LENSCULTURE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2026 |
This international call for entries aims to celebrate talented visual artists around the world who are using photographic processes and images to realize their creative ideas. Show us how you’re pushing the photographic medium, experimenting with different techniques or creative approaches to bring your artistic ideas to life. What’s new? What’s fresh? What’s exciting? Show us your art!
Awards include an exhibition in New York during AIPAD, cash prizes, massive exposure to international press, and more.
Our editors review all submissions daily, and select a few entries to share each day in the online Competition Gallery, Instagram and Facebook — giving global exposure to many, many talented photographers even before the official judging begins. |
Deadline: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
Images shown above are Editors’ Picks from recent entries. See them all in the online gallery! © Olga Kuterina, David Cohen, Walter Fogel, David Day, Chloe Ronco, Cátia Alpedrinha |
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It is considered to be one of the most renowned prizes for contemporary photographic art: The LensCulture Art Photography Award. |
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It is considered to be one of the most renowned prizes for contemporary photographic art: The LensCulture Art Photography Award. |
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PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IN FINE ART |
Almost Gone — Rescuing Fragments of Failed Artworks to Make Art Anew |
A salvaged box of “failed” images becomes the raw material for new, grid compositions—transforming discarded fragments into fresh stories told through traces, objects, and unexpected visual connections. Photographs and text by Cynthia Katz. |
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CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY FROM A WAR ZONE |
Ukraine: Through the Cracks, Light Penetrates Us |
In war-scarred Ukraine, Lacroix’s photographs trace the faint light that slips through ruined buildings—a haunting metaphor for human presence fading but not yet gone. Photographs and text by Yves Lacroix. |
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This free guide for photographers celebrates the expressive possibilities that emerge when you take full control of your camera. We provide tips on working intentionally with technical elements such as light, time, and focus, to help photographers develop their unique perspective. We invite you to explore this guide and enhance your creative practice. Created by LensCulture & MPB. |
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