2025 Joop Swart Masterclass Nominees

Over 200 photographers were nominated for the 2025 Joop Swart Masterclass

We are proud to present the nominees for the 2025 Joop Swart Masterclass, selected by an international panel of nominators:
 
Abhi Chinniah, New Zealand
Adam Rouhana, Palestine/United States
Adra Pallon, Spain
Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, Venezuela
Ahmed Khirelsid, Sudan
Ahmed Qabel, Egypt
Alaa Al Sukhni, Jordan
Alejandra Rajal, Mexico
Aleruchi Kinika, Nigeria
Amanuel Seleshi, Ethiopia
Ameen Abo Kaseem, Syria
Amera Elnaal, Libya
Amin Yousefi, Iran
Amina Kadous, Egypt
Ana María Arévalo Gosen, Venezuela
Ana Palacios, Spain
Anas Ouaziz, Morocco
András Zoltai, Hungary
Andrea Hernández Briceño, Venezuela
Andrés Pérez, Venezuela
Andy Rasoloharivony, Madagascar
Angela Ponce, Peru
Annie Sakkab, Palestine/Jordan/Canada
Ashkan Shabani, Germany/Iran
Athikhom Saengchai, Thailand
Aung Naing Tun Hein, Myanmar
Auntony Zinyange, Zimbabwe
Badru Katumba, Uganda
Bardia Kabiri-far, Iran
Bauyrzhan Sabit, Kazakhstan
Berta Vicente Salas, Spain
Brian Otieno, Kenya
Brooklynn Kascell, United States
Caio Aguiar, Brazil
Carlos Alberto Barrera Herrera, El Salvador
Celia Bougdal, Algeria
Charlotte Yonga, France/Cameroon
Chiara Wettmann, Germany
Chidinma Nnorom, Nigeria
Choulay Mech, Cambodia
Christina Assi, Lebanon
Christian Falck Wolff, Denmark
Connie France Calderon, Peru
Dan Agostini, Brazil
Daniel Ceng, Hong Kong
​​Daniel Chatard, Germany
Daniel Okon, Nigeria
David Lombeida, Ecuador/United States
David Patricio Diaz Arcos, Ecuador
Davit Nersisyan, Armenia
Dawali-David Exodus Boman, Nigeria
Diana Takacsova, Slovakia
Eli Farinango, Canada/Ecuador
Emma Francis, United States
​​Emre Baykal, Turkey
Esther N’sapu, Congo
Eyad Abou Kasem, Syria
Fabiola Cebillo, Ecuador
Fares Zaitoon, Egypt
Farhana Satu, Bangladesh
Fatima Joumaa, Lebanon                                                                                                                                                                      Fatima Shbair, Palestine
Fatma Fahmy Abd Al-Aziz Fahmy, Egypt
Florence Goupil, Peru/France
Francisco Proner, Brazil
Gabriel Ferneini, Lebanon
Gabriela Bhaskar, United States
Gabriela Borjas Oráa, Venezuela
Gabriela Portilho, Brazil
Gayatri Ganju, India
Ghaith Al Sayed, Egypt 
Geremew Tigabu, Ethiopia
Guerchom Ndebo, Congo
Hailey Griffith Sadler, United States
Hamed Barchian, Iran
Hana Gamal, Egypt
Haneen Alkareem, Iraq
Henry J Kamara, Sierra-Leone
Hilary Swift, United States
Ifebusola Shotunde, Nigeria
Imane Djamil, Morocco
Ingmar Björn Nolting, Germany
Issam Larkat, Algeria
Iva Siddash, Ukraine
Jair Fernando Coll Rubiano, Colombia
Jaqueline Larsen, Argentina
Jelle Krings, Netherlands
Jessica Xiomara Orellana Ventura, El Salvador
Joel Jimenez, Costa Rica
Johanna-Maria Fritz, Germany
Juliana Gomez, Colombia
Karrar Nasser, Iraq
Khashayar Javanmardi, Iran
Kianoush Saadati, Iran
Koral Carballo, Mexico
