Best Maternity Photo

Best Maternity Photo

Honouring new beginnings. This category celebrates photographers who capture life’s most tender, vulnerable chapter. Maternity imagery spans creative to intimate, adventurous to raw. Enter your finest work celebrating expectant parents and the beautiful anticipation of motherhood.

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    • Total

    • Entry Cost

      The fee is €6 + VAT for each image you enter, with no maximum entry limit.

    • Subject Matter

      Within the frame must be a pregnant person. The person can be alone or with others, but the core focus of the frame is the pregnancy.

    • Timing

      The maternity photo can be taken anytime in 2025 – it does not need to be taken on a wedding day.

    • Contest Aims

      The spirit of this contest is to celebrate maternity photography. Use your judgment to evaluate if the photo you are submitting falls into that category as defined by containing a pregnant person in the frame.

    • International Eligibility

      The contest is open to international participants.

    • Submission Deadline

      Make sure to submit your entries by January 10th, 2026.

    • Judging Process

      The panel of judges from Imagen rank every photo entered on a scale. Entries are then tabulated and the highest ranking photos are the winners.

    • Winners Announcement

      Ten winning entries will be announced live at Way Up North in Vienna on May 5+6, 2026.

    • What are the technical requirements for my images?

      Images must be JPG format, 1500 pixels on the longest side, 72 dpi resolution, and watermark-free.