Get Your Work Seen by 20 International Critics |
Once a year, LensCulture’s Critics’ Choice Awards offer the amazing opportunity to get your photography in front of 20 global experts who can help boost your career in international markets. Each of these photography superstars will select three personal favorites — and write short glowing reviews about each of their personal picks. Imagine your own CV including quotes about your work written by a famous international editor, curator or publisher! Up to 60 photographers will be selected and featured this year as Critics’ Choice winners. Don’t miss your opportunity. In addition to cash prizes, the Top Ten winners will be featured in an exhibition in London. Free entry option. Enter today! |
Deadline: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 |
Images shown above are Editors’ Picks from recent entries. See them all in the online gallery! © Lindsay Nolin, Jeremiah Jenner, Xidong Luo, Christoph Mayr, Natalia Erez. |
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The LensCulture Critics' Choice Award has been a powerful catalyst for my photographic career. |
— Anass E Azhar Idrissi, Winner, Critics’ Choice 2023 |
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AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA |
The Township By Night and Day |
Sibusiso Bheka’s images convey the complex reality of belonging to the post-apartheid generation — and the weight of history — in Thokoza, a township south of Johannesburg that he calls home. Photographs by Sibusiso Bheka. Essay by Marigold Warner. |
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LENSCULTURE 2026 NEW YORK EXHIBITION |
We are thrilled to host another expansive exhibition of LensCulture award winners, this time in the heart of New York’s Chelsea gallery district.
April 23-26, 2026, 11am - 6pm, Caelum Gallery, 526 W 26 St., New York
LensCulture New York 2026 is a group show celebrating the richness and diversity of new contemporary photography in many forms, featuring award-winning 35 photographers from 18 countries. Taking place at the same time as The Photography Show by AIPAD, LensCulture New York 2026 celebrates the potent and diverse talents of our international community of photographers at a time when thousands of photography lovers, collectors, and industry experts will be in the city. |
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A new expanded edition of Lars Tunbjörk’s iconic photobook offers a biting take on the boredom, chaos and high-stress of corporate office culture. Photographs by Lars Tunbjörk, Book review by Sophie Wright |
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