İstanbul Photo Awards 2023

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 2023 photobook showcases award-winning images from the past year, covering a wide range of impactful stories—from the Russia-Ukraine war to the ongoing situation in Palestine; from the Taliban’s restrictions to child trafficking in Nigeria; from lithium-related environmental transformations to wildlife conservation in Thailand; from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar to traditional bullfighting in Portugal; from Arctic icebreakers to the lives of people with albinism across Africa. The cover features Ukraine-Russia War, a striking image by photojournalist Sergey Kozlov for EPA, which received the Photo of the Year award.

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