{"id":124965,"date":"2025-10-16T03:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/124965\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T03:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:10:12","slug":"the-nikon-film-and-photo-contest-winners-are-an-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/124965\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nikon Film and Photo Contest Winners Are an Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon-photo-contest-2024-2025-winners-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"Split image: On the left, a child in a Superman costume stands indoors with arms raised, smiling. On the right, a cracked egg with a dark beak emerging lies among gray rocks.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-820413\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Nikon has unveiled the winners of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikon-photocontest.com\/en\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s largest photo and film competitions. The theme for this edition of the prestigious competition is \u201cInspire.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nikon has held the photo-centric competition for more than 50 years, and last year <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2024\/10\/16\/nikons-40th-photo-contest-celebrates-video-with-new-nikon-film-and-photo-contest-name\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">welcomed filmmakers<\/a> into the fold. This year\u2019s winners include Grand Prizes for Single Photo and Photo Story categories, and two winners in the Short Film competition for Super-Short Film and 5-minute Film categories. <\/p>\n<p>Alongside the overall winners, the Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 competition also features five special award winners for each of the two photo categories, Single Photo and Photo Story. It is the same story on the filmmaking side of the competition. Nikon says it received submissions from 180 countries and regions worldwide for the 2024-2025 competition. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing involved with the contest as Lead Judge again on this panel of judges was an invaluable experience,\u201d comments Lead Judge Sarah Leen. \u201cI was particularly impressed by how much stronger each individual entry was this year compared to the previous contest. The \u2018Inspire\u2019 theme encouraged a wide range of entries, and the diverse creativity expressed was impressive. We received many fascinating works, including beautiful landscapes and portraits, that clearly reflected this theme.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Grand Prize Winner \u2014 Single Photo Category: Tiina Itkonen  <\/p>\n<p>Finnish photographer Tiina Itkonen won the overall prize in the Single Photo category for the photo, \u201cJonas,\u201d seen below. <\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Single-Photo-Category_1st-Grand-Prize_Tiina_1-770x800.jpg\" alt=\"A young child wearing a Superman costume and red glasses stands indoors with arms raised in triumph. The room has boots, a toy truck, a wood stove, and a colorful towel hanging in the background.\" width=\"770\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820414\"  \/>\u201cJonas\u201d by Tiina Itkonen \u2014 Grand Prize Winner, Single Photo Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI photographed Jonas, an Inughuit boy, in Savissivik in North West Greenland. Savissivik is one of the most remote settlements in Greenland, over thousand kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. This far north the polar night lasts four months and midnight sun shines for four months as well,\u201d the photographer explains. <\/p>\n<p>Itkonen first traveled to Greenland 30 years ago and has since returned regularly to \u201cphotograph the polar landscape and its people.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen visiting Savissivik I wanted to take time to get to know people. I spent 95 percent of my time socialising with the people and only 5 percent taking photographs. I am grateful for the hospitality of these people. I have been allowed to take part in their everyday life and always feel very much at home in this place,\u201d Itkonen remarks. <\/p>\n<p> Grand Prize Winner \u2014 Photo Story Category: Lei Yang  <\/p>\n<p>Chinese photographer Lei Yang\u2019s award-winning photo series, \u201cFarewell-able,\u201d explores Yang\u2019s experiences saying \u201cfarewell\u201d to their hometown. <\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/05_1-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"A partially cracked white egg lies among white and gray rocks, revealing a dark, glossy interior within the broken shell.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820416\"  \/>Photo from the series \u201cFarewell-able\u201d by Lei Yang \u2014 Grand Prize Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/03_1-533x800.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people sit around a dining table in a warmly lit room with ornate chairs, sharing a meal. A chandelier hangs above, and a landscape painting decorates the wall behind them.\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820415\"  \/>Photo from the series \u201cFarewell-able\u201d by Lei Yang \u2014 Grand Prize Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/04_1-530x800.jpg\" alt=\"A round wooden stool with seven small white ceramic vases arranged on top, casting shadows on the stool and concrete floor in bright sunlight.\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820417\"  \/>Photo from the series \u201cFarewell-able\u201d by Lei Yang \u2014 Grand Prize Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis series was made before I came to Japan. At that time, I parted with people, places, and versions of myself. I realized that some separations are simple, while others are filled with sorrow \u2014 those are \u2018farewells.\u2019 Farewell-able explores the emotional scale of goodbye through what I found hardest to release,\u201d Yang explains. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m deeply grateful to Nikon for selecting this work. It has allowed a personal farewell to be seen by more people,\u201d the photographer concludes. <\/p>\n<p> Grand Prize Winner \u2014 Short Film Competition Super-short Film Category: Hamed Nobari  <\/p>\n<p>In the Super-short Film Category, Iranian filmmaker Hamed Nobari\u2019s video \u201cThe Small Red, Big Blue,\u201d took top honors. <\/p>\n<p>The 40-second video shows a tiny fish inside a small water puddle on the beach while a child digs a water faucet shape into the sand, leading back to the ocean. <\/p>\n<p> Grand Prize Winner \u2014 Short Film Competition 5-Minute Film Category: Ademola Falomo  <\/p>\n<p>Ademola Falomo of Nigeria created the winning video, \u201cFinding Serenity,\u201d after being inspired by musician Yamika\u2019s poem during the COVID lockdowns. Feeling inspired, Falomo teamed up with friends to bring the poem to life through video, \u201cexploring peace in chaos and beauty in uncertainty.