Spectacular Award-Winning Portraits from the 2025 AAP Magazine Awards

1st Place Winner: “That Place He Goes” by Carole Mills Noronha (Australia)

The 2025 AAP Magazine Awards spotlight stirring portraits that delve into the emotional complexity and visual richness of the human experience.

Marking the publication’s 48th issue devoted entirely to portraiture, this edition celebrates photography’s ability to capture deep connections in a single frame. Selected from a global pool of talent, the winning images range from spontaneous street moments to carefully crafted studio scenes, each revealing raw emotion and storytelling finesse. Far more than visual representation, these portraits express shared humanity and challenge conventional ideas of what portraiture can achieve today.

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2nd Place Winner: “Retaguardia” by Jesús Umbría Brito (Spain)

3rd Place Winner: “Wet Plate Collodion Portraits” by Paul Adams (United States)

“Frank at Grandmother’s Home” by Bob Stevens (United States)

“Olivia with Leaf” by Les Schmidt (United States)

“In Between Worlds” by Han Yang (China)

“All that Remains” by Nico Froehlich (United Kingdom)

“Koda” by Patrick Enssle (Germany)

“Collar City, a Portrait of Troy, New York” by Susan Anthony (United States)

“Abandoned elderly” by Michele Zousmer (United States)

“Echoes of Guerewol” by Raul Cacho Oses (Spain)

“The Unforgotten” by Michael Knapstein (United States)

“Echoes” by Lukasz Spychala (Poland)

“The Children of Mozambique Island” by Jelisa Peterson (United States)

“Salon Studie’s” by Pamela Connolly (United States)

“100 Years & 3 Weeks” by Brian Cassey (United Kingdom)

“Love Your Neighbor” by Randy Bacon (United States)

“Couple. BanHo, Vietnam” by Ron Cooper (United States)

“Lois & Carey” by Rona Bar and Ofek Avshalom (Israel)

“La Danse des Lumières” by Olivia Mazzola (Italy)

“Love’s Language” by Yixu Wang (China)

“A Portrait Series” by Migle Golubickaite (Lithuania)