide. This was made with a recently acquired 1971 Nikon F2 and shot on Tri-X 400. I had noticed the VW and little pug approx 1/2 block away, from my car, as I was sitting at a red light, near Sunset Blvd and Western Ave, in Hollywood, California, where I live. I always have my camera with me, for moments like this, so I fired off a shot from distance. As the light changed, I noticed the little dog was still waiting for it’s owner, legs out, still in the same position as before, so I pulled into the parking lot, I think it was Walgreens, positioned my car directly in front of the VW and prayed the dog would hold it’s position, refocused and fired off one shot, never leaving my drivers seat. The owner of the VW happened to be coming out of the store as I pulled up, laughed at his pups pose, and pleasantries were exchanged. Having never left the driver seat, I then pulled out of the parking lot and headed west on Sunset Blvd.”

People Category

Daniels Stramkaļs with Untitled

Meet the photographer:

Daniels is an up and coming photographer primarily based in Riga, Latvia. “I started out with football photography after ending my players career last year, which lasted for 9 years. Now, I have opportunities that I could only dream of such as photographing Latvian national team and UEFA games.”

“This picture was taken at FK Auda vs FC Dinamo City Conference League, third qualifying spherical. The environment was moody and it was in direction of daybreak, so I knew that the images have been going to be good. I spent fairly a while on this edit however it was positively price it, as a result of that is now one in every of my favourite soccer images I ever took.

Celebrating pictures on a regular basis!

Congratulations to this yr’s contest winners and everybody who participated within the contest. Each yr we stay up for seeing the attractive pictures you all share to our World Photography Day contest and this yr positively raised the bar. To see extra of our favorites, keep tuned for our Honorable Mentions gallery that can go live here on the Official Flickr site. We’ll even be that includes so many different nice submissions in our upcoming September Explore Takeover so don’t miss it!

Until subsequent time!