2025 zeke awards
We are happy to announce that we will be giving two separate awards.
- ZEKE Award for Systemic Change
- ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography
ZEKE Award for Systemic Change
SDN is proud to partner again with the Foundation for Systemic Change for the fourth year. SDN will award one photographer the ZEKE Award for Systemic Change and a $2,500 honoraria to recognize their outstanding visual stories documenting systemic changes leading to sustainable solutions to important issues affecting the world today. We are particularly interested in issues related to the threat to democracy, human rights, global health, climate change, migration and refugees, conflict, race and gender, reproductive rights, sustainable farming practices, and others. We look to photographers to educate us as to what issues are most pressing and the change that is being done.
ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography
SDN will award one photographer the ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography and a $2,500 honoraria to recognize their success in documentary visual storytelling about any subject matter with an emphasis on themes that affect the global community. Jurors will look at quality of the photographic images and accompanying text and how well the combination adds to our understanding of the issue.
It is not necessary to indicate which award you are applying to. The jurors will award one of each based on the work submitted.