September 2026 Photo Contest Theme: "The Street as a Livelihood" (page 1 of 4)

Good evening to all you photographers and photo enthusiasts on VF,

So, I’ve chosen this month’s theme: "The Street as a Livelihood". The photos we’re looking for are street scenes showing people who use the street as a place to earn a living—whether it’s legal work, informal jobs, illegal activities, or begging.

The rules:

- Photo submissions until Thursday, September 24 at 11:59 PM (Paris time) You can post up to 3 photos, numbered and posted in separate messages, ideally with a short description of the location and the story behind it.

- Voting from Friday, September 25 at 12:01 AM to Tuesday, September 29 at 11:59 PM. After the deadline, it’s too late! Please indicate the photo number, the username, and the points awarded: Photo #1 = 3 pts Photo #2 = 2 pts Photo #3 = 1 pt

- All VF members can vote (even those who didn’t submit photos).

- In case of a tie for first place, the winning photo will be the one with the most first-place votes, then second-place votes!

- The lucky winner will not only earn the admiration of all September’s photo contest participants but will also get the privilege of choosing the theme and organizing October 2026’s photo contest.

For discussions about the theme, head over here: Discussion thread for September 2026’s theme: "The Street as a Livelihood"

Wishing you all some amazing shots!

Photo 1: The street as a livelihood, photographing tourists in Venice

Photo 2: The street as a livelihood, cyclo-rickshaw waiting for a customer on the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (Film photo from the time when the customer wasn’t yet a tourist but just anyone needing to get from point A to point B—already Ho Chi Minh City, though...)

Photo #1 - The street as a livelihood... in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Photo #2 - The street as a livelihood... selling sheep in Daraw, Egypt

Photo #3 - The street as a livelihood... selling a few bananas in Dambulla, Sri Lanka

Photo 1: Phuket, Thailand, a street vendor with a carrying pole, at rest.

Hi, To vote at the end of September for the slideshow: "The Street as a Livelihood Around the World" . https://public.photowebcloud.fr/albums/6a9c319d53a6a/slideshow?sls_ap=1&sls_ac=1&sls_dbp=6&sls_afs=1 . JULIE

Photo 1 - Street vendor selling apples in the streets of Hanoi

Photo number 1

Transaction at Taksim Square in Istanbul.

Photo 2 - Hoi An, Vietnam

Two very different livelihoods for the price of one photo, two atmospheres, two generations. This friendly decoy seller in the foreground, and that equally friendly wedding photographer in the background 🙂

Hi there, After an issue with PHOTOWEB/CLOUD, which took over JOOMEO and messed up some updates, I deleted everything for my VF slideshows 🏴‍☠️. Sorry, but I can’t create slideshows for now. JULIE

Photo 1

Northern Chilean Patagonia, 2015. Vulcanizers who, after a flat tire, allowed us to continue calmly. :-)

xrctn-1 - Small kitchen, big smile, Windhoek, Namibia

I’m really struggling to pick just 3 photos out of all the ones I’ve taken during my travels. I’ll start with the one that makes me smile every day on my kitchen wall! Photo 1: Vegetable vendor in Nang Rong, eastern Thailand

I chose a photo that shows the harshness of working on the streets in India—men pulling and pushing a heavy load, probably paper. It’s in the printers' district in New Delhi. Photo 2: delivery workers in New Delhi

xrctn-2 - Da Vinci reincarnated, Cali, Colombia

Photo 2: Taiwan

Photo 3: Bach Ha, Vietnam

Photo number 2

Haggling in Agra, India.