The TOTO Awards for Photography, which were inaugurated in 2008 in association with Tasveer, are now supported by the Arts and Photography Foundation. These awards have applauded photographers who have evoked mood, told stories, documented important histories or practices, and extended the medium to include texts, graphics and other interventions in the space of the image. The jurors for these awards, which are given for a thematically connected series of photographs, comprise established photographers, curators, critics, architects and leaders of prominent photography organisations.
2025 Shortlist – Photography
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 TOTO Award for Photography,
supported by the Art & Photography Foundation.
This year, after receiving an overwhelming 126 applications, which were then brought down to a longlist of 19, we now have the final three photographers who move on to the shortlist for 2025 and stay in the running for the top prize!
Muskaan Gupta (Dehradun)
Soyeohang Rai (New Delhi)
Preksha R Kothari (Rajsamand)
Congratulations to all the shortlisted photographers! Stay tuned and watch your emails for updates!
The Art & Photography Foundation is dedicated to furthering the awareness, education and conservation of Indian art and to preserving and promoting Indian cultural heritage by connecting the arts to the community
Toto Funds the Arts (TFA) is a not-for-profit public trust set up in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, who was intensely passionate about music, literature and films. TFA encourages and supports emerging talent in the arts in India
Past Winners
Dhiraj Rabha, Aakriti Chandervanshi (2024)
Aswin Sharma, Anuja Dasgupta (2023)
Farheen Fatima, Prakash Bhuyan (2022)
Hari Sai Srikar, Nilargha Chatterjee (2021)
Jatin Gulati, Kush Kukreja (2020)
Vinod Babu, Ritaban Ghosh (2019)
Aishwarya Arumbakkam, Taha Ahmad (2018)
Sutirtha Chatterjee, Kekhriezhazo Miachieo (2017)
Nikhil Roshan, Abhishek Ganeshgudi (2016)
Soumya Sankar Bose, Sameer Raichur (2015)
Amirtharaj Stephen, Pooja Jain (2014)
Nikhil Patel, Niha Masih (2013)
Adil Hasan, Indu Anthony (2012)
Vidisha Saini, Haris Pathirikodan (2011)
Nikhil Arolkar, Ajay Hirani (2010)
Sohrab Hura, Amit Madheshiya (2009)
Siddharth Jain, Zubin Pastakia (2008)