Street Macadam B&W Awards
Edition#2
Street Macadam is presenting the 2nd edition of the “Street Macadam B&W Awards”, a street & documentary photography contest.
This competition will be organized from Saturday 1st of November to Sunday 11th of January 2026 -Midnight (UTC +1)
The results of the competition will be communicated on Sunday 25th of January 2025.
This is open to amateur and professional photographers from around the world who are at least 18 years old at the time of the registration.
The theme of this contest: «DAILY LIFE»
This contest is dedicated to Street & Documentary Photography.
Photographs submitted may have been taken from: No time limit.
Wherever you are in the world, we invite you to send us your most beautiful Black & White photos.
Among all the photos submitted by entrants to the competition, our international jury will choose the 3 winning photos and 20 «special mentions».
Our international jury reserves the right to disqualify a participant from the competition if they do not comply with the rules and conditions of the contest.
By registering you agree to all rules and conditions of the Macadam Awards Contest.
Contest Information
Please read it before to register
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To enter the photography competition, you will need to follow the link on the home page and carefully follow the instructions of registering, creating your account and paying the fees- which will only only be possible by following the instructions on the registration form.
Registration and participation fees are:
1 photo : 8,00 €
2 photos : 14,00 €
5 photos : 29,00 €
6 to 10 photos : 35,00 €
Registration fees will not be refundable regardless of the outcome of your photo(s) in this competition.
If you prefer to make the paiement by PayPal
Send us a message street_macadam@etik.com
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All photo submissions must be made online.
Photos must be sent in JPEG/JPG forme and the file size must not exceed 2MB. The long side of the photo must have a maximum size of 2000 pixels.
The files must be renamed with Last Name, First Name and progressive number (if several photos are sent)
Ex: John_Cooper_1.jpg
John_Cooper_2.jpg
John_Cooper_3.jpg
Any photos not following this renaming will be automatically disqualified.
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Each participant retains the copyright of the photos they send.
By participating in the competition the author declares that the photos sent are his property.
Registration and completion of the form by the participant authorizes the competition organizers to use the images submitted for promotional purposes related to the photography competition, including publication on the competition website, on social networks and in videos.
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Post production is permitted in order to optimize the image. We allow modifications related to brightness, contrast, texture, color temperature and tone in the case of a conversion to B&W.
Removal of particles or dust on the captor is also permitted.
Photographs must be realistic and not excessively modified, under penalty of exclusion from the competition.
It is permitted to crop photographs, but not to add or remove objects or people.
The use of generative AI through any type of software to modify the content of the photograph or any part thereof is not permitted.
Photos taken by drones are not accepted.
Photograph must not contain any signatures or watermarks.
Photographs cannot have any type of frame.
Photographs with sexually explicit, abusive or defamatory content will not be accepted.
Photographs submitted may have been taken from:no time limit.
We will ask the 3 winners to send us the file (raw- or original jpeg file) as proof that the photo has not been altered by the addition of an element or massive post-production..
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The images will be judged anonymously by our jury.
They will not know the names or any details of the participants. On the basis of this judgment, the finalists will be chosen.
For all those who participate before January 1st, you will have a chance to have your photos chosen in our "Editor's Pick"
Our 12 judges will choose 5 photos from all the photos received.
These photos will then be shared on our Instagram page under the tag « Editor’s Pick ».
These photos will be in final.
All photos up to the closing day of the competition will also be submitted to our jury for voting. Some of these photos will be included in the final phase.
This international jury will then designate the 3 winners and the 20 special mentions.
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The finalists' images will be published on the competition website and included in a photography exhibition in Mexico city.
At the sole discretion of the internal jury and the organizers, some non-finalist photographs may also be published on the event website.
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By completing the registration form, all participants accept the provisions of French législative decree of June 20, 2018 relating to the protection of personal dat and the European General Regulation (GDPR) ont the protection of personal data.
Participants authorize the competition organizer to use their data for the competition or for legal and associative reasons.
Personal data will be used by the organizer to communicate the result of the competition and for future competitions.
