World Press Photo 2025

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The World Press Photo 2025

Montreal 18th Edition

August 27 - October 13, 2025

At Marché Bonsecours

The World Press Photo Exibition is an annual flagship event in the Montreal’s fall cultural calendar. As in the past, it is  presented at the Bonsecours Market in the Montreal's Old port. Over 65,000 people attend this large-scale international exhibition, which has been organized by the World Press Photo Foundation, based in the Netherlands each year since 1955 in various countries.

The 2025 exhibitions are taking place in the following countries: the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Middelburg, Eindhoven, Hilversum, Groningen), Mexico, Brazil (São Paulo, Brasília, Salvador), Canada (Montreal, Saguenay, Toronto), Germany (Flensburg, Dortmund, Berlin), Austria (Vienna), Hungary (Budapest), Italy (Rome, Sinnai, Lodi, Turin, Lucca), South Africa (Johannesburg), Greece (Athens), Denmark (Copenhagen), Poland (Krakow), Spain (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Barcelona), Portugal (Fórum da Maia), Lithuania (Vilnius), New Zealand (Wellington), Indonesia (Pontianak, Jakarta), Switzerland (Prangins), and Argentina (Buenos Aires).

In 2025, the awarded photographs were selected from 59,320 entries by 3,778 photographers from 141 countries.

The predominant themes of the photos on display in Montreal deal with the political and regional war conflicts and with the everyday hardship endured in many parts in the world, be they natural or men-made.

The bright and spacious premises of the exhibition hall allowed for a striking display of many excellent and striking photos which tell stories of many unsettling issues in the present world. At the same time the visitors can admire the photographic excellence of telling those stories.

 

The second level of the exhibition floor is devoted to Quebec photography. There are presented several topics of interest:

The Exhibition also acknowledges the World Press Photo 75th anniversary with displaying the Photos of the Year of the past years.

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All photos @ Nadia Slejskova

Click on the title above the first photo in this article for the article's dedicated website address.

See all previous World Press Photo Montreal articles, under this year's, here.

Visit the WorldPress Photo Montreal 2025 website

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Event location

Bonsecours Market

325, de la Commune Street East, Montreal, QC, Canada

Visiting hours

Sunday to Wednesday: 10.00-22.00

Thursday to Saturday: 10.00-00.00

Tickets

General admission: $15 + taxes

Reduced fare (students and seniors): $12 + taxes

For school and adult groups (minimum of 10 persons), see groups section here.