Winners Gallery 2026

Official distinction

Grand prizes

Photographer of the Year and the highest honours of the 2026 edition.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2026 Black and White Angry Horse Mohammed Muhtasib 🇸🇦 SA

Winner section

Other

Winning photographs from the Other section.

Series Winners

Bronze Other Disguise Alexandro Pelaez 🇬🇧 GB

Honorable Mention Other Shining Gradient Daishi Miyagawa 🇯🇵 JP

Gold Other Weaknesses of the oceans Antonio Coelho 🇵🇹 Portugal

Silver Other Carnival Delights Kylo-Patrick Hart 🇺🇸 US

Honorable Mention Other Water as a Scriptor: Citrinitas Marcel van Beek 🇩🇪 Germany

Single Winners

Silver Other PLEIADES (The Seven Sisters) Carlos Rotellar 🇺🇸 United States

Bronze Other Resilience in a Gentle Soul Bernard Sim 🇸🇬 Singapore

Gold Other Chlorophyll Trance II Marcel van Beek 🇩🇪 Germany

Winner section

Mobile Photography

Winning photographs from the Mobile Photography section.

Single Winners

Bronze Mobile Photography Red coat. Stephane Navailles 🇫🇷 France

Gold Mobile Photography Back to the Past Jurica Galic 🇺🇳 Croatia

Silver Mobile Photography Chasing Colours Derry Ainsworth 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Mobile Photography Into the Grey Lace Wei 🇨🇦 CA

Honorable Mention Mobile Photography Echoes of Identity William Shum 🇨🇳 China

Winner section

Drone

Winning photographs from the Drone section.

Series Winners

Gold Drone Hong Kong From Above Derry Ainsworth 🇨🇳 China

Single Winners

Silver Drone Kaliedoscope Craig Bill 🇺🇸 US

Honorable Mention Drone THE LONE HORSEMAN Dennis Schmelz 🇩🇪 Germany

Gold Drone Potato Ridging Chris Gurton 🇬🇧 GB

Honorable Mention Drone Between Forgotten Circles Denise Strauch 🇩🇪 DE

Honorable Mention Drone Incense Vietnam Mohammed Muhtasib 🇸🇦 SA

Bronze Drone Primordial Mark Gray 🇦🇺 AU

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Editorial/Press

Winning photographs from the Editorial/Press section.

Series Winners

Honorable Mention Editorial/Press SOLIDARITY Ali Nejatbakhsh 🇮🇷 Iran

Gold Editorial/Press Faces of Genocide: Gaza’s Silent Testimony Abdelrahman Alkahlout 🇹🇷 Turkey

Single Winners

Silver Editorial/Press Hardcore wrestling Bartosz Matenko 🇵🇱 Poland

Bronze Editorial/Press Cow Race Festival Mohammed Muhtasib 🇸🇦 SA

Gold Editorial/Press Minab - 168 Students Morteza Akhondi 🇮🇷 Iran

Winner section

Daily Life

Winning photographs from the Daily Life section.

Series Winners

Gold Daily Life A Day in the Life of a Disabled School Principal Mohammed Muhtasib 🇸🇦 SA

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Daily Life happy day AMIR ALI NAVADEH SHAHLA 🇮🇷 Iran

Silver Daily Life The Omani Dalal A Mediator Between Heritage and Livelihood jihad alattabi 🇴🇲 Oman

Gold Daily Life Shepherdess at Sunrise Emily Wilson 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Daily Life Bathtime is his favourite time Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Honorable Mention Daily Life Among Drying Fish Serkan DOGUS 🇹🇷 Turkey

Bronze Daily Life Warm Waters in Winter Serkan DOGUS 🇹🇷 Turkey

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Architectural

Winning photographs from the Architectural section.

Series Winners

Honorable Mention Architectural Desert Rose Dorota Qaid 🇨🇦 Canada

Gold Architectural The Geometric Soul Anna Wacker 🇩🇪 DE

Silver Architectural ROBOT PAVILION DÁMASO ÁVILA 🇪🇸 Spain

Honorable Mention Architectural Silent Overtures Doug Caplan 🇨🇦 Canada

Bronze Architectural Auditorio de Tenerife Bernd Gantert 🇩🇪 Germany

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Architectural Alice in architectural wonder Barbara Corsico 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Architectural baba taher AMIR ALI NAVADEH SHAHLA 🇮🇷 Iran

Bronze Architectural The Unassigned Door Tomohiko Funai 🇯🇵 Japan

Silver Architectural The great falcon. Zayed National Museum Francesca Pompei 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Architectural The Path OZHAN ARIOGLU 🇹🇷 Turkey

Honorable Mention Architectural University Library of the University of Economics and Business Bernd Gantert 🇩🇪 Germany

Honorable Mention Architectural Hymn in Stone Anna Wacker 🇩🇪 DE

Honorable Mention Architectural Armonia Jose Luis Ibañez Gutierrez 🇪🇸 ES

Gold Architectural Beautiful Baku Christiaan van Heijst 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Winner section

Travel

Winning photographs from the Travel section.

