HUAWEI XMAGE 2025 photography competition now open–USD 10K grand prize up for grabs
Chinese tech titan HUAWEI announced that its annual global mobile photography competition is now open.
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| XMAGE 2025 announced |
HUAWEI XMAGE 2025 now open
All HUAWEI smartphone users can now join the HUAWEI XMAGE Awards 2025 annual photography competition until September 15, 2025.
Participants can submit up to 30 entries, including photos and videos.
Note that all entries must be captured using a HUAWEI smartphone. Images should be in JPG, JPEG, or PNG file format under 30 MB.
Videos should be MP4 under 400 MB, with their original EXIF data intact.
Entries can be submitted via the XMAGE Awards website, HUAWEI Community, or My HUAWEI app using a HUAWEI ID.
Photographers can also share their work on Instagram by posting with #HUAWEIXMAGE or following @huaweixmageawards. Ensure that the profile of the photographer is set to public.
The creative categories
- So Far So Close
- Faces
- Clour & Shade
- Good Night
- A Heartwarming World
- Experimental Lab
- Storyboard
- Action
The prizes
This year, three (3) will be crowned Grand Prize winners. Each will take home USD 10,000 (around PHP 570.9K). 97 other winners will get USD 1500 (around PHP 85.6K) each.
Judges for the HUAWEI XMAGE Awards 2025
- Liu Heung Shing - Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist
- Chen Xiaobo - Leading editor at Xinhua News Agency and imaging researcher
- Wang Chuan - Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts; artist
- Chen Jie - Documentary photographer
- Nichole Fernandez - Visual sociologist
- Florence Bourgeois - Director of Paris Photo
- Shoair Mavlian - Director of The Photographers' Gallery
- Fannie Escoulen - Curator of visual arts
- Li Changzhu - Chief Strategy Officer, Huawei Health Team
Outstanding works will be compiled for XMAGE 100, the company's curated global "showcase of exceptional mobile photography". HUAWEI said that the selected pieces will be featured in international exhibitions, HUAWEI content campaigns, and future events.
In case you missed it, multiple Filipino photographers made their mark at last year's XMAGE awards.
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| Justin Mendoza's Pick a Beak shot |
Justin Mendoza, a Filipino account manager, emerged as one of the three Grand winners with his shot called "Pick a Beak" taken on a HUAWEI P30 Pro. It portrays a pelican standing behind a fisherman, and earned high praise from the panel of international judges.
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| Ferdinand Bendana's Eagle's Eye |
Meanwhile, multimedia coordinator Ferdinand Bendana's "Eagle's Eye" shot on the HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro won the prestigious Best of Mate Series award.
This year's top HUAWEI camera phones are the HUAWEI Pura 80 Pro (PHP 59,999 SRP) and Pura 80 Ultra (PHP 89,999 SRP).
To those who missed it, the Pura 80 Ultra is equipped with the first Switchable Dual Telephoto Camera, combining a large 1/1.28-inch sensor with two lenses: a 50MP 3.7x telephoto for portraits and a 12.5MP 9.4x telephoto for long-range shots—both with Sensor Shift OIS.
It also features a top-tier 50MP 1-inch Ultra Lighting HDR Camera with variable aperture (f/1.6–f/1.4), a 40MP ultra-wide lens, and a 1.5M Spectral Channels Ultra Chroma Camera.
To read our review: HUAWEI Pura 80 Pro, 80 Ultra Review - Camera Gold Standard
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