First Edition \ 2026


Winners

Selected by the Jury. Theme: | Two Generations. One Story. Women |

Winning works represent the strongest visual and conceptual responses to the theme of each edition.

TEST / Sample


Documentary Photography

Monochrome photograph of a dancer holding a fan – Suteishi

Winner
Dance

Photographer: Suteishi / Germany / www.suteishi.com

  • Documentary photographer exploring women, memory and quiet emotional tension. Her shortlisted work uses monochrome tones to reveal gesture, atmosphere and inner presence.

Second Place Winner
Dream

Photographer: Postrh. / Poland / www.postrh.com

  • Visual artist, photographer, and author. His work explores memory, abandonment, and the tension between nature and human-made environments. His long-term documentary projects spanning Icelandic landscapes, the brutalist geometry of London’s Barbican, and the haunting stillness.

Portrait of an elderly woman wearing traditional jewellery – Samrat Khadka

Third Place Winner
Imagination

Photographer: Samrat Khadka / France / www.samratkhadka.com

  • A photographer working between documentary portraiture and poetic visual storytelling. Her shortlisted work explores women, memory and identity through monochrome images shaped by silence, shadow and restrained emotion.


Conceptual Photography

Monochrome photograph of a dancer holding a fan – Suteishi

Winner
Dance

Photographer: Suteishi / Germany / www.suteishi.com

  • Documentary photographer exploring women, memory and quiet emotional tension. Her shortlisted work uses monochrome tones to reveal gesture, atmosphere and inner presence.

Woman in a vintage dress viewed from above – Postrh.

Second Place Winner
Dream

Photographer: Postrh. / Poland / www.postrh.com

  • Visual artist, photographer, and author. His work explores memory, abandonment, and the tension between nature and human-made environments. His long-term documentary projects spanning Icelandic landscapes, the brutalist geometry of London’s Barbican, and the haunting stillness.

Third Place Winner
Imagination

Photographer: Samrat Khadka / France / www.samratkhadka.com

  • A photographer working between documentary portraiture and poetic visual storytelling. Her shortlisted work explores women, memory and identity through monochrome images shaped by silence, shadow and restrained emotion.


Honourable Mentions Documentary Photography

Dance

Photographer: Suteishi / Germany / www.suteishi.com

  • Documentary photographer exploring women, memory and quiet emotional tension. Her shortlisted work uses monochrome tones to reveal gesture, atmosphere and inner presence.

Camera Arabica

Photographer: Postrh. / Poland / www.postrh.com

  • Visual artist, photographer, and author. His work explores memory, abandonment, and the tension between nature and human-made environments. His long-term documentary projects spanning Icelandic landscapes, the brutalist geometry of London’s Barbican, and the haunting stillness.

Look

Photographer: Samrat Khadka / France / www.samratkhadka.com

  • A photographer working between documentary portraiture and poetic visual storytelling. Her shortlisted work explores women, memory and identity through monochrome images shaped by silence, shadow and restrained emotion.

Dance

Photographer: Suteishi / Germany / www.suteishi.com

  • Documentary photographer exploring women, memory and quiet emotional tension. Her shortlisted work uses monochrome tones to reveal gesture, atmosphere and inner presence.

Camera Arabica

Photographer: Postrh. / Poland / www.postrh.com

  • Visual artist, photographer, and author. His work explores memory, abandonment, and the tension between nature and human-made environments. His long-term documentary projects spanning Icelandic landscapes, the brutalist geometry of London’s Barbican, and the haunting stillness.

Look

Photographer: Samrat Khadka / France / www.samratkhadka.com

  • A photographer working between documentary portraiture and poetic visual storytelling. Her shortlisted work explores women, memory and identity through monochrome images shaped by silence, shadow and restrained emotion.


Honourable Mentions Conceptual Photography

Dance

Photographer: Postrh. / Poland / www.postrh.com

  • Documentary photographer exploring women, memory and quiet emotional tension. Her shortlisted work uses monochrome tones to reveal gesture, atmosphere and inner presence.

Camera Arabica

Photographer: Postrh. / Poland / www.postrh.com

  • Visual artist, photographer, and author. His work explores memory, abandonment, and the tension between nature and human-made environments. His long-term documentary projects spanning Icelandic landscapes, the brutalist geometry of London’s Barbican, and the haunting stillness.

Look

Photographer: Samrat Khadka / France / www.samratkhadka.com

  • A photographer working between documentary portraiture and poetic visual storytelling. Her shortlisted work explores women, memory and identity through monochrome images shaped by silence, shadow and restrained emotion.

Dance

Photographer: Suteishi / Germany / www.suteishi.com

  • Documentary photographer exploring women, memory and quiet emotional tension. Her shortlisted work uses monochrome tones to reveal gesture, atmosphere and inner presence.

Camera Arabica

Photographer: Postrh. / Poland / www.postrh.com

  • Visual artist, photographer, and author. His work explores memory, abandonment, and the tension between nature and human-made environments. His long-term documentary projects spanning Icelandic landscapes, the brutalist geometry of London’s Barbican, and the haunting stillness.

Look

Photographer: Samrat Khadka / France / www.samratkhadka.com

  • A photographer working between documentary portraiture and poetic visual storytelling. Her shortlisted work explores women, memory and identity through monochrome images shaped by silence, shadow and restrained emotion.