V. Photography Competition 2025
We are delighted to announce the return of the V. Photography Competition for 2025. We love to see how our seafarers’ lives can inspire and capture our imagination through rewarding or sometimes challenging conditions while working at sea.
Our last competition was in 2021 when we received a lot of remarkable entries from across the globe.
Once again there are three key themes this year: People, Places and Communities Afloat.
People – Our people are the most valuable resource afloat and we are looking for your portraits that best capture your fellow seafarers, at work and play.
Places – Shipping is global and many of our seafarers chose this lifestyle to see the world. Where have you been this year that captured your imagination in an image?
Communities Afloat – The seafaring community is strong, as is the sense of community we have on our vessels with shared experiences and activities in day to day life. Have you taken any images that encapsulate this sense of community?
The 2025 photography competition is open to both Seafarers and Shorebased staff.
Safety and wellbeing are paramount so any images that are not compliant with V.Groups policies and procedures cannot be shortlisted.
The winning picture from each category will receive a travel voucher to the value of USD 250, to be used on tickets purchased from Global Marine Travel (GMT).
All shortlisted pictures that meet our safety guidelines will be posted on our Instagram page for our followers to help decide the most popular photograph. The winning images will be those with the most votes within the stated period.
The winner will be announced in Q2 2025.
Entries should be sent to v.photos@v.group by 31 March 2025.
Competition rules:
- Each participant can submit up to 5 pictures.
- This competition is only open to V.Group / V.Ships colleagues, at sea and on shore.
- For any vessel pictures, all photos must be of or taken on board V.Group served vessels.
- Pictures must not conflict with V.Group safety and compliance policies & procedures.
- All entries should include your name, job title, management office, a description of the picture, location, vessel name and your contact details.
- All shortlisted photographs that meet our safety guidelines will be showcased on our social media channels.
- We reserve the right to use all submissions in V.Group promotional material.
- All pictures will be checked and verified for authenticity. Do not submit pictures taken by someone other than yourself.
- Group disclaims all responsibility or liability for any misuse of copyrighted pictures.
- It is your responsibility to have copyright of the pictures.
- You must have permissions from any person(s) appearing in the photograph to use the image.
- Late entries will not be accepted.
