Focus on Downtown Photo Contest 2025

Our Downtown Fresno Photo Contest is back for 2025!

Focus on Downtown is a photo contest for those who want to share their love of downtown. We want to see downtown through your lens.

In this contest, there are 4 categories and you can submit three (3) photos per category.

The photos must be taken within the "downtown triangle" between highways 41, 180, and 99, focusing on downtown :) We do ask that photos be taken within the last year.

One winner will be selected per category. Winners will get a print of their photo along with a gift card to a downtown local business!

The categories are:

• Architecture: Capture the man-made and natural beauty of Downtown from its buildings to its parks and plazas. You know what it is.
• Events and Culture: Downtown always has so many different events to attend. You can take a deeper dive with culture as well. There is thrift and fashion culture with all the thrift, boutique, and retail stores here. Check out the art culture at Gallery Row, Arte Americas and Broadway Art Studios. The music culture is all over Downtown with Jazz Tuesdays at Tioga Beer Garden, plus constant shows at Fulton 55 and Rainbow Ballroom. The office culture is real here too, Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm. Show us what events and culture mean to you in downtown. 
• Portraits: People or Pets: Show us who you enjoy Downtown with, whether its your friends, family, or pets. With many murals and beautiful backdrops, portraits are always amazing in Downtown
• Black & White: This category can be any picture of Downtown. It might not fit in the other categories or you just might prefer your pictures more in black and white. There is something special about them, isn't there?

The deadline to submit is August 13, at 10am through the form below. Photos must be under 100mb and submitted in JPEG format only. At the time of submission, photos must be titled with your last name and category (ex. Smith_FoodandDrink).

So dust off your DSLR, mirrorless, iphone, android, film or whatever cameras you shoot with, and show us what you got!

Thank you to Bad Kids Club, Aim.Shoot.Develop, and Central.Valley.Camera.Club for collaborating with us and helping us bring this contest together.