Winners & Prizes
1st prize
Ricoh GR III X
24,2 Mpx - 40 mm f/2,8
(Value: 1099€ )
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PRVKE 31L Atacama clay
+Photo Bundle
(Value: € 344,00)
ROGUE Black Sling 4L
(Value: €129,00)
2nd prize
ROGUE Black Sling 9L
(Value: €179,00)
3rd prize
ROGUE Wasatch green Sling 6L
(Value: €159,00)
The 3 winners will be exhibited at
"Mexico Street Photo festival 2026"
23 October- 23 November 2026
*Dates subject to change
The 3 winners & the 20 honorable mentions will be highlight in a special article on the All About Photo homepage.
Jury of honor
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Sandra Hernández (Vita Flumen)
Mexico city - Mexico
Sandra Hernández (Vita Flumen) is a photographer and a Fujifilm ambassador based in Mexico.
Her photography focuses on urban life, such as human’s relationship to the environment and the narratives that arise between them. Sandra’s work, both photographs and text, has been published and featured locally and internationally in outlets such as L’Oeil de la Photographie, Forbes, La Vanguardia, EyeShot and Revue Épic. She’s also participated in more than 50 solo and group exhibitions on four continents and has received awards and honorable mentions in global photography competitions. She’s the founder of Observadores Urbanos, a platform whose mission is to promote and spread Latin American street photography. Last year she was selected for the class of 2023 of The Eddie Adams Workshop. -
Jason Florio
London -UK
Is an award-winning photojournalist, filmmaker and educator, originally from London.
He based in NYC for 18 years before relocating to The Gambia, West Africa, in 2013. He has produced images and documentaries for clients including The New York Times, Smithsonian, The New Yorker, National Geographic and Amnesty International. His work has been recognized with a number of awards, including The Magnum Photography Award for his work on migration. His work is held in public and private collections and has been presented in solo exhibitions in the USA, Europe, Asia and Africa. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society for his photograph focused expeditions. -
Misha Maslennikov
Moscow, USSR.
Misha Maslennikov is head and member of the Noga Creative Union “ NCU”
Since 2013 constantly lives in the city of Odessa, Ukraine.
During the 80’s, he studied at Art School #75, got the qualification of architectural designer-constructor.
Misha studied at theological department of Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University between 2002 to 2005.
For 7 years, he worked in reproduction center of the State Publishing House the Press (previous name Pravda) as a retoucher and an operator of electronic color splitting and color correcting machine.
Jury
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Mary Crnkovic Pilas
Zagreb - Croatia
is a street and documentary photographer who was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and moved to Zagreb, Croatia in 1992 after completing her B.A. majoring in Music and French.
She is most interested in black and white street and documentary photography and likes to document ordinary everyday people and scenes. Many people ask her about the meaning behind “The Marvels of Daily Life”, the name of her website and Instagram page. It is based on a quote by one of her favourite photographers, Robert Doisneau, which perfectly sums up her philosophy on street photography – “The marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.” -
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Murat Harmanlikli
Istanbul-Türkiye
Born in İzmit, Turkey, Murat Harmanlikli is a street and portrait photographer
He’s deeply inspired by human presence, literature, and the layered narratives of urban life. Since 2016, he is maintaining a focus on the poetic rhythm of the streets and the emotional depth of human expression.
His work is rooted in quiet observation, empathy, and storytelling. He is heavily influenced by literature, believing that the inner worlds of fictional characters and the visual atmospheres of novels are just as powerful—if not more so—than photographs in shaping imagination and reflecting one’s personal vision. As a modern-day flâneur, he sees the act of walking through crowds not only as a way of connecting with the city but also as a path to endless photographic discovery.
His work has received recognition through various international awards and features, including honors from LensCulture, The Independent Photographer, Life Framer, IPA, All About Photo, Eyeshot Magazine, etc.
Currently, he is working on a long-term book project titled “Istanbul, in the Flux of an All-Embracing Moment,” a visual exploration of the city's fragmented yet deeply intertwined human stories.
