A diverse world (26 photos)

A variety of photos from the EyeEm photo community

Photographer of the Year 2021. A local dog with a group of patrolmen fighting drug cartels in Mexico by Thiago Dezan





With over 8 million photographers, the EyeEm photo community is hosting its own contest to showcase innovative images from emerging talent and push the boundaries of visual storytelling. It's free to enter, and open to anyone at any skill level.

Since 2015, EyeEm Awards has been the largest photography competition by number of participants. In 2018, it attracted over 700,000 entries from 100,000 photographers from all over the world. The number of categories has been expanded to 10, including: Foodie, Traveler, Minimalism, Architecture, Outdoors, Photojournalist, Mobile Photographer, Portrait Photographer, Creative Approach, Street Photographer.

1st place in the Environmentalist category, 2021. A swan in the cold winter of Berlin. By Jeremy John



1st place in the category Wildlife, 2021. Encounter with a giant sea devil (manta ray). By Jimmy Song (Song Gang)

1st place in the category Storyteller, 2021. Self-isolation. Author Maria Simonova



2nd place in the Environmental Defender category, 2021. A woman at a garbage dump in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Author Saiful Islam



2nd place in the Natural Spaces category, 2021. The courage of athletes against the backdrop of the Dolomites. Author Adrian Pujolas



2nd place in the Storyteller category, 2021. Pedro at the Mine in Potosi. Author Fabian Schmidlechner



3rd place in the Environmentalist category, 2021. Spring Fire. Author Grisha Bruev



3rd place in the category Natural spaces, 2021. On Lake Sylvenstein. Author Stefan Kürzinger



3rd place in the category Storyteller, 2021. Handicrafts. Author Beata Angyalosi



Category Gourmet. In a mosque in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Author Arief Dharma Kurniawan



Category Mobile photographer. Night portrait. Berlin, Germany. Author Agustin Farias



Category Mobile Photography. Batik painting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Author Bimo Pradityo



Category Outdoors. Winter paddle, Stockholm, Sweden. By Jeffrey Kieffer



Category Outdoors. Nordurland-Vastra, Iceland. By Claudia Cuomo



Category Traveler. Larung Gar, China. By Sandra Morante



Category Traveler. Morocco. By Tanya Walton



Category Street Photographer. Varanasi, India. Author Md Enamul Kabir



Category Street Photographer. Joyce Theatre, Chelsea, New York, USA. Author Nay Cruz



Category Street Photographer. Tokyo, Japan. By Gail Yuknite



Category Photojournalist. Holy Week procession in Lucban, Philippines. By Marlon E. Villaverde



Category Photojournalist. Women pray on Buddha's birthday. Jaisalmer, India. Author Emrah Uygun



Finalist in the category Natural spaces, 2021. Fog, valley and mountains. Author Mario Widmer



Finalist in the category Natural spaces, 2021. Swiss Alps. Author Martin Gstoell



Finalist in the Storyteller category, 2021. Author Henri Calderon



Finalist in the Storyteller category, 2021. Author Ekaterina Mavrodi