Youth lens on the Silk roads: best photos from the international Silk roads Photo Contest - 3rd Edition

This photo album, Youth Lens on the Silk Roads, is the outcome of the third edition of the international photo contest Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads, organized by UNESCO in 2021. The resulting photo album gathers together 75 of the very best photos which encapsulate the spirit of the contest and highlight the diversity of young people’s perceptions of the Silk Roads’ shared heritage.

For this third edition, participants were invited to submit photographs that represented the Silk Roads shared heritage through the two parallel themes of ‘Textiles and Clothing’, and ‘Intercultural Exchanges in the Time of Covid-19, including in the field of Textiles and Clothing’. Through this collection of images, one can discover the rich and diverse legacy of textiles and clothing along the Silk Roads. The contest seeks to reflect the impact of Covid-19 on interaction and exchange, with a view to building our post-pandemic future.