Istanbul Photo Awards 2022

The Istanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography competition organized by Anadolu Ajansı (AA), a global news agency with more than a century of history. Aimed at advancing the field of photojournalism, the competition honors the efforts of courageous and talented professional photographers from around the world, awarded strictly based on merit. Over the years, it has grown into one of the world’s most respected and well-known photojournalism contests.

The Istanbul Photo Awards 2022 photobook features award-winning images from the previous year, covering a wide array of stories—ranging from forest fires and drought to the conflict in Afghanistan and protests in Myanmar; from refugee movements along borders to the U.S. Capitol riot; from the life of a young jockey in Senegal to the Tokyo Paralympic Games; and from the stories of Dagestani mothers to life in the Tundra. The cover features Woman from Evia, a powerful photograph by photojournalist Konstantinos Tsakalidis for Bloomberg, which was awarded Photo of the Year.

All photobooks featuring the winning works from AA’s annual Istanbul Photo Awards competition are accessible via the contest’s official website: istanbulphotoawards.com.