20 best works from the LensCulture 2018 Street Photography Contest

The international jury of the LensCulture Street Photography Awards photo contest has selected the winners of 2018. This time, contestants from 170 countries sent their works to LensCulture magazine. This is a record number compared to the past years, and it is not surprising — the last decade has been marked by an explosion in the popularity of street photography.

The organizers of the photo contest tried to select among the best those shots that reflect the most interesting approach to modern street photography. The judges announced 39 finalists, winners in the categories "Photo Series" and "Single Image", and also noted some works as "jury's choice". Winners and prize-winners in the categories "One photo" and "Series" will receive awards from one to five thousand dollars. Eight more authors were awarded special prizes of one thousand dollars.

We invite you to get acquainted with the twenty best works of the competition, which can be called masterpieces of the genre of street photography.

Source: LensCulture 2018

1st place in the category "Photo Series", a picture from the series "Migrating heroes". Photographer: Sovraf Das.

2nd place in the category "Photo Series", a picture from the series "In pursuit of yourself". Photographer: Ilker Karaman.

3rd place in the category "Photo series", a picture from the series "Gaps". Photographer: Coco Laney.

1st place in the category "Single image". Beach scene, Chaung Tha, Myanmar. Photographer: Maciej Dakovic.

2nd place in the category "Single image". From the "Stream of the Spirit". Photographer: Barry Talis.

3rd place in the category "Single image". "The suspended pig." Photographer: Jingsheng Nye.

Jury selection. "In the world of unicorns." Photographer: Nicky Gleodi.

Jury selection. Calzadau, Curitiba, Brazil. Photographer: Guilherme Pupo.

Finalist. From the series "Still Cinema". Photographer: Ulf Lundin.

Finalist. "Madam." Photographer: Seth Adrian.

Finalist. "Reader". Photographer: Leo Pierre.

Finalist. From the series "Lovely portraits of Havana". Photographer: Wim De Schampelare.

Finalist. From the series "Already, but not quite". Photographer: Jordi Barreras.

Finalist. "Streets of India". Photographer: Aniket Mazumder.

Finalist. "Migration". Migrants travel through Agades in Niger. Photographer: Harald Mandt.

Finalist. From the series "Amusement park Employee". Photographer: William Bullard.

Finalist. From the series "Who's driving in Tokyo?". Photographer: Oleg Tolstoy.

Finalist. "The hand." Photographer: Rocco Scattino.

Jury selection. From the series "Ambiguous moments". Modern Hamburg. Photographer: Anais Perry.

Finalist. "Ascent to heaven". Photographer: Jose Luis Nieto.