UNESCO offers international youth photo contest 2025
Submission deadline 20 July 2025
Young photographers worldwide, 14 to 25, are eligible for a photo competition.
UNESCO is offering its annual “Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads” International Photo Contest. This is an exciting opportunity for young people to capture their understanding of the shared heritage of the Silk Roads through the lens of their camera.
The Silk Roads are an expansive region composed of a network of maritime and land routes. See the map here (https://lnkd.in/gYKnT4HA).
The contest has two age categories: 14 to 17-year-olds and 18 to 25-year-olds. Participants are invited to submit their photographs that best encapsulate the shared heritage of the Silk Roads, the theme of “Women, Guardians of Silk Roads Heritage.”
First, second and third place winners will receive cameras.
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The annual “Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads” International Photo Contest offers an exciting opportunity for young people from all over the world to capture their understanding of the shared heritage of the Silk Roads through the lens of their camera. As the visual arts, and in particular photography, are so often used by today’s youth as a powerful tool for communication and self-expression, images have the potential to play a significant role in raising awareness of the key issues facing our contemporary world and help promote peace and understanding. The photo contest provides an opportunity for young people to connect with one another in a digital space and share their creativity and vision for our future.
Organized within the framework of the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme of UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector, the 2025 edition of the Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest is open for entries from 26 May to 20 July 2025.
The Silk Roads are an expansive region composed of a network of maritime and land routes. Originating in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia the Silk Roads cross the Central Asian sub-continent, the Russian steppe, the Iranian and Anatolian plateaus, and the Arabian Peninsula. They also stretch through North Africa and Northeast Africa, from Tanzania to Morocco. Additionally, they pass through Eastern and Southern Europe, before reaching France and the Iberian Peninsula. Please see the map here
