Turkish photographer Şebnem Coşkun received the special jury prize at the 12th International Andrei Stenin Photojournalism Contest. The awards ceremony was held at the Museum of Moscow and attended by official representative of Russia’s Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova and figures from the arts.
Coşkun received the award in the new special category “Energy of Life” for photographers over 34 for her series “There Is No Other Plan... Our Planet.”

The series focuses on environmental changes the photographer observed while taking part in Turkish scientific expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as threats facing living beings in the polar regions. Coşkun works in nature and underwater photography.
The jury awarded the contest’s Grand Prix to Lebanese photographer Abdelkader Al-Bay for his series “Lebanon 2024–2025: Life Between Airstrikes.”