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Zer Erdoğan
Türkiye
Zer Erdoğan has served as a jury member in photography competitions in Iran, Germany, Switzerland, and Turkey. Her works have also been exhibited in various international exhibitions.
Because of her passion for photography, she founded Mystreet_bnw, where photographs of photographers from all over the world are shared, and Mystreet_women, to share photographs of female photographers from around the world.
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Luis Alberto Padilla Gonzales
Mexico city-Mexico
He specializes in black and white photography, primarily influenced by Japanese street photography.
He has conducted research on photographers such as Vivian Maier, Daido Moriyama, Saul Leiter, and Sergio Larraín, which has been used as material for photography courses at universities in Argentina, Chile, and Spain.
Co-founder of Mexico Street Photo Fest (MXSPF), the first international street photography festival in Mexico. (2023, 2024, and 2025)
Finalist and exhibitor at URBAN Photo Wards 2023 in the "streets" category. Published in the book "URBAN unveils the City and its Secrets, Vol. 9."
His work has been exhibited in Mexico, Iran, Italy, and Hong Kong.
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Marci Lindsay
Washington DC - USA
Marci Lindsay is a street photographer living in Washington, DC. She is part of the DC Street Photography Collective.
She's had a love for street photography since she was a young child, long before she knew it had a name, after seeing the book ‘The Family of Man.’
A few years ago she took up the challenge of photographing in the streets herself. She says, “I am drawn to ordinary people doing ordinary things. To me, it’s all extra-ordinary—emotion, gesture, connection, and humor. We humans are so much more the same than we are different, and hopefully my photos remind people of that.”
She has been exhibited internationally and she’s a curator for Street Macadam. She curated an exhibition and companion book of street photography by women, ‘Half the Sky,’ in 2024.
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Ivan Herrera
Bogotá, Colombia.
He has participated in numerous collective and individual photography exhibitions, and has received several awards for his work.
He studied photography and biology in Bogotá, where he works as a photographer and audiovisual producer.
He is a curator of Street Macadam, and received several awards for his work, including the Santa Fé Gallery Exhibition Grant (Bogotá 2013), the City of Bogotá Photography Award (2018) and the National Photography Award (Ministry of Culture of Colombia 2021).
As a director of photography, he participated in the fiction feature films “La defensa del dragón” (premiered in Cannes, 2017) and “Malta” (2024).
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Ana Cichowicz
Berlin - Germany
Ana Cichowicz is a Brazilian artist and anthropologist currently based in Berlin.
Her Ph.D. research focused on cinema, particularly the politics and poetics of Tony Gatlif's films. In recent years, Ana has dedicated herself to integrating her anthropological and philosophical knowledge into her artistic and curatorial work. Her artistic research interests center on three primary areas: environmental practices, foreignness and immigration, and the poetics of everyday (street) life. Ana's photographs and art videos have been exhibited in galleries, festivals, and biennials. -
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Kai Hsiao
TaÏwan
He has been fascinated by photography since his teenage year and played with his father’s old Yashica camera and developed and printed his own photos.
His passion for photography has never diminished, even during his busiest career days.
10 years ago I wrote a photography textbook about composition, then started my workshop to teach after the book was published. Eventually, I found that street photography is the one I can demonstrate my composition rules. I then bring the ideas into teaching materials and have been teaching street photography for several years.
Street Photography is now not only my hobby, but also my life. I live and breathe with it.
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Keigo Nakamura
Tokyo - Japan
Is born in Tokyo and worked at a securities company that trades securities.
In December 2014, his father passed away from liver cancer, and he started Instagram to change his mood after the loss.
It was around 2015 that he started to enjoy photography a little, and he picked up an Olympus OM10, a film camera that his father had used, and started taking black and white photography.
He started the Fog series in the latter half of 2017, but was not satisfied with the results.
In the middle of 2019, he met a gentleman on the street. The gentleman's atmosphere was so attractive that he completed the fog series.
His photographs, which are half documentary and half conceptual mix, have become his signature work.
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