OpenWalls Spotlight 2025 Winners

British Journal of Photography, in partnership with WePresent and Galerie Huit Arles, is proud to announce the winners of OpenWalls Spotlight 2025.

Now in its fifth edition, OpenWalls is an international photography award designed to elevate the work of emerging and established photographers by exhibiting it in the historic setting of Galerie Huit Arles, alongside Les Rencontres d’Arles – one of the world’s leading photography festivals.

This year’s theme, Traditions in Transition, invited photographers to reflect on how cultural rituals, identities and heritage shift across time, space and generations. From reinterpretations of mythology to contemporary expressions of family, belief and belonging, the selected works explore how tradition is carried, adapted and reimagined.

The 2025 winners include one outstanding series and four single images, which will be exhibited at Galerie Huit Arles from 7 July 2025.