Providing a platform for photography students worldwide. Prizes include top Sony Digital Imaging equipment, inclusion in the London exhibition and the annual book - plus more!

• Free to enter for anyone aged from 18 to 30 years-old undertaking a photography programme*
• Students answer a set brief with 5 to 10 images
• Up to 10 shortlisted photographers
• One overall winner receives the Student Competition Winner title
• Deadline for entries is 27 November 2026 at 16:00 (GMT)

2027 Student Brief: Journeys

Journeys are a universal theme across cultures and languages, and can take many shapes. They have been explored in countless works of art, fiction and non-fiction, and in photography. For this year’s brief, we invite students to explore the theme of Journeys from their own perspective.

Considering the idea of journeys in its broadest sense, we encourage you to interpret this theme in a way that feels meaningful to you. From the rites of passage that shape a child’s coming of age, to the transformations that shape our cities, to the small, day-to-day changes within a particular community, to migrations of animals across continents, life across the globe is marked by movement and change.

We invite you to depict a journey of your choice through a photographic series of five to 10 images.

Your images can be taken on any device, shot in any style, and approached from any angle you feel is best. While creative responses are encouraged, photographers must stick to the brief.

Receive Sony Digital Imaging equipment.