LensCulture Critics' Choice 2026
Global competition where 20 leading photography critics and curators each select 3 photographers. Up to 60 winners featured in LensCulture online gallery. Top Ten receive $1,000 cash grant each plus international group exhibition at Photo London 2027. Exposure to 3 million global audience. Open to all photographers worldwide.
Jury: Alex Kahl, Online Editor, WePresent · Alex Pollack, Director of Photography, National Geographic · Anna Planas, Artistic Director, Paris Photo · Bindi Vora, Curator, Autograph · Cassidy Paul, Managing Editor Digital, Aperture · Claartje van Dijk, Senior Curator, Foam Photography Museum · Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum · Darius Himes, International Head of Photographs, Christie's · Enrico Stefanelli, Artistic Director, Photolux Festival · Fiona Shields, Head of Photography, The Guardian · Giulia Zorzi, Founder, Micamera · Hannah Watson, Director, Trolley Books · Jane Yeomans, Senior Photo Editor, Bloomberg · Jessie Wender, Photo Editor, The New York Times · Jim Casper, Editor-in-Chief, LensCulture · Rhea Combs, Director of Curatorial Affairs, National Portrait Gallery · Rose Shoshana, Owner & Director, Rose Gallery · Taous R. Dahmani, Curator, The Photographers' Gallery · Xavier Canonne, Director, Musée de la Photographie · Yuri Yamada, Curator, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
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