Originally awarded in the “Siblings” category, this 1st Place Best Overall Award (Fall 2021) goes to Yan Zhang (China). Congratulations!

Best Overall Awards – Gallery

We are proud to share with you the Best Overall Awards from our 10th international competition celebrating the very best in documentary family photography.

The highly anticipated selection of the best overall photographs took place during the final day of judging streamed online on January 26, 2022. Viewers had the opportunity to watch as these winners were collectively chosen by esteemed judges Carl-Philippe Juste (United States), Jenna Shouldice (Canada) and Kirsten Bethmann (United States).

The following three photographs represent the best overall submissions based on their individual strengths as photographs.

1st Place Best Overall Award

Originally awarded in the Siblings category, this Best Overall Award goes to Yan Zhang (China).

Congratulations!

2nd Place Best Overall Award

Originally awarded in the “Joy” category, this Best Overall Award goes to Will Pippin (United States).

Congratulations!

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3rd Place Best Overall Award

Originally awarded in the “Environmental Portrait” category, this Best Overall Award goes to João Coelho (Portugal).

Congratulations!

Follow @joaocoelho_photography on Instagram.

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The Documentary Family Awards is an international competition in search of the insightful and meaningful ways that documentary photographers explore the interpretation of family.