All About Photo - Street Photography Contest & Exhibition

• All About Photo

• Deadline: September 29th, 2026

• Theme: Street Photography

• Prize: $1,000 + Online Exhibition + Exposure

• Entry Fees: Yes

• REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE

The street never stops speaking. Its stories appear in a fraction of a second and disappear just as quickly: a face reflected in a shop window, a shadow crossing an unfamiliar street, two strangers sharing an unexpected moment, the intensity of a crowded afternoon or the stillness of the city after midnight. Nothing is arranged, nothing is repeated, and yet every moment has the potential to become an image.

Street photography celebrates the beauty, complexity and unpredictability of everyday life. It asks photographers to look beyond the obvious and discover meaning in the ordinary. The world is not posing for the camera, and that is precisely what makes these moments so compelling. Every photographer brings a different experience, sensibility and way of seeing, transforming the same streets into entirely different visual worlds.

The practice has been part of photography almost since the beginning of the medium. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre’s famous 1838 photograph of the Boulevard du Temple is often mentioned among the earliest images to capture a moment of life in a public space. As cameras evolved and became more portable, photographers increasingly turned their attention toward the streets, documenting the changing social and visual landscapes of cities around the world.

Photographers such as Charles Nègre, Eugène Atget, Alfred Stieglitz, André Kertész, Berenice Abbott, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier, Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander and William Eggleston each helped expand the possibilities of the genre. Their photographs continue to influence how we observe public spaces, human behaviour and the constantly changing life of towns and cities.