Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest, UNESCO, Paris, France. Deadline: 30 June 2026.
UNESCO invites young people from around the world, aged 14 to 25, to pick up their cameras and send their best photos to the 8th edition of Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads International Photo Contest.
This contest is organized within the framework of UNESCO’s Silk Roads Programme, and promotes photography as a powerful medium to encourage cultural exchange, foster mutual understanding, and promote peace among communities across the Silk Roads regions.
For this 2026 edition, under the theme Living Heritage along the Silk Roads, young photographers are invited to capture how traditions, cultural expressions, and ritual practices reflect the interconnected histories of peoples across these regions.
The book documenting the best photos from the 6th edition of this event has now been released, and is available for free.
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