Our jury for the 2017 International Street Photography Awards has worked tirelessly to evaluate the many submissions we received, and has identified these as the best. These photos will be exhibited at StreetFoto from June 5 through 11 at Harvey Milk Photo Center, 50 Scott Street, San Francisco, and will be published in our upcoming annual. Winners and runners-up will be announced on June 10 at our awards ceremony.

2017 FINALISTS:
Best Street Photograph | Best Street Photography Series | Best Mobile Street Photo | Streets of San Francisco

This year’s festival is brought to you thanks to the generous sponsorship of Streetography, an innovative new way to discover and share photos.

A great street photograph can stand on its own, without explanatory text, and move the viewer with its beauty, its message, its humor, or its story. This is StreetFoto’s biggest contest, and these are the photographs our judges liked the most.

First-found judges: David Gibson, Jesse Marlow, Aaron Berger, Gaciela Magnoni, Maciej Dakowicz

Winners and runners-up will be chosen by Bruce Gilden, Nick Turpin, and Vineet Vohra, and announced at our awards ceremony on June 10, 2017.

1st Place: Muhammad Imam Hasan, Bangladesh

2nd Place: Nick Harvey, United States

3rd Place: Edward Tsimerman, United Kingdom

Honorable Mention: Angkul Sungthong, Thailand

Finalists

Alejandra Lopez-Zaballa, Mexico

Monika Krzyszkowska, Poland

Forrest Walker, United States

Valeria Tofanelli, Italy

Tang Wanavit, Thailand

Skyid Wang, Canada

Lista Stefano

Jatuporn Pateepaparnee, Thailand

Forrest Walker, United States

Edward Tsimerman, United States

Merethe Wessel-Berg, Norway

La Paglia Gianpaolo

Daniele Zarri, Italy

Michal Pachniewski, China

Yoriyas Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, Morocco

Edas Wong, Hong Kong

Moin Ahmed, Bangladesh

Reuven Halevi, Norway

Liverani Alex

Muhammad Imam Hasan, Bangladesh

Muhammad Imam Hasan, Bangladesh

Nick Harvey, United Kingdom

Angkul Sungthong, Thailand

Edas Wong, Hong Kong

David Valera, United States

Gareth Bragdon, United Kingdom

Laisakul Thanakom

Giacomo Vesprini, Italy

Michael Goldrei, United Kingdom

Forrest Walker, United States

Ranjan Mukul crop

Michael Goldrei, United Kingdom

Julie Hrudova, Netherlands

Lerdrakmongkol Artyt

Tang Wanavit, Thailand

Jamie Howard, Poland

Yoriyas Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, Morocco

Tim Huynh, United States

Suresh Naganathan, India

Jatuporn Pateepaparnee, Thailand

Gavin Bragdon, United Kingdom

Leven Kristian

Shah Toufiqur Ovi, Bangladesh

Dino Jasarevic, Italy

Alvin Paringit, Canada

Matteo Sigolo, Italy

Arthur Figueroa Jumagdao, Philippines

Muhammad Imam Hasan, Bangladesh

Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet, Thailand

Siddharth BehlIndia

Alexandre Chaplier, Morocco

Komutkul Krongpon

Ralf Salewski, Germany

Paweł Piotrowski, Poland

Kabir Md Enamul

Sam Rodgers, United Kingdom

Michal Josephy, Czech Republic

Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet, Thailand

Hansa Tangmanpoowadol, Thailand

Lin Nancy

Paweł Piotrowski, Poland

Leung Ricardo

Saumalya Ghosh, India

Michal Pachniewski, China

Chase Jarvis once famously said, “The best camera is the one you have with you.” These photos were all captured by phones or tablets. The ubiquity and ever-increasing image quality of camera phones makes them attractive tools for street photographers. Mobile photography has brought legions of new artists into the fold, and even dedicated Leica shooters are branching out and making interesting work with their phones.

Contest judges: Siri Thompson, Alexander Petrosyan, Aaron Berger

Winners and runners-up were announced at our awards ceremony on June 10.

1st Place: Faruque Islam, Bangladesh

2nd Place: Daniel Huete, United States

3rd Place: Tavepong Pratoomwong, Thailand

Finalists

Faruque Islam, Bangladesh

Daniel Huete, United States

Tomasz Margol, Poland

Zahir Abbas, India

Pavel Kurka, Czechia

Zahir Abbas, India

Jose Luis Barcia Fernandez, Spain

Tavepong Pratoomwong, Thailand

Jose Luis Barcia Fernandez, Spain

Sesh Sareday, United States

Alexander Munoz, Norway

Oleksii Khmara, Ukraine

Riccardo Comi, Switzerland

Andriy Bulay, Ukraine

Francesco Sembolini, Italy

Dino Jaserovic, Italy

John Hernandez, United States

Muhammad Imam Hasan, Bangladesh

Faruque Islam, Bangladesh

Roland Smith, Australia

Muhammad Imam Hasan, Bangladesh

Muhammad Imam Hasan, Bangladesh

This year, StreetFoto sought to highlight the best local street photography by adding a contest for work made within our fair city. This contest was a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk Photo Center gallery lighting project.

Contest judges: Judy Walgren, Joe Aguirre, Steven Bollman, Stephen McLaren

Winners and runners-up were announced at our awards ceremony on June 10.

1st Place: Kevin Weinstein, United States

2nd Place: Eduardo Soler, United States

3rd Place: Roy Dybuncio, United States

Finalists

William Dauel, United States

Stan Banos, United States

Angelo Partemi, United States

CJ Lucero, United States

James Watkins, United States

Juanjo Ruiz, Spain

Denis Lincoln, United States

Marcel Pawlowski, United States

Howard Larsen, United States

Roy DyBuncio, United States

Cedric Roux, France

Thomas Hackenberg, Germany

Melissa Breyer, United States

Amy Osborne, United States

Kevin Weinstein, United States

Krampis Konstantinos, United States

Kevin Weinstein, United States

Kevin Weinstein, United States

Amy Osborn, United States

Pete Rosos, United States

Eduardo Soler, United States

RE Casper, United States