Observation, storytelling, urban vision. Four prompts: Looking Up, Figures in the Chaos, Self-Indulging Reflections, Virtuous or Vicious.
On 13 September 2025, the annual Urban Photo Race took place in Amsterdam. A full-day creative challenge that celebrates observation, storytelling, and urban vision.
"Looking Up" required photographers to notice beauty above eye level, breaking from familiar perspectives. "Figures in the Chaos" captured human presence within urban motion. "Self-Indulging Reflections" explored mirrored surfaces and introspective imagery. "Virtuous or Vicious" provoked moral and visual contrasts in storytelling.
Creativity thrives under constraint, when time is short, light is fleeting, and inspiration hides in plain sight.
The series
Niels van de Laar
1st place
Looking Up
Theme 1
Figures in the Chaos
Theme 2
Self indulging reflections
Theme 3
Virtuous or vicious
Theme 4
Marco Bollaart
2nd place
Looking Up
Theme 1
Figures in the Chaos
Theme 2 · Jury favourite
Self indulging reflections
Theme 3
Virtuous or vicious
Theme 4
Anna Linmans
3rd place
Looking Up
Theme 1
Figures in the Chaos
Theme 2
Self indulging reflections
Theme 3
Virtuous or vicious
Theme 4
Bram Bussink
Self indulging reflections
Theme 3 · Best Theme
Daniel Portier
Virtuous or vicious
Theme 4 · Best Theme
Edwin Kommerkamp
Figures in the Chaos
Theme 2 · Best Theme
Rini Braber
Looking Up
Theme 1 · Best Theme
What the winners take home, announced with the results.
Best Photographer
- 1st placeAwarded
- 2nd placeAwarded
- 3rd placeAwarded
Theme winners (4)
- Each themeTheme winners (4)Looking Up · Rini Braber. Figures in the Chaos · Edwin Kommerkamp. Self-Indulging Reflections · Bram Bussink. Virtuous or Vicious · Daniel Portier.
Jury's Favourite (unanimous)
- 1 winnerJury's Favourite (unanimous)Marco Bollaart · Self-Indulging Reflections. Selected unanimously by all jurors.