2020 Winners

This year’s Photo Review International Photography Competition was juried by Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor, and Jessica Dimson, Deputy Director of Photography, of The New York Times Magazine.

For more information about our annual competition, visit our Competition page.

View our 2020 Competition Prizewinners Gallery to see the prizewinners. Also be sure to view our 2020 Competition Web Galleries, with photographs selected by our Editor and staff.

Eric Kunsman
Rochester, New York
eric@booksmartstudio.comwww.erickunsman.comInstagram: @eric_kunsman585.235.9196 – Grape and Orange Mini Mart, 111 Orange Street, Rochester, NY, from the series Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, & Economics in Rochester, NY
Archival pigment print, 20″x20″
First Prize

Francis Crisafio
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Holdup in the Hood 01
Archival pigment print, 14″x9.5″
Second Prize

Michelle Sank
Topsham, United Kingdom
msank@btinternet.comwww.michellesank.comInstagram: sank_michellewww.elliotthalls.com/michelle-sankMollie, Playing Fields, Burnthouse Lane, Exeter, UK – June 2020
Archival pigment print, 20″x24″
Third Prize

Francis Crisafio
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Holdup in the Hood 02
Archival pigment print, 14″x9.5″

Nicole Horvath
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
www.nicolehorvath.comInstagram: @nhphotography13Epic Frown, 2008
Archival pigment print, 10″x16″

Sandra Chen Weinstein
Lake Forest, California
Sweet Dream, from Refuge in America
Archival pigment print, 16″x20″

Sandra Chen Weinstein
Lake Forest, California
The Boy from Congo, from Refuge in America
Archival pigment print, 16″x20″

Valerie Pfaff
Holland, Pennsylvania
Playroom, 2020
Archival pigment print, 36″x42″

Darcy Rogers
New York, New York
darcy@darcyrogers.comwww.darcyrogers.comEugene, 2015
Archival pigment print, 10″x10″

Wes Carson
Chicago, Illinois
Homework, 2017
Archival pigment print, 24″x36″

William Chambers
Houston, Texas
wchambersphoto.comStephen and Kaila
Archival pigment print, 20″x16″

Lisa Cho
Honolulu, Hawaii
lisa@lisakcho.comlisakcho.comMirror Mirror, 2020
Archival pigment print, 11″x11

Zachary Kaufman
Lafayette, Indiana
Wabash, Far Away – Roadshow
Archival pigment print, 19″x13″

Alexander Klang
Berlin, Germany
www.alexanderklang.comMax, NYC, 2017
Archival pigment print, 25″x20″
Honorable Mention

Alexander Klang
Berlin, Germany
www.alexanderklang.comDale, Brooklyn, 2017
Archival pigment print, 25″x20″

Torrance York
New Canaan, Connecticut
torranceyork@me.comwww.torranceyork.comUntitled 6341, from the Semaphore project, 2020
Archival pigment print, 10″x10″
Honorable Mention

Michael Tkach
Erie, Pennsylvania
mtkach.photography@gmail.commichaeltkach.comThe Healing Hand, 2018
Archival pigment print, 13″x19″

Arnon Dreyfuss
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
adreyfuss@comcast.netStill Life with Black Cherry Jam
Archival pigment print, 16″x25″

Christine Sobczak
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
christineosobczak.comFireworks
Archival pigment print, 36.6″x30″
Honorable Mention

Nadide Goksun
New York, New York
nadidegoksun@gmail.comwww.nadidegoksun.comNedret
Archival pigment print, 15″x15″
Honorable Mention

Monika Merva
Brooklyn, New York
Dappled Light, 2019, from the series Forever in a Life
Archival pigment print, 9″x9″
Honorable Mention

Sandra Chen Weinstein
Lake Forest, California
Contemplation
Archival pigment print, 20″x16″

Josefina Moran
Brooklyn, New York
josefinafmoran@gmail.comwww.josefinafmoranfoto.comMayra, 2019
Archival pigment print, 36″x24″

Erika Anna Schumacher
Düsseldorf, Germany
erika_anna@web.dewww.erika-anna-schumacher.deMiami Night – Urban Cinema series #3
Archival pigment print, 16″x24″
Honorable Mention

Elaine Norman
New York, New York
thenormanconquest@earthlink.netwww.behance.net/elainenormanDining Alone at Murray Hill Diner, 2019
Archival pigment print, 5.5″x5.5″

Sandra Chen Weinstein
Lake Forest, California
Texas, from Lone Star
Archival pigment print, 20″x16″

Nancy Libson
Washington, DC
www.nancylibson.comGirl and Horse, Iceland, 2019
Archival pigment print, 16″x24″

Michael Mergen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
mimages.comFrom the series Paper Water, 2018
Archival pigment print, 16″x20″

Wayne Palmer
New York, New York
waynepalmer2015@gmail.comwww.waynepalmerphotography.comWatermark 22, 2019
Archival pigment print, 9.75″x13″

Wayne Palmer
New York, New York
waynepalmer2015@gmail.comwww.waynepalmerphotography.comWatermark 90, 2020
Archival pigment print, 13″x9.75″

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