Life Framer is a photography award and community that sources and showcases outstanding photography from amateur to established artists. They aim to bring exposure to talented photographers from all over the world.

They run 12 monthly call for entries, each overseen by a world-renowned photographer or industry professional. Each month 20 photographers receive exposure and prizes, and at the end of the year the winners are exhibited in shows in New York, London, Rome and Tokyo.

All photographers are welcome to take part and the theme can be responded to playfully, or to the letter. There’s no rights-grabbing – photographers retain full and exclusive rights to their work.

This month’s theme is Urban Life judged by Steve Macleod of Metro Imaging.

More than half of the world now live in cities – co-existing in a complex, manmade space. Life Framer invite you to show them urban life and the revelations of the modern world, from the skyscrapers of New York to the slums of Nairobi.

They're interested in urban explorations and the insights they can uncover: architecture and cityscapes, urban scenes, street encounters, suburban stories. Street photography and all other genres welcome.

Image: Inspirational photography © Messay Shoakena

For more information and to apply, go here.