The Pact of Silence

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Irina Jomir, Norway
• Website
  https://www.irina-jomir.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/irina.jomir/

The Pact of Silence is a symbolic exploration of women’s inner worlds—where secrets, sacrifice, and silent agreements shape identity and transformation. Through recurring figures, gestures, and metaphors, the series follows a visual narrative of choices made, truths withheld, and fates rewritten. Each image is a fragment of a shared, unspoken pact—binding the viewer to witness the tension between revelation and restraint, between destiny and self-determination.

Irina Jomir (b. 1983, Chisinau) is an award-winning fine art photographer based in Norway. Her work explores the feminine, psychological depth, and human complexity through a blend of art history and contemporary aesthetics. She won the Women United Art Prize, 1st Place at the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, and was named Photographer of the Year at BIFA 2023. Her work is held in the Chianciano Terme Art Museum and has been featured in 101 Art Books, One Eyeland, and Trierenberg Super Circuit among many others.

Awards • 2024 - 1st Place & Overall Winner - Professional, Single Image -  25th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 
• 2024 - Category Winner in Abstract & Still Life - 25th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 
• 2024 - 1st Place, Photography & Printmaking Category - Women United Art Prize
• 2024 - Finalist - Luxembourg Art Prize 2024
• 2024 - Award Recipient - International Prize Velázquez & Goya
• 2023 - Photographer Of The Year title - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards  
• 2023 - 1st Place winner - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards  
• 2023 - Gold - Fine Art professional - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards
• 2023 - Gold - Motiva Photo Art Circuit
• 2022 - Gold - Trierenberg Super Circuit (FIAP gold medal - The International Federation Of Photographic Art) 
• 2022 - Silver - WPE International Photographers Awards
• 2022 - 1st place in the category and Bronze - WPI Awards
• 2021 - Gold - Trierenberg Super Circuit  (PSA gold medal - Photographic Society of America) 
• 2021 - Silver - WPE International Photographers Awards
* 2021 - Silver - WPI Awards
* 2021 - 1st place in the category and Bronze - WPI Awards
* 2021 - Silver - One Eyeland International Photographers Awards
* 2020 - Silver - Rise Photo Awards
* 2020 - 1st place in the category and Silver - WPI Awards
* 2020 - 2nd place in the category and Bronze - WPI Awards
* 2020 - Silver - One Eyeland International Photographers Awards
* 2020 - Distinction Award - FEP The Federation Of European Photographers
* 2020 - 2nd place in the category and Silver - WPE International Photographers Awards
* 2020 - Silver - WPE International Photographers Awards  
* 2020 - 1st place winner - Russian Photo Awards
* 2020 - Gold - Shine Photo Awards
* 2020 - Bronze - MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards
* 2019 - Bronze - One Eyeland International Photographers Awards