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply grateful for the acknowledgment of this small dream that has grown into something seen around the world. Created in Lagos, Nigeria, during troubling and uncertain times, this film is a celebration for me, a testament to turning a poem into a visual artifact. What once lived only in my mind now lives on screen, and that is a gift I will always cherish,\u201d the filmmaker says of the victory. <\/p>\n<p> Other Award-Winning Photos  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/General-Public-Award_Photo_LIEW-Hong-Hooi_1-640x800.jpg\" alt=\"A person in traditional attire is jumping through a large ring of fire at night, with flames dramatically illuminating the scene against a dark background.\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820579\"  \/>\u201cI Am Unstoppable!\u201d by Liew Hong Hooi \u2014 General Public Award Winner, Single Photo Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Single-Photo-Category_2nd-Excellence-Award_Andre-Ferreira_1-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"Three children play outdoors in front of a high brick wall at sunset, with shadows falling across the ground. One child flies a red kite, while the others walk and stand nearby. The scene is warm and peaceful.\" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820575\"  \/>\u201cKite Festival\u201d by Andre Ferreira \u2014 Excellence Award Winner, Single Photo Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Single-Photo-Category_3rd-Excellence-Award_Farshid_1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A person dressed in black walks through a snowy landscape with frost-covered trees under a pale blue sky, creating a serene winter scene.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820576\"  \/>\u201cHunter\u201d by Farshid Ahmadpour \u2014 Excellence Award Winner, Single Photo Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Single-Photo-Category_4th-Special-Encouragement-Award_Emmanuel-Lucky_1-601x800.jpg\" alt=\"Two people in suits, one seated and one standing, pose in shallow water during sunset. The background features calm water, distant trees, and a warm pink-orange sky. A small object or bird flies overhead.\" width=\"601\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820577\"  \/>\u201cWe See Angels\u201d by Emmanuel Lucky \u2014 Special Encouragement Award Winner, Single Photo Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Single-Photo-Category_5th-Special-Encouragement-Award_Stelios_1-800x634.jpg\" alt=\"Empty green train seats beside a large window, with a full moon and pink clouds visible over a hazy landscape at dusk outside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"634\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820578\"  \/>\u201cEvening Passenger\u201d by Stelios Tsagris \u2014 Special Encouragement Award Winner, Single Photo Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Single-Photo-Category_6th-Special-Encouragement-Award_\u623f\u8d24\u6167_1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Four people, including two children, sit around a low table crafting or eating in a dim, arched room with decorative windows. Another woman stands by a stove, cooking. Posters cover the walls, and light enters from above.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820584\"  \/>\u201cMom\u2019s Scent\u201d by Xianhui Fang \u2014 Special Encouragement Award Winner, Single Photo Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/031_1-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"A person pours fresh milk from a large metal can into a white bucket, with a wooden tool resting nearby, in a dimly lit setting.\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820580\"  \/>Selected photo from \u201cNel mio sangue (In my blood)\u201d series by Nils B\u00f6ddingmeier \u2014 Excellence Award Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u751f\u547d\u7684\u821e\u53f04_1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A nurse in scrubs and a mask supports a woman in labor lying on a hospital bed. Warm light shines through a striped privacy curtain, casting soft shadows in the delivery room.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820581\"  \/>Selected photo from \u201cThe Stage of Life\u201d series by Yi Liu \u2014 Excellence Award Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/021_1-800x654.jpg\" alt=\"A large, ornate, multi-story floating building resembling a historic hotel sits on calm, foggy water with faint structures visible in the misty background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"654\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820582\"  \/>Selected photo from \u201cReturn From a Journey\u201d series by Ximeng Tu \u2014 Special Encouragement Award Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/032_1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands holding a baby inside a room, viewed through an arched opening. Yellow water containers and blue plastic chairs are against the wall behind her. The setting appears modest and simple.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820583\"  \/>Selected photo from \u201cMaasai Children of Malanja\u201d series by Kang-Chun Cheng \u2014 Special Encouragement Award Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american-dreaming-nikon-contest-two-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"Left: An elderly woman stands in shallow ocean water, gazing at the horizon. Right: Two elderly people sit side by side on a bench near a beach hut, looking out at the sea.\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-820586\"  \/>Two selected photos from \u201cAmerican Dreaming\u201d series by Jacek G\u0105siorowski \u2014 Special Encouragement Award Winner, Photo Story Category | Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 More From the Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025  <\/p>\n<p>The rest of the Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 winners are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikon-photocontest.com\/en\/photo\/winners\/2024_2025\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">available on Nikon\u2019s website<\/a>. The award-winning entries will also be on exhibit in Japan until October 27 as part of the T3 Photo Festival Tokyo 2025 at Tokyo Square Garden. The winning works will also be shown at Nikon facilities in Kyobashi, Tokyo, and in other cities around the world. <\/p>\n<p>\u2028<strong>Image credits:<\/strong> Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025. All winning photographers are credited in the image captions.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikon has unveiled the winners of the Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025, one of the world\u2019s largest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,428,7512,366,18,117,19,17,43706,75736,75737,23881,75738,836],"class_list":{"0":"post-124965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-competition","13":"tag-contest","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-nikon","20":"tag-nikonfilmandphotocontest","21":"tag-nikonfilmandphotocontest20242025","22":"tag-photo","23":"tag-shortfilm","24":"tag-video"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}