Lara Aburamadan, Palestine
Laura Menassa, Lebanon
Leila Bakouche, Algeria
Lina Geoushy, Egypt
Lisa Marie David, Philippines
Luis Antonio Rojas Rubalcava, Mexico
Louisa Ben, France/Morocco
Lys Arango, Spain
Maen Hammad, Palestine
Mahdi Barchian, Iran
Monon Muntaka, Bangladesh
Manuel Bayo Gisbert, Mexico
María Andrea Parra, Colombia
Maria Gutu, Moldavia
Maria Høy Hansen, Denmark
María Magdalena Arréllaga, Paraguay
Mario Heller, Switzerland
Martin San Diego, Philippines
Martin Zinggl, Austria
Maryam Wahid, United Kingdom
Maryam Wahid, United Kingdom
Mashruk Ahmed, Bangladesh
Masoumeh Bahrami, Iran
Mayco Naing, Myanmar
Md Masood Sarwer, Indian
Mehmet Aslan, Turkey
Melissa Carnemolla, Italy
Metche Jaafar, Sudan
Michael Tsegaye, Ethiopia
Michaela Skovranova, Australia
Michelle Gachet, Ecuador
Mihaela Aroyo, Bulgaria
Min Ma Naing, Myanmar/Germany 
Minik Bidstru, Greenland
Misper Apawu, Ghana
Mohamed Hassan, Egypt/Ireland
Mohammad Jaafer, Sudan 
Mohammed Nammoor, Syria
Motaz Azaiza, Palestine
Motonari Tagawa, Japan
Mykhaylo Palinchak, Ukraine
Nabil Harb, Palestine/United States
Nada Harib, Libya
Nader Bahsoun, Lebanon
Natalia Favre, Argentina
Natalia Roca, Argentina
Natthaya Thaidecha, Thailand
Nayeli Cruz Bonilla, Mexico
Nguyen Thanh Hue, Vietnam
Nhàn Tran, Vietnam
Nidal Rohmi, Palestine
Nipah Dennis, Ghana
Nitashia Johnson, United States
Nobuo Fujiwara, Japan
Nur Aishah Abdullah Farid Kenton, United Kingdom/Singapore
Nyancho NwaNri, Nigeria/Gambia
Oksana Parafeniuk, Ukraine
Parisa Azadi, Iran/Canada
Peter Pflügler, Austria
Phuong Nguyen Le, Vietnam
Prin Rodriguez, Peru
Raghed Waked, Lebanon
Raisan Hameed, Iraq/Germany
Ranita Roy, India
Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
Reyhan Mente, Turkey
Riska Munawarah, Indonesia
River Claure, Bolivia
Roban Wang, China
Roger Anis, Egypt
Saba Adnan Kareem, Iraq
Sadiq Al-Harasi, Yemen
Saheer Alghorra, Palestine
Sakir Khader, Palestine/Netherlands
Salih Basheer, Sudan
Samagra Shah, Nepal 
Sandipa Malakar, India
Santanu Dey, India
Santiago Mesa, Colombia
Sara Abbaspour, Iran
Sara Aliaga Ticona, Bolivia
Sara Kontar, Syria
Sara Younes, Egypt
Sarah Pabst, Germany
Sayan Hazra, India
Segolene Ragu, France/Lebanon
Seyed Madyar Shojaeifar, Iran
Shaima Al Tamimi, Yemen
Shirin Abedi, Germany/Iran
Shubhadeep Mukherjee, India
Sina Shiri, Iran
Skander Khlif, Tunisian
Sridhar Balasubramaniyam, India
Sumi Anjuman, Bangladesh
Tailyr Irvine, United States
Taiwo Aina, Nigeria
Tasuku David Kido, Japan
Tatiana López, Ecuador
Terence Bikoumou, France
Thero Makepe, Botswana/South Africa
Tina Hsu, Taiwan/South Africa
Tran Thai-Khuong, Vietnam
Umberto Diecinove, Italy
Valeria Luongo, Italy
Vanessa Charlot, Haiti/United States
Víctor Zea Díaz, Peru
Wang Yan Ning Bertha, Chinese/Hong Kong
Woosler Delisfort, Haiti/United States
Ximena Natera, Mexico
Xoliswa Ngwenya, South Africa 
Yamam Al Shaar, Syria
Yassine El Attar, Morocco
Yuki Toyoda, Japan
Zohreh Sabagh, Iran