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2nd edition

PhMuseum 2014 Photography Grant

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Main Prize

1^st Prize
Will They Sing Like Raindrops Or Leave Me Thirsty by Max Pinckers

2^nd Prize
LAND OHNE ELTERN / Country Without Parents by Andrea Diefenbach

3^rd Prize
Family Reflections by Alfonso Almendros

Results

Main Prize Honourable Mentions

Days Of Night - Nights Of Day
by Elena Chernyshova

Balance On The Zero. Ecuador 2011-2013
by Pietro Paolini

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New Generation Prize

New Generation Prize Recipient
Letter From The Quiet Town. by Kate Smuraga

Results

New Generation Prize Honourable Mentions

Change Of Course
by Prasiit Sthapit

The Weapons Of Maidan
by Tom Jamieson

Five Nights, Aquarium
by Wenxin Zhang

Independent jury

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Alec Soth

Member of Magnum Photos
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Diana Markosian

Photographer
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Iatã Cannabrava

Director of Estudio Madalena
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Olivier Laurent

Photo Editor of TIME Lightbox

Latest Grant

PhMuseum 2026 Women Photographers Grant

Announced

Opens:
08 September 2026

Prizes:
€10,000 in cash, projections at PhotoVogue Festival, and more.

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Past editions

PhMuseum 2026 Photography Grant

The PhMuseum Photography Grant is an annual initiative that recognises the importance of photography and visual storytelling.

PhMuseum 2025 Photography Grant

Hashem Shakeri claims the Main Prize for his project Staring Into The Abyss. Zekun Wang receives the New Generation Prize for Before Falling Into The Deep Valley.

PhMuseum 2024 Photography Grant

Jaclyn Wright Receives The Main Prize for her project High Visibility. Shelli Weiler receives the New Generation Prize for Techniques Of The Liar.

PhMuseum 2023 Photography Grant

Tara Laure Claire receives the First Prize with the project The Studio By Tara Laure Claire (AKA Tara Sood). Joseph Ladron De Guevara is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Si El Sol Llegara A Oscurecer (y No Brille Más).

PhMuseum 2022 Photography Grant

Miraj Patel receives the First Prize with the project Do You See What I See, When I Look At Me?. Delali Ayivi is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project TogoYeye.

PhMuseum 2021 Photography Grant

Rodrigo Pinheiro and Gal Cipreste Marinelli receives the First Prize with the project GH, Gal And Hiroshima. Marisol Mendez is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project MADRE.

PhMuseum 2020 Photography Grant

Noelle Mason receives the First Prize with the project X-Ray Vision Vs. Invisibility. David Nana Opoku Ansah is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project AREA BOYS & BROTHERHOOD.

PhMuseum 2019 Photography Grant

Nikita Teryoshin receives the First Prize with the project Nothing Personal. Liza Ambrossio is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project The Rage Of Devotion.

PhMuseum 2018 Photography Grant

Poulomi Basu receives the First Prize with the project Centralia. Panos Kefalos is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Saints.

PhMuseum 2017 Photography Grant

Salvatore Vitale receives the First Prize with the project How To Secure A Country. Karim El Maktafi is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Hayati.

PhMuseum 2016 Photography Grant

Rasmus Degnbol receives the First Prize with the project Europe's New Borders. Pierre Liebaert is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Free Now.

PhMuseum 2015 Photography Grant

Tomas Van Houtryve receives the First Prize with the project Blue Sky. Clémentine Schneidermann is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project I Called Her Lisa Marie.

PhMuseum 2013 Photography Grant

Cihad Caner receives the First Prize with the project Remaining. Diana Markosian is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Goodbye My Chechnya.

Results

Main Prize

1st Prize Will They Sing Like Raindrops Or Leave Me Thirsty by Max Pinckers

2nd Prize LAND OHNE ELTERN / Country Without Parents by Andrea Diefenbach

3rd Prize Family Reflections by Alfonso Almendros

Results

Main Prize Honourable Mentions

Hikari by David Favrod

Days Of Night - Nights Of Day by Elena Chernyshova

Waveherd by Igor Omulecki

Balance On The Zero. Ecuador 2011-2013 by Pietro Paolini

Results

New Generation Prize

New Generation Prize Recipient Letter From The Quiet Town. by Kate Smuraga

Results

New Generation Prize Honourable Mentions

Change Of Course by Prasiit Sthapit

The Weapons Of Maidan by Tom Jamieson

Five Nights, Aquarium by Wenxin Zhang

Independent jury

Alec Soth

Diana Markosian

Iatã Cannabrava

Olivier Laurent

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Past editions

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1^st Prize
Will They Sing Like Raindrops Or Leave Me Thirsty by Max Pinckers

2^nd Prize
LAND OHNE ELTERN / Country Without Parents by Andrea Diefenbach

3^rd Prize
Family Reflections by Alfonso Almendros

Hikari
by David Favrod

Days Of Night - Nights Of Day
by Elena Chernyshova

Waveherd
by Igor Omulecki

Balance On The Zero. Ecuador 2011-2013
by Pietro Paolini

New Generation Prize Recipient
Letter From The Quiet Town. by Kate Smuraga

Change Of Course
by Prasiit Sthapit

The Weapons Of Maidan
by Tom Jamieson

Five Nights, Aquarium
by Wenxin Zhang