Congratulations to the Select Photographers Contest Finalists!
Thank you to all of the photographers who captured and shared moments of kindness from communities across the globe!
The Envision Kindness Select Photographers Program is an invitation-only program that was created for talented and compassionate photographers who have a deep interest in seeing people treat each other better and experience happiness.
The 2025 Select Photographers international photo contest received many hundreds of wonderful and inspiring images of kindness, compassion, joy, and love. It was very difficult to choose which images to accept and which to award prizes to, as there were so many beautiful submissions from a large group of talented photographers.
From all of the wonderful accepted images, finalists were chosen as part of the process to identify prize winning images. The gallery below displays all of the finalist images. We hope that you find them as inspiring as we do. We are so pleased with the different approaches and subjects that show the many faces of kindness and the flow of love.
Final prize winning images will be chosen from these finalists, and announced mid August.
To view finalists, please see the gallery below. All finalist images are displayed in a random order. Click on an image, then click on “i” at the bottom of the image window to see the image title and photographer name, as well as a description from the photographer.
Select Photographer Finalist Images
Prizes
$100
Honorarium for all Accepted Images
$50
Bonus for 10 Honorable Mention Images
$200
Bonus for 3 Outstanding Images
Do you believe the world could be a kinder place?
It can, through your photography. We know that after people see images of kindness, they are kinder, happier, more optimistic, and more generous. If you’re an experienced photographer interested in joining us as a Select Photographer, please take a look at the Select Photographers page!
How we use images at Envision Kindness
Envision Kindness is a non-profit that inspires kindness, compassion, joy, and love through photography. We share images of kindness to inspire people wherever they are. We compile some of those images into videos to become part of a program called EnSpire.
You can see a sample of how we may use photos in the video montage Why Do Hugs Feel So Good?. You can also find more videos on the Enspire page, as well as links to the science showing how your images of kindness, caring, and compassion can make people happier, calmer, more grateful, and more generous! This is a very powerful and simple way to help people connect with their humanity and the humanity of others.
What does kindness look like? Join the kindness photography movement!
Where do you see moments of kindness in your community? What stories can you tell?
Here’s a bit of inspiration to help you capture these impactful moments. Your photos can document a real-life moment or illustrate a concept. What does kindness look like to you?
Kind people
We see kindness in people every day – in people we know and those we haven’t met yet lending a hand, helping others, or paying it forward.
Kindness in nature
You may find kindness in animals, in a heart-shaped leaf, in hikers lending a hand, in protecting the environment, and so much more.
Kindness in the community
Our communities are filled with kindness! At work, in places of worship, in hospitals, from non-profits, and in public spaces and shops.