Siena International Photography Awards
From September 26 to 28, 2025, the historic heart of Siena will be transformed into a stage of images, lights, and sounds, with a spectacular video mapping show that will animate the façade of the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia. The event marks the opening of the Siena Awards Photo Festival 2025, which this year coincides with the 700th anniversary of the Tower’s construction.
The Siena International Photography Awards is one of the most prestigious photography competitions in the industry. It is a globally recognised honour to be acknowledged by the Siena International Photography Awards, alongside an incredible list of “Photographer of the Year” ‘alumni’. The Siena Awards accolade carries a significant weight that is accompanied with the support of an organisation that really cares about its winners. You are initiated into a family of creatives who want to make a difference in the world, with their photography.
I was honoured with the Siena Award’s Pangea prize of Photographer of the Year in 2019 for the photo “A boy from the crowd” taken for the conflict charity, International Alert.
After winning the Siena Awards Pangea Prize it allowed me to reflect on my career and who I had become as a photographer. I am a humanitarian photographer that works alongside charitable organisations.
Being the Photographer of the Year at the Siena Awards is not about the achievement of winning one of the biggest awards in the industry, it is about being recognised for your creative approach in the work you are doing and using that recognition as a voice for things that matter. The Siena Awards afforded me new opportunities to further my career in the direction that I wanted. It gave me an added confidence that I was creating work that could make a difference. Most important of all the Siena Awards is a family of photographers who have the same aspirations of pushing forward the creative boundaries of photography and inspiring others to show the world what they see.
Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 4.30 PM, the Teatro dei Rinnovati will host the Awards Ceremony of the ‘Siena Awards.’ I wish all the photographers the best at tomorrow’s ceremony along with my extended family in Siena!
