What your March 2023 looked like

At the end of every month, we open our inbox to photographs from anyone and everyone and run a selection of our favourites — just email photography@i-d.co to be considered with your name, age, location, Instagram handle, and a line or two about the image.

If your image hasn’t made the cut, please don’t be discouraged and do keep sending us your photography. We receive thousands of submissions!

Two women dyeing their hair blonde on the floor of a bathroom

Aria Dreis, 16, California, USA

“I took this while my friends were all bleaching their hair. I feel like this photograph represents the fun and carelessness of being a teenager.” @ariadreis

Protestors gather in front of a fire in Tbilisi, Georgia

Mariam Giunashvili, 26, Tbilisi, Georgia

“Protesting ‘Russian Law’. The police were using tear gas.” @zgaparivit

Two men in balaclavas stand in the middle of an empty green field

Siphephelo Dlamini, 23, Lesotho, South Africa

“Herd men from Lesotho. They wear balaclavas in order to protect their faces from weather conditions.” @siphephelo_dl

A young boy stands in front of a tree in the street in Iran

Mehrdad Mosaferi, 25, Bandar Abbas, Iran

“The beginning of spring and the smell of Nowruz in an old neighborhood of Bandar Abbas.” @mehrdadmosaferii

Two girls lying on their fronts in a play park

Josefina Ahumada, 20, Buenos Aires, Argentina

“Playing with Giu and Paloma in the park in La Lucila, mi barrio (my neighborhood).” @joseahumada_

Black-and-white image of a naked man standing facing a tree in a field

Akash Patil, 25, Maharashtra, India

“March is about Holi (a festival of colours). We boys from the village find a place next to the river and cook chicken and rice, put colours on each other, play music, get drunk, take a dip in the river and go home.” @akashosaurus

A man with tie-dye hair sits facing away from the camera on a subway train

Yago Barbosa, 30, Lisbon, Portugal

“This guy sat in front of me in the subway. I got up to leave and found out what was in his head.” @yagosbarbosa

An orange-hued image of person leaning up against a window frame

Karl Magee, 25, Berlin, Germany

“Seeking morning light at the Imaginary Friends party in Berlin’s Fitzroy club.” @bits._

Children draw on a wall covered in a mural of a bird flying through blue and yellow light

Carlota Jiménez, 22, Madrid, Spain

“A bunch of kids where painting murals in protest of what is happening in countries like Afghanistan with the laws against women. It was a very beautiful moment.” @jotas.view