The race started at Place des Vosges under a cloudless sky. Four themes through the Marais, Bercy, and the Seine.
The race took place on 5 April 2025 with exceptional weather: not a single cloud in sight, a bright blue sky, almost summer-like temperatures with a light breeze. Racers started at Place des Vosges, Paris's oldest square. The event coincided with UPR's 15th-anniversary celebration.
Participants navigated Paris's arrondissements visiting Station F (a converted 1920s railway building, now a startup campus), the Seine riverside, and Ground Control (a former postal sorting hall converted into a hybrid cultural space).
The series
Nicolas Morais
1st place
Four-legged companions
Theme 1
Time for a break
Theme 2
Seen through
Theme 3
Transportation
Theme 4 · Best Theme
Elisabeth Euvrard
2nd place
Four-legged companions
Theme 1
Time for a break
Theme 2 · Best Theme · Jury favourite
Seen through
Theme 3
Transportation
Theme 4
Clara Serena Morales
3rd place
Four-legged companions
Theme 1
Time for a break
Theme 2
Seen through
Theme 3
Transportation
Theme 4
Benedicte Lejeune
Seen through
Theme 3 · Best Theme · Jury favourite
Florence Vahl
Four-legged companions
Theme 1 · Best Theme
Marie Laure Laherre
Time for a break
Theme 2
Three photographers judged every series.
Maria Mosconi
Denis Meyer
Philippe Blayo
What the winners take home, announced with the results.
Best Photographer
- 1st placeAwarded
- 2nd placeAwarded
- 3rd placeAwarded
Theme winners (4)
- Each themeTheme winners (4)Complices à 4 pattes · Florence Vahl. Moment de pause · Elisabeth Euvrard & Marie Laure Laherre. À travers · Bénédicte Lejeune. Transport · Nicolas Morais.
Jury's Favourites (3)
- 1 winnerJury's Favourites (3)Bénédicte Lejeune · selected by Maria Mosconi. Elisabeth Euvrard · selected by Denis Meyer. Fernando Coelho · selected by Philippe Blayo.