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!
Sydney Grove, 16, Georgia, USA
“A photo I took after a bus ride on a field trip to the High Museum. I think it’s important to be in the moment in high school.” @sydgroveart
Liam Anthony, 28, Johannesburg, South Africa
“Freedom. Liberation. Community. Chosen Family.” @liamlanthony
Natthawut Taeja, 26, Bangkok, Thailand
“I photographed protests calling for justice after two girls staged a hunger strike in prison to demand the release of political prisoners under unjust laws.” @Toey_Nthv
Romana Caban-Chastas, 26, Guadeloupe
“The first days of carnival in Guadeloupe. We called it ‘déboulé a group a po’ in Guadeloupean creole.” @blxckdreadshots
Dmitry Sharov, 26, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
“He said, ‘Take a picture of me while I pee.’ And I did it.” @dmitrisharov
Elinor Kry, 19, New York, USA
“Lunar New Year with friends (and their family).” @elinorkry
Rei, 25, Tokyo, Japan
“It looks like a stage in a game.” @juicyrei
Tom Hook, 27, London, UK
“A street portrait taken at a trans rights protest, London. The face paint caught my eye.” @grainytomato
Daniel Ogbogu, 26, Lagos, Nigeria
“A rollerblader jumping high up in the air, with an expression of freedom on his face.” @Ogbogu_dan
Michał Patycki, 26, Olomouc, Czechia
“My friends Honza and Kateřina kissing. In the background, the ritual of burning Christmas trees, thrown into the street by people after Christmas.” @mpatycki
Seydou Abdoul-Madjide, 20, Lomé, Togo
“A fish seller sitting on the shore of Lake Togo removing the scales on her fish.” @abdul_madjide
AmonRyu, 25, Chiba, Japan
“Self-portrait. Trying to love me more.”
Dora Papanikita, 28, Athens, Greece
“I took this picture in a love motel in Pangrati, Athens. I had just finished a very intense therapy session nearby and I wanted to do something fun and different to channel all the crying and emotions. So I decided to go to a love motel and pay for a three-hour stay by myself.” @doraapht
Andrew Awanda, 24, Maryland, USA
“New resolutions and photographing queer life in Baltimore.” @andrewawanda
Miguel Leitao, 23, Cape Town, South Africa
“For me, this image represents the theme of impermanence, which seems to be a common theme in my life at the moment.”
Shameka Wilson, 29, Tennessee, USA
“This is a photo from Friday 27 January, the night the Tyre Nichols video was released. Protesters took to I-55 and shut it down to demand justice.” @mekaspics
Jayvee del Rosario, 23, Philippines
“Kids learn how to swim in San Juan, La Union — a surf town renowned for its powerful waves.” @jayveedrosario
Xander Carver, 20, New York, USA
“I started taking film photos last year and I am trying to capture the feeling of living in a waiting room. The time that kids become ‘adults’. When they are too young for responsibility and too old for guidance.” @xandercarverr
Gemma Raso, 22, Melbourne, Australia
“Reuniting with my sister (and best friend), eight months later, on a dancefloor. The energy was electric: filled with love, exhaustion, and comfort.” @scaryyspiice
Jordan Core, 26, Brighton, UK
“A father and son on Juhu beach in Mumbai.” @jordancore4
Benoît T. Ebener, 25, Seoul, South Korea
“For the Lunar New Year, we went to see the ocean. During the night, with the big spotlight and the freezing wind on the beach, it was like walking on the moon or on a cheese planet.” @tbebener
Matías Alvial, 25, Los Molles, Chile
“I visited the beach where I spent my childhood for the first time after nine years. I recognised the worker from the churro stand I used to frequent. I had a crush on him when we were in our teens.” @matialvial
Atilio Orellana, Tucumán, Argentina
“Flor (right) and Ana (left) are a couple and also my friends. I photographed this intimate moment of conversation between them and me.” @atilio.orellana
Eeshwa, 21, Bangalore, India
“Just walked into a junior karate championship at the local stadium.” @cactuscalling
Raúl “Ruly” Pedraza, 35, Tamaulipas, México
“A group of orphaned brothers play with their new bicycles. The older brother helps the younger one get on his. Their mother passed away a few months ago.” @rulyp
Sophie Altemus, 18, California, USA
“Bowie pensively basking by a fence.” @_shotbysophie
Tamunoteim Sukubo, 23, Lindi, Tanzania
“A couple of kids playing around in the ocean bank in a small coastal town in Tanzania. That’s how they learn to be great fishermen.” @kvng.thithi
Gina Boylan, 26, Perth, Australia
“The original custodians of the land of Australia protesting to change the date of January 26 to a day of mourning, as this was the day the white colonised and invaded this country and destroyed the lives of many Indigenous families.” @_ginaisabel
Kei, 33, China
“Chinese New Year fireworks.” @tonyxlxinxin
Krystyna Gorayska, 20, The Hague, Netherlands
“This photo was generated using AI. It is a part of a series of photos I always wanted to make but never could. This is a man looking down at the city. AI can be a bit scary, but it’s good to know as an artist how to use it.” @krystynagorayska
Credits
All images courtesy the artist