Firestorms, county fairs and chimp hospitals: winners of the All About Photo awards 2025
Mishler took this image for the Alaska State Fair marketing department, documenting singular moments that define the rural, smalltown aspect of life in the state's Matanuska-Susitna Valley.
Walker describes this shot, taken in 2015 at the last officially permitted Pride parade in Istanbul, as a tense and surreal experience. His focus is on a woman walking calmly in front of a line of riot police, her attitude part defiance and part performance.
This self-portrait of the photographer crying in the shower explores who she is and where she is meant to be.
Yan captures the moment that a bather photobombs a girl's selfie in a bath house.
Leo, a 17-year-old 59.6kg male, is examined at Fort Pierce, Florida, at Save the Chimps – the largest privately funded chimpanzee sanctuary in the world. Its mission is to provide a safe haven to captive chimps that have been exploited by humans for research, testing and entertainment in the US.
Part of a series that delves deeper into the start of demonstrations in Tbilisi, Georgia, this shot captures an intimate moment between protesters seemingly uninterested in this pivotal moment in the country's history.
Men and water buffaloes share the warmth of the Budaklı hot springs in Bitlis, escaping the cold of south-eastern Turkey's winter.
A close-up capturing the elegance and rawness of age, with vivid red nails holding a lit cigarette against a bold background. The textured skin and swirling smoke evoke a sense of character and timeless allure.
As flames consume the business district and neighbourhoods of Altadena, California, in 2025, reducing them to ruins in one of the most devastating urban firestorms in history, an eerie sense of calm settles over those who have stayed behind. A solitary onlooker watches a house burn.
Women attend makeup classes in a secret workshop in Kabul. This is part of a series that shows acts of resilience and resistance after the Taliban restricted women's access to education, employment and public places.
One of a series that examines the emotional attachment between individuals and their synthetic partners, this depicts Karsten and Anastasia. He says: 'Anastasia has lived with me for three years. I am 36 and have never been in a relationship. Often I felt lonely as my family lives far away, so I decided to get a love doll for physical closeness and companionship.'
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