© Lance Padiernos – Philippines
2020 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Submission
© Kevin Ochieng Onyango – Kenya
2020 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Submission
Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative created with global partner United Nations Human Rights, that calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the fight for climate justice. Highlighting the most compelling imagery — illustrating courage, despair, hope, injustice, compassion, human rights failures or victories in ways small and large — the images serve to inspire people to personally get involved and to take a stand for human rights.
Photography 4 Humanity is the photography platform for the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance. Since the Global Climate Alliance was lunched at COP26 in Glasgow by United Nations Human Rights, and supporters that included Leonardo DiCaprio and Quincy Jones, it has emerged as the largest climate justice movement in the world.
Title: Ambalakondro, Devastated by Cyclone Freddy
Description: “In the village of Ambalakondro, Cyclone Freddy devastated 90% of the homes, leaving these residents to take refuge beneath a fragment of their roof.”
Location: Mananjary, Madagascar
© Emeke Obanor – Nigeria
2020 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Top 10 Finalist
At the core of the initiative, is a global call to action for amateur and professional photographers alike to submit images for an annual competition promoting climate justice, where the winning entry will receive the Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize and $5,000 USD.
In 2024, the Global Prize Recipient, alongside the top 10 Finalists and 20 Honorable Mentions, have their photographs showcased at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on December 10th - UN Human Rights Day. These extraordinary works are also featured globally online at UN.org.
The 2025 Photography 4 Humanity global completion is now open for submissions.
Bearing witness to the profound human cost of the climate crisis, Fotografiska will present a moving Photography 4 Humanity climate justice exhibition at the historic Westin Library at Oxford, as part of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit—hosted by United Nations Human Rights and the University of Oxford, June 4–7, 2025. A companion digital exhibition will be launched globally on the UN Human Rights website, extending the reach of these vital stories to audiences around the world.