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Lick, from the series Fugue. Lydia Goldblatt received the IPE award for Fugue, which explores motherhood as a central theme, considering love and grief, mothering and losing a mother, as well as intimacy and distance
Photograph: Lydia Goldblatt. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
Family Portrait, from the series The Admirable Fabric of Masculine Intelligence, a project about Ville Niiranen’s time as a stay-home dad. Niiranen is a portrait and documentary photographer based in London and Zürich
Photograph: Ville Niiranen. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
The Tangential, from the series Time’s Relentless Melt, begun after the loss of a close friend. Aidan Murgatroyd’s work is inspired by the role that memory, absence, trace and nostalgia play in forming narratives through which we understand ourselves and the world
Photograph: Aidan Murgatroyd. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
Boomika, from the series Not What You Saw. The under-30s award was presented to Keerthana Kunnath for Not What You Saw, which centres on south Indian female bodybuilders who challenge entrenched gender and beauty norms by embracing physical strength, a trait often considered as masculine
Photograph: Kunnath Keerthana. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
Chrysanthemum Morifolium, from the series Gilded Lillies. Tine Poppe is an artist and photographer living and working in Norway. Her practice focuses on bringing attention to social, political, existential and environmental issues through art or documentary photography. Poppe’s photographs of cut flowers, manufactured in industrial scale greenhouses, which have no contact with nature and generate high CO2 emissions are intended as a reminder of the beauty of nature that we are at serious risk of losing
Photograph: Tine Poppe. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
Men playing cards, Muro Leccese, Salento. Murray Ballard (born 1983) is a photographer based in Brighton. His work explores a variety of subjects across several interrelated areas: the environment, social issues, science and technology. He is best known for his long-term project The Prospect of Immortality, an investigation of cryonics
Photograph: Murray Ballard
Fabian, Equestrian Eventer, from the series Rivers of Living Water, which investigates different traditions, cultures, nationalities and beliefs within the Christian faith
Felipe Barrera Aguirre, traditional Chinampero farmer and agroecology teacher. Mat Hay’s projects celebrate rural cultures, communities, and industries, while documenting how humans interact with and alter landscapes and the environment
Photograph: Mat Hay. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
Kalle. Peter Holliday is a Scottish photographer whose practice explores eco-phenomenological themes relating to the northern environment, remote communities and place-based narratives
Photograph: Peter Holliday. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
From the series About to Leave. Timon Benson’s work explores themes of displacement, solitude and transition. About to Leave addresses his attachment to his father, and the contrasts between the latter’s life in his two homes: Kenya and the UK
Photograph: Timon Benson. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
Our Lady of Fatima. Ana Paganini’s documentary projects focus on the themes of personal and collective memory, identity and cultural traditions, often relating to her native Portugal
Photograph: Ana Paganini. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
Do(I)ce, from the series Reverting. Francisco Gonzalez Camacho is a Spanish visual artist based in Finland. Reverting reflects upon the material connection between the landscape and image-making, exploring environmental issues and the objectification of nature in Iceland
Photograph: Francisco Gonzalez Camacho. Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society
