GFX Challenge Program 2025
Make Your Next Great Image
The GFX Challenge Grant Program 2025 began at the end of June 2025 and received over 2,800 applications from around the world. The selection process took place over two months and consisted of three rounds. The first two rounds were conducted regionally, followed by a final global round with five guest judges.
Five Global Grant Award recipients and ten Regional Grant Award recipients were selected. The award recipients then worked on their projects, completing them by May 2026.
The completed works were presented as part of T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO 2026 at the KYOBASHI EDOGRAND 1F Galleria in Kyobashi, Tokyo.
Grant Award
Global Grant Award
- Complimentary use of a GFX System camera body and two GF lenses for the duration of their project
- Mentoring and technical assistance from Fujifilm technicians / product experts
- US $10,000 Grant
Regional Grant Award
- Complimentary use of a GFX System camera body and two GF lenses for the duration of their project
- Mentoring and technical assistance from Fujifilm technicians / product experts
- US $5,000 Grant
*No purchase necessary to enter or win.
*A total approximate retail value of all grant awards offered in connection with this program is USD $229,500.
Award Winners
Regional Grant Award
Manuel Michael
(Nigeria)
OUR CROWN (The Shape of Us)
Arvind Patwal
(India)
The School of Second Chances
Floyd Gonzales
(Canada)
Kulturang Suot (Culture Worn)
Gian Marco Sanna
(Italy)
The Hidden People
Jacob Sigala
(USA)
The Real Portrait of America
Jooyoung Kim
(Korea)
The Mother-of-Pearl Luminance
Juan Francisco Suescún
(Colombia)
A Reef Within
Kemal Bećirević
(Bosnia and Herzegovina)
To Be Yourself
Kristopher Taveras
(USA)
Eccentric
Yolanda & Alex
(Germany)
No Borders, Only Threads
About the Program
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GFX Challenge Grant Program 2025.