The Finnish Museum of Photography and the Association of Photographic Artist’s present the Finnish Photobook Award for the ninth consecutive year.

The finalists of the Photobook Award 2025 are:
Ulla-Maija Alanen: Horizons of Water
Natalia Kopkina: Liiketutkielma (Veen emo)
Juliana Irene Smith: Good Feelings Every Day

The finalists were chosen by a jury that included Sakari Tervo, founder of the exhibition space Pitted Dates and university lecturer (Aalto University), and Mariia Niskavaara, writer and curator (Espoo Museum of Modern Art EMMA).

The award winner will be chosen by Emma Bowkett, photography director at FT Weekend Magazine, as well as a photography curator and assistant lecturer at the London College of Communication (LCC).

The winner will be announced at a public event on Thursday 23rd of April 2026  from 5pm to 7pm at the Photographic Gallery Hippolyte  (Yrjönkatu 8–10, courtyard).

The winner and finalists will receive monetary prizes: 2000€ for the winner and 500€ for each finalist.

The aim of the Photobook Award is to encourage the creation of high-quality photobooks and to raise public interest in the photobook as an art form. The award is granted to a Finnish photographer or a photographer residing in Finland for a photobook published in 2025. The award highlights the photobook as a distinct mode of photographic art and as an independent work of art. As of this year, small-press and self-published books are also eligible, provided that the print run is at least 50 copies.

Explore the finalist books and the jury’s statements in more detail here.

The finalist books are available for purchase at the bookshop located at Photographic Gallery Hippolyte or can be ordered online at: shop.hippolyte.fi