With great excitement, we present the winners of the 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards, supported by Format! This year our open call for submissions drew an extraordinary response, making the selection process extremely challenging but also immensely satisfying. Thank you to every single person who submitted work—your talent and creativity continue to delight and inspire us every year.

It is our honour to announce the five winners, each representing a distinct category: PORTRAIT, NATURE, COLOUR, STREET, FASHION. Each winner is awarded a $1,000 USD cash prize, editorial and social coverage, as well as a feature interview in our print publication, a $500 KEH giftcard, and their choice of WANDRD product.

In addition to the five winners, we’ve included 20 shortlisted photographers (four from each category) whose work will be showcased in the publication as well. We’re also sharing the names of an additional 150 photographers who were on our longlist. Ultimately the winners, shortlist, and longlist represent an extremely small portion of the work we received this year.

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Stay tuned for interviews with each of the winners, where they’ll share the stories behind their winning images. Here are the distinguished winners and exceptionally talented runners-up of the 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards.

THE WINNERS

WINNER: 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards “PORTRAIT”

Alex Bex is a French-Texan photographer based in Berlin. His current post-documentary work explores the impact of popular visual media on traditional representations, particularly the subject of masculinity and its social construction.

WINNER: 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards “COLOUR”

Megan Eagles is a self-taught photographer based in Camberwell, London with her family, a cat and 7 chickens. Shooting on film with natural light, she describes her work as “people-focused stories with a documentary slant”.

WINNER: 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards “FASHION”

Asafe Ghalib was born in Nilopolis, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, and has been based in London since 2013. They work primarily with the medium of photography in collaboration with the LGBTQIA+ community. As a self-taught artist, Ghalib has been exploring their own identity and relationship to the environment they inhabit, exploring photography as a way of survival and an opportunity to tell stories that are being neglected.

WINNER: 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards “NATURE”

Grant Harder lives in Vancouver with his wife and two kids. Whether he’s photographing people or places his desire is to capture an honest image (as honest as a photo can be), and it’s clear he has a deep appreciation for nature.

WINNER: 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards “STREET”

Ernesto Cabral de Luna is a Mexican lens-based artist working in Toronto. Drawing from his immigrant experience, his work explores themes of identity and representation, as well as the relationship between memory, dislocation, and displacement.

2024 Booooooom Photo Awards Shortlist

(20 Photographers)

2024 Booooooom Photo Awards Longlist

(150 Photographers)

Aaron Agosto, Aaron Mason, Adaeze Ihebom, Adali Schell, Aggelos Barai, Ahmed Gaber, Alan Leder, Alana Paterson, Alec Castillo, Aleksandra Ermolaeva, Alessandro Zenok Lombardo, Alizabeth Bean, Alper Goldenberg, Ana Joaquina Muñoz, Andrew Pustay, Angela Lewis, Anna Cruz, Anna Cuesta, Anton Brink, Ashraful Arefin, Ben Hubert, Benjamin Eagle, Bettina Brunswig, Billy Henry, Blake Burton, Brandon Holland, Brendan Stade, Catherine Canac-Marquis, Cécile André, Charlotte Gamus, Charlotte Yonga, Cheng Gong, Chris Meixner, Christian Lee, Christine Kemp, Christopher Marrs, Clarice Sequeira, Connor Reeves, Conor Gault, Constance Jaeggi O’Connor, Cristina Santa Quiteria, Dana De Coursey, Dana Stirling, Daniel Wexel, Dante Velasquez Jr., David Catalano, Denis Gutierrez-Ogrinc, Derek Wilson, Diego Contreras, Donavon Smallwood, Dustin Miller, Ed Phillips, Eduan Groenewald, Embry Lopez, Emilie Kothuis, Eric Davidove, Evaan, Faith Couch, Filip Koludrovic, Finn Evans, Finn O’Hara, Francesco Brigida, Francesco Gioia, Gene Smirnov, Ghawam Kouchaki, Gia Hunter Leigh, Gopi Vadsak, Helder Luis, Istiyak Ahamed Srabon, Jack Sorokin, Jacobi Hoff, Jagoda Lasota, Jakub Cervenka, Jamal Barnes, Jamil Fatti, Javier E. Piñero, Jesús Umbría Brito, Joaquín Pastor Genzor, Joe Magowan, John Boaz, John-Alex Second, Johnny Fonseca, Joselito Verschaeve, Joseph Horton, Juniper K., Kannetha Brown, Katherine Sheehan, Kathryn Huang, Kelly Conlin, Kennedi Carter, Kitt Woodland, Kristiana Kumpunen, Kristina Dittmar, Larsen Sotelo, Lauren Withrow, Levi Goldbaum, Liliet Rosa Reyes Oliva, Lilla Lin, Lucas Otieno, Luuk van Raamsdonk, Marc Alexander Shelly, Maria Fernanda Perez, Mark Griffiths, Mary Kang, Matt Shaw, Matteo Strassera, Miki Frances Sankhara, Miriam Strong, Mouli Paul, Natalia Ribeiro, Nathanael Fournier, Neil DaCosta, Nicole Langen, Nikola Blagojevic, Nyo Jinyong Lian, Patrick Resuello, Polly Rusyn, Race Dillon, Rachel Cox, Rajesh Dhar, Ran Bjargar, Raphael Ferraz, Rich Dachtera, Rich Odam, Rikke Kjær Kjeldsen, Roberto Braga, Roger Erickson, Ross Gerhold, Sabrina Charehbili, Samantha Fandino, Sarah Bodri, Shamani Surendran, Sindre Deschington, Sofía Rondón, Stacy-Ann Ellis, Steffi Fernandez, Sumiyo Fukubayashi, Suniko Bazargarid, Tania Shcheglova, Theo Gosselin, Thomas Dylewski, Tobias Nicolai, Tom Ringsby, Troy Colby, Ufuk Turpcan, Varoujan Hagopian, Vishal Marapon, Wendy Symons, Yi Woosun, Yukai Chen