Art & Culture
Winners of the Thames Lens 2025 competition announced
Thames Festival Trust in partnership with the Port of London Authority have announced the winning Thames Lens 2025 photos.
Between June 2024 and the end of January 2025, Thames Festival Trust received 487 entries for the Thames Lens 2025 competition. They asked photographers to respond to the themes: ‘River City’, ‘River of Life’, ‘River People’, ‘Working River’, and ‘Illuminated River & The Public’, resulting in wonderful reflections of individuals’ personal relationships with the Thames.
The winners in the five categories were judged by representatives from Thames Festival Trust, the Port of London Authority and the Illuminated River Foundation.
Thames Festival Trust Director Adrian Evans comments, "Judging the Thames Lens photography competition is an annual highlight. Congratulations to all the winners because this year the quality of submissions was excellent. Perhaps this is down to the Thames’ power to inspire, something it has been doing for thousands of years. What an amazing river!
Port of London Authority's Director of Corporate Affairs, Siân Foster comments, "The images of the tidal Thames captured by this year's photographers present such interesting and engaging perspectives on the river we love, and I'm delighted to see entries from younger people this year as well. On behalf of my colleagues from the Port of London Authority, congratulations to all of the winners!
Illuminated River Foundation Director Sarah Gaventa comments, "The Thames has inspired countless generations of artists, from painters to poets, and more recently photographers. It's no surprise our river appeals to so many creatives - it is the heart of the city, and is flanked and crossed by many architectural landmarks. It can evoke memories, create moments of respite and contemplation and is as majestic in the daytime as it is striking at night. It has been a pleasure to judge the entries to the Thames Lens 2025 award categories. I am grateful to all who entered and shared their impressions of the Thames with us.
The winning entries:
- Thames Lens & Totally Thames Overall Winner: The Boy and the River – Lichena Bertinato.
- Thames Lens & Port of London Authority Overall Winner: Love Flows Like Thames Resistance by Kristjan Volt
- Thames Lens Winners River City Winner: Sunset Vibe by Lukasz Owsieniecki; Runner up: Morning Commute Crossing London Bridge by Toby Gilham
- River of Life Winner: Feeding the Gulls by Cam Crosland; Runner up: Grace In the Morning Glow by Andrew Tierney Rive
- People Winner: The Boy and the River by Lichena Bertinato (Totally Thames Overall Winner). Runner up: Greta's Skipper Steve navigates past the Thames; Maunsell Forts by David Stearne
- Working River Winner: Heavy Load by Simon Pettman; Runner up: Water Salute by George Greer
- Illuminated River Winner: First of Many Sunsets by Subhajit Ghosh; Runner up: Love Flows Like Thames by Kristjan Volt (PLA Overall winner)
- Student Winner: Shadows on the Tides' by Martha L. Férez Blando; Runner up: The Arc of Elegance by Babs Gorniak
- Under 25’s Winner: Two Towers by Tilly Prosper; Runner up: St Paul’s by Haoyue Che Notes to Editors Title Thames Lens 2025
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