The Brian Lehrer Show's 'Best Photo' Contest Winners For 2025

Every year, The Brian Lehrer Show asks you to submit the best photo you took that is sitting on your phone – and every year, you deliver with some breathtaking shots.

This year, you submitted over 700 photos! Our partners at Photoville, along with a special guest judge, journalist, photographer and co-founder of the photo collective Seis del Sur David Gonzalez, picked out their favorites—and then Brian and the team joined in to help select three winners: Soumayan Biswas, Esther Xiang and Lisa Guerriero.

Brian speaks with David and Dave Shelley, co-founder and creative producer of Photoville, about the three winning photos. Plus, two of this year's three contest winners, Esther Xiang and Lisa Guerriero collect their bragging rights.

When Education Needs Fire Not Wires: Hooghly, West Bengal, India: This photo was taken in a rural village in Asansol, India, where the school has no electricity. In the absence of lights, children gat

(Photo by Soumayan Biswas)

Love in the afternoon: It was taken when my long distance boyfriend came over to see me for the first time. I was living in Brooklyn, and he lives in the U.K. He slept so soundly after the long flight

(Esther Xiang)

Los Angeles, CA: Taken at the Superchief Gallery’s 'Contagious Culture' group show in Los Angeles (June 2025), this photo catches an intimate moment: a young woman tipping her head back as her friend

(Photo by Lisa Guerriero)