Aperture Portfolio Prize

2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize

Deadline: 10 January 2025

Open: 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize

An annual international competition to highlight and publish new talents in photography.

2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize

The Aperture Portfolio Prize is an international competition that aims to identify trends in contemporary photography and highlight artists whose work deserves greater recognition. When choosing the first-prize winner and shortlist, our judges will look for innovative bodies of work that have not been widely seen in major publications or exhibition venues.

The Aperture Portfolio Prize is open exclusively to Aperture magazine print subscribers. Through December 1, use the early bird discount to subscribe here.

As an expression of our wide-ranging community, Aperture will be welcoming a jury to award the prize this year. Submit to have your work seen by leaders in the field:

  • Noelle Flores Théard, senior digital photo-editor, New Yorker 
  • Lucy Gallun, curator, the Robert B. Menschel Department of Photography, MoMA
  • Zack Hatfield, associate managing editor, Aperture magazine
  • Mark Armijo McKnight, artist and 2019 Aperture Portfolio Prize winner
  • Recent Winners