The winners of the 2025 Nationalities Papers Photography Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies are:
Rimantė Jaugaitė
Kira Kaurinkoski
Sofie Bedford
Karolina Lendák-Kabók
Aysegul Adanir
Marco Abram
Original photos taken during fieldwork are judged based on their content, synthesis, and visually compelling insights about nationalism, ethnicity, or migration.
Each submission is accompanied by a brief description of how the photograph relates to the fieldwork of the applicant. The award-winning photos will be printed on the covers of Nationalities Papers during 2026.
The selection committee was comprised of Zeynep Bulutgil (UCL, UK), Mila Dragojević (Sewanee: The University of the South, US), Julie George (CUNY, US) and Annelle Sheline (Rice U, US).