Series Winners

Gold Travel Labor Beauty Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Travel Phuket Vegetarian Festival DIANA CHAN 🇨🇳 China

Single Winners

Silver Travel Eagle hunter andrea gabrieli 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Travel Gilded Reflections KuoLun Hsu 🇹🇼 TW

Gold Travel Echoes originality Mohammed Muhtasib 🇸🇦 SA

Honorable Mention Travel Eagle Eye Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Honorable Mention Travel Riding the Clouds Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Bronze Travel The Pacu Jawi Race Ahmad Khamis 🇰🇼 KW

Winner section

Minimalist

Winning photographs from the Minimalist section.

Series Winners

Honorable Mention Minimalist Fishermen of the Ciénaga Mateo Borrero 🇺🇳 Colombia

Honorable Mention Minimalist Early Spring. In the Mirror Rolandas Urbonavicius 🇩🇪 DE

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Minimalist Amidst the Silence Salman Bohlouli 🇮🇷 IR

Gold Minimalist The Gathering Thomas de Franzoni 🇮🇹 IT

Bronze Minimalist Winter Denise Strauch 🇩🇪 DE

Honorable Mention Minimalist Blue Denise Strauch 🇩🇪 DE

Honorable Mention Minimalist Play Between Baskets Serkan DOGUS 🇹🇷 Turkey

Silver Minimalist On the Ridge Joshua Holko 🇦🇺 Australia

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Nature/Wildlife

Winning photographs from the Nature/Wildlife section.

Series Winners

Bronze Nature/Wildlife The vulnerable temple of the orange spirit Benoit Rondelet 🇧🇪 Belgium

Gold Nature/Wildlife The Burden of Reign Randall Ball 🇺🇸 United States

Silver Nature/Wildlife Held by the Artic Gaze Nikita Chicherin 🇩🇪 DE

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Mantis on a crocus Panagiotis Dalagiorgos 🇬🇷 Greece

Bronze Nature/Wildlife Pass By Xiaoping Lin 🇨🇳 CN

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Caribbean Mosaic Christoph Basmer 🇩🇪 Germany

Silver Nature/Wildlife Go away Tom Svensson 🇸🇪 Sweden

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife The future Tom Svensson 🇸🇪 Sweden

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Jump! Don Hurzeler 🇺🇸 US

Honorable Mention Nature/Wildlife Eye To Eye Nikita Chicherin 🇩🇪 DE

Gold Nature/Wildlife Fox Fight Club! Joshua Holko 🇦🇺 Australia

Winner section

Black and White

Winning photographs from the Black and White section.

Series Winners

Gold Black and White Spin control Natalia Gorshkova 🇺🇳 Russia

Honorable Mention Black and White Gevorg Tadevosyan's ”Summer“ Rolandas Urbonavicius 🇩🇪 DE

Bronze Black and White Auditorio de Tenerife Bernd Gantert 🇩🇪 Germany

Silver Black and White ice on the sea Andrea Maci 🇮🇹 Italy

Single Winners

Silver Black and White Saint Paul's Alexandro Pelaez 🇬🇧 GB

Bronze Black and White The city Antonio Coelho 🇵🇹 Portugal

Honorable Mention Black and White Caribbean Mosaic Christoph Basmer 🇩🇪 Germany

Honorable Mention Black and White In the Rain Rolandas Urbonavicius 🇩🇪 DE

Honorable Mention Black and White University Library of the University of Economics and Business Bernd Gantert 🇩🇪 Germany

Honorable Mention Black and White A SMOKER DIANA CHAN 🇨🇳 China

Winner section

Environmental

Winning photographs from the Environmental section.

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Environmental Just for fun? Tom Svensson 🇸🇪 Sweden

Gold Environmental Water Line Mateo Borrero 🇺🇳 Colombia

Bronze Environmental Man at Work Ken Ang 🇸🇬 Singapore

Silver Environmental Burden of Waste Serkan DOGUS 🇹🇷 Turkey

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Documentary

Winning photographs from the Documentary section.

