Call for entries Pink Ribbon Photo Award - Esthée Lauder Compagnies

Launched in 2012 to pay tribute to Evelyn H. Lauder, businesswoman and anti-cancer activist who died in 2011, the Pink Ribbon Photo Award aims to raise awareness of breast cancer screening.

The 14th edition will be based on the theme of "Closer to the Heart", to highlight the plurality of stories surrounding the disease. All styles are accepted (staging, photojournalism, studio, natural setting, documentary photography, color or black and white... ).

The competition is open to professional, amateur and student photographers until August 20, 2025.

A Jury made up of photo professionals and personalities committed to the fight against breast cancer will determine the finalists of the competition, and the winners of the Grand Prize and the two Accessory Prizes.

The finalists will then be put to the public vote organized by the Téva channel from October 1 to 15, 2025 to choose the Prix du Public Téva.

Polka Magazine also organizes an annual Carte Blanche Instagram, with a choice of 15 finalist photos.

The winners will be announced and the prizes awarded at the 2025 edition of Paris Photo in November 2025.

Prizes include:

• For the Grand Prize: an article in one or more national magazines, including Marie Claire magazine and the Polka website, a Fujifilm X-T5 Kit 16-80mm camera, a one-year subscription to Polka Magazine and Marie Claire, a personalized sessione with an expert photographer atAtelier Picto Bastille, an art print of the photograph made by the Picto laboratory, anda credit worth 300 euros on the Picto Online website.
• For the Prix Accessits: acamera, a one-year subscription to Polka Magazine and Marie Claire, , a credit worth 300 euros on the Picto Online website, and an art print of their photograph, made by the Picto laboratory.
• For non-winning finalists: a 100-euro credit on the Picto Online website.
  
  

Winners and finalists will also each receive an invitation to the opening of the exhibition to be held at Galerie Polka in November 2025.