Awards & Exhibitions — Kantaya New
Last updated: Aug 2026
Selected Awards List
2026 — Finalist — 15th Leica Street Photo
2026 — 2nd and 5th Place — 7th Annual FujiFanBoys Best of Show
2026 — Runner-Up — Photography Foundation Awards 2025 (Social Documentary)
2026 — Finalist — Pure Street Photography Awards (Open Category)
2026 — Finalist — RPL26 – Streets of the World, RomePhotoLab
2026, 2023 — Finalist — Brussels Street Photography Festival
2026 — Shortlist — Women Street Photographers Artist Residency
2025— 1st Prize — SONY Alpha: MX Street Photo Contest
2024 — 2nd Prize — Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards
2022 — Shortlist — Sony World Photography Awards (Alpha Female Award & Open Competition, Lifestyle)
Street Photography
2026 — Editors’ Pick — LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2026
2024 — Top 200 — Photolucida Critical Mass
2024 — Finalist — bnw bkk Sensory Yours
2023 — Winner — LensCulture Critics’ Choice Award
2022 — 1st Place Winner (Professional), People — Fine Art Photography Awards
2022 — Longlisted — BBA Photography Prize
Conceptual / Fine Art
Professional Experience
Juries
2026 — 7th Annual FujiFanBoys Best of Show Exhibition — Jakarta, Indonesia, Manila, Philippines, Bangkok, Thailand (completed) and Hong Kong (on-going, 6 August – 30 October) [2nd & 5th Place]
2026 — Ecos Cardinales Vol. V — Galería Germán Gedovius, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (on-going, 5 August – 13 September 2026)
2026 — RPL26 – Streets of the World, RomePhotoLab Festival — Villa Altieri Museum Complex, Rome, Italy (forthcoming, 2–4 October 2026) [Finalist]
2026 — Slightly Out of Focus, MX Street Photo Fest — Querétaro, Mexico (forthcoming, 23 October – 22 November 2026)
2026 — Pure Street Photography Awards 2026 Exhibition — Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur (forthcoming, 20–22 November 2026)
2026 — Photography Foundation Awards 2025 — London, UK (forthcoming) [Runner-Up, Social Documentary]
2026 — 15th Leica Street Photo Contest Finalists' Exhibition — Leica Store Warsaw, Poland; Leica Gallery Vienna, Austria [Finalist]
2026, 2023 — Brussels Street Photography Festival — The Bourse & Halles Saint-Géry, Brussels, Belgium [Finalist]
2022–2024; 2026 — Women Street Photographers Annual Group Exhibition — New York City, USA
2026 — 4th Fujifilm Photo Festa 2026 — Nodeul Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2026 — In Our Own Frame, Singapore Art Week — Singapore
2025 — Unscripted Moments, Street Photo Festival — Athens, Greece
2025 — Mexico Street Photo Fest — Mexico [Sony Alpha MX, 1st Prize]
2025 — Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival (KLPF) — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2025 — The 20th Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition (NAPE) — Singapore
2025 — Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards — Touring exhibition, Poland [2nd Prize]
2024 — Xposure International Photography Festival — Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2024 — bnw bkk Sensory Yours Exhibition — Bangkok, Thailand [Finalist]
2022–2023 — A Thousand Words: Photography in conTEXT — Singapore
2022 — AHEAD – a glimpse into Singapore’s future, Women in Street SG, SIPF — Singapore
2022 — BBA Photography Prize Exhibition — Berlin Photo Week, Berlin, Germany [Longlisted]
2022–2023 — Sony World Photography Awards — Travelling Exhibition — UK, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, USA [Shortlisted]
Selected Exhibitions & Festivals
121 Clicks — “30 Stunning Winning Photos From the 2026 Leica Street Photo Awards” (Feature, 2026)
All About Photo — Best Rising Photographers of December 2025 (Feature, 2025)
All About Photo — Photographer Portfolio (Portfolio)
art4d — “Photo Essay: A Modern Day Affair” (Feature, 2025)
art4d — “Photo Essay: Coincidences in the Street” (Feature, 2025)
Digital Camera Polska — 15th Leica Street Photo Contest finalists feature (Print, Spring 2026)
Edge of Humanity Magazine — “Urban Frames Shaped By Chance Encounters In Japan” (Feature, 2026)
Lenscratch — “Kantaya New: A Modern Day Affair” (Feature, 2025)
Leica Camera — 15th Leica Street Photo Contest exhibition page (Featured image, 2026)
Street Photography Magazine — "Kantaya New: The Serious Business of Being Funny" (Feature, Issue 169, 2026)
Street Photography Magazine — "Kantaya New on Balancing Street & Conceptual Photography" (Podcast & YouTube, 2026)
Selected Publications & Features
2026 — FujiFanBoys Best of Show — Panel Discussion, Photo Walk & Photo Print Review — Fujifilm House of Photography (HOP), Bangkok, Thailand
2026 — In Our Own Frame — Artists in Conversation & Guided Tour — Guoco Midtown, Singapore
2025 — Women in Film & Photography — Photo Forum: Street Photography — Objectifs, Singapore
2024 — Women in Street Singapore — Photo Forum, alongside the Global Street Photography Exhibition — Objectifs, Singapore
Selected Talks & Presentations
Commissions and Collaborations
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