Series Winners

Gold Documentary Straight out the hood Brice Gelot 🇫🇷 France

Honorable Mention Documentary LIFE STILL ENDURES UNDER THE SIROCCO Miquel Muñoz 🇪🇸 Spain

Bronze Documentary The Kings of the Cattle Roberto Pazzi 🇮🇹 IT

Honorable Mention Documentary Dykes on bikes - the vests Andrea Francolini 🇦🇺 Australia

Silver Documentary Heirs to Almost Nothing myriam Aadli 🇫🇷 FR

Honorable Mention Documentary Rural Life in the Hudson Valley Susan Anthony 🇺🇸 United States

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Documentary Bite of Glory Jurica Galic 🇺🇳 Croatia

Silver Documentary AMOR DEUS Anna Consilia Alemanno 🇮🇹 Italy

Gold Documentary Ethiopian Orthodox Church Service Stephen Wallace 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Documentary Rohingya Victim Stephen Wallace 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Documentary They Destroyed the Mosque, Not the Faith Abdelrahman Alkahlout 🇹🇷 Turkey

Honorable Mention Documentary Labor Among the Drying Fish Serkan DOGUS 🇹🇷 Turkey

Bronze Documentary Holding the Line Nikki Ritcher 🇺🇸 United States

Winner section

Fine Art

Winning photographs from the Fine Art section.

Series Winners

Honorable Mention Fine Art Disguise Alexandro Pelaez 🇬🇧 GB

Gold Fine Art Across the Universe Bevil Templeton-Smith 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Honorable Mention Fine Art Sculptures | Tuileries Garden Rolandas Urbonavicius 🇩🇪 DE

Silver Fine Art What nature knows Gjert Rognli 🇺🇳 Norway

Honorable Mention Fine Art Dante's Inferno - Tableaux Vivants Alessia Santambrogio 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Fine Art Myths and Legends Christy Lee Rogers 🇺🇸 United States

Bronze Fine Art Animalia Humanitas Pieter Clicteur 🇧🇪 Belgium

Single Winners

Silver Fine Art Death in a cocoon Nadiya dini 🇮🇷 Iran

Gold Fine Art Black Swan Katrine Moite 🇺🇸 United States

Bronze Fine Art Spicy Explosion Antonio Coelho 🇵🇹 Portugal

Honorable Mention Fine Art PALACE OF FAIRS DÁMASO ÁVILA 🇪🇸 Spain

Honorable Mention Fine Art Lunch Break in Zero Gravity Tomohiko Funai 🇯🇵 Japan

Honorable Mention Fine Art Folded Into Silence Amir Afroozeh 🇳🇱 NL

Honorable Mention Fine Art L'abbraccio mancato Paola Francesca Barone 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Fine Art Meeting Up DIANA CHAN 🇨🇳 China

Winner section

Street

Winning photographs from the Street section.

Series Winners

Gold Street 260319-250325 Streetmax 21 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Silver Street Binary: Duality of Being Vikas Nama 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Bronze Street In Passing, And Gone Juleah Claar 🇨🇭 CH

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Street Beach life Fanja Hubers-de Jong 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Bronze Street A Glimpse of Havana 10 Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Street Hockey Hooligan Afterparty Toni Rasinkangas 🇫🇮 FI

Silver Street The Double Shoulder Hudson Boose 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Street The Circle of Solitude OZHAN ARIOGLU 🇹🇷 Turkey

Gold Street Toji train station in Dhaka Mohammed Muhtasib 🇸🇦 SA

Honorable Mention Street CAUGHT YOU ON TAPE SHOURJENDRA DATTA 🇮🇳 India

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Landscape

Winning photographs from the Landscape section.

Single Winners

Silver Landscape Gateway to the Stars Craig Bill 🇺🇸 US

Gold Landscape Stormy Waves Craig Bill 🇺🇸 US

Bronze Landscape Miracle in Navarre Desert Alexey Morkvashentsev 🇨🇭 CH

Honorable Mention Landscape Lava Pyramid Don Hurzeler 🇺🇸 US

Honorable Mention Landscape MAGICAL BLUE DIANA CHAN 🇨🇳 China

Honorable Mention Landscape Temple Mark Gray 🇦🇺 AU

Honorable Mention Landscape Floating Trees Rolandas Urbonavicius 🇩🇪 DE

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Portrait

Winning photographs from the Portrait section.

Series Winners

Silver Portrait Dykes on Bikes Andrea Francolini 🇦🇺 Australia

Honorable Mention Portrait Captain Jack Sparrow Jeremy Lafleur 🇫🇷 France

Bronze Portrait Portraits of wrestlers Bartosz Matenko 🇵🇱 Poland

Gold Portrait Collar City Susan Anthony 🇺🇸 United States

Honorable Mention Portrait Inter-twining Luciana Trappolino 🇮🇹 Italy

Honorable Mention Portrait Unspoken motions Sarb Vasile 🇷🇴 RO

Single Winners

Honorable Mention Portrait Susanne Susanne Middelberg 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Honorable Mention Portrait She Ethnic Woman Xuejun Long 🇨🇳 China

Bronze Portrait Child of Shiva Dennis Schmelz 🇩🇪 Germany

Honorable Mention Portrait Crimson Reverie Tomohiko Funai 🇯🇵 Japan

Silver Portrait Jenny - Stefano Viani 🇩🇪 DE

Gold Portrait Novice Monks of Myanmar Stephen Wallace 🇺🇸 United States