Lens Culture International Exposure Awards are granted yearly to discover, reward, and promote talented, new, emerging and established photographers and multimedia creators from around the world.
We look for exciting work from every continent, and from diverse points of view: documentary, fine art, nature, photojournalism, activism, street photography, sports, fashion, poetic, personal, abstract and human.
Nine top winners and 27 honorable mentions were awarded in 2012.
See all winners online now in Lens Culture.
This year, we received a record number of entries from artists in 52 countries!
Special thanks to this stellar international jury of photography experts who spent many precious days reviewing all of the submissions.
Lens Culture is one of the most popular and influential online magazines about contemporary photography today. On average, the site attracts 10,000+ unique visitors every day, from more than 50 countries (over 3 million visits each year).
Our audience includes photography collectors, photo editors, book publishers, museum curators, art gallery owners, agents, critics, journalists, festival directors, and other passionate lovers of photography.
Several artists whose photographs have gained attention as a result of their exposure in Lens Culture have won book publishing contracts, solo and group art gallery shows, museum exhibitions, participation in international photography festivals, and commissions from around the world.
Previous Award Winners
Thank you to everyone who has participated in these yearly Awards since 2009. All previous International Exposure Award winners and Honorable Mentions (including links to each of the winners' websites) can be seen online here: 2009, 2010, 2011.
Winners & Honorable Mention for 2011:
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