After months of eager anticipation, thousands of entries from talented photographers all over the world, a careful review and weeks of voting by our outstanding international jury, the finish line is now in sight!<\/p>\n
We are delighted to present the Winners Shortlist of URBAN Photo Awards 2026<\/strong>, the selection that brings together the very best of this edition. The spotlight now falls on URBAN’s two main categories: Single Photos<\/strong> and Projects & Portfolios<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Winners Shortlist brings together the authors who have earned one of the three awards at stake: Winner<\/strong>, Honourable Mentions<\/strong> and Remarkable Rewards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Our jury examined every single work with great care, through a rigorous selection process. To keep the suspense alive until the final ceremony, the list is published in alphabetical order and divided by category: those who appear on it know they have won an award, but not yet which one.<\/p>\n The winners’ names will be revealed on Saturday 24 October 2026<\/strong> at the URBAN Photo Awards Ceremony, held as part of Trieste Photo Days. The ceremony is open to the public and will be streamed live on URBAN’s social media channels.<\/p>\n Once again this year URBAN Photo Awards gathered almost 20,000 images<\/strong> from around 5,000 photographers<\/strong> all over the world, across single photos, projects and portfolios and books, with the quality of the works rising higher still. URBAN thus continues to connect a global community of authors and enthusiasts, reaching beyond the boundaries of the digital world and becoming a true international meeting point for contemporary photography.<\/p>\n Our heartfelt thanks go to our jury, whose expertise and dedication made a careful and detailed assessment of the works in competition possible, ensuring the outstanding quality of this year’s shortlist:<\/p>\n Mark Power, Christopher Morris, Mihaela Noroc, Claudia Colecchia, Barbara Silbe, Michela Messina, K M Asad, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Frank Thorp V, Murat Harmanlikli, Marco Wilm, Salwan Georges, Taras Bychko, Udit Kulshrestha, Gigi Soldano, Maciej Dakowicz, Salvo Galano, Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo, Nicola Bertellotti, Valery Poshtarov, Filippo Venturi, Wesley Verhoeve, Nesam Keshavarz, Jake Riker, Mattia Li Puma, Abdelrahman Alkahlout, Dawn Eagleton, Nicola D’Orta, Alexander Bronfer, Jonathan Jasberg, Rarindra Prakarsa, Joffrey Guillemard, Manolo Ty, Siegfried Hansen, Natela Grigalashvili.<\/em><\/p>\n Our heartfelt thanks also go to the partners of URBAN Photo Awards 2026, who provide the winners with prizes of the highest quality, including photographic equipment and professional services: Fowa, Ricoh, Pentax, SmallRig, Think Tank Photo, Stroppa, and the artist Giorgio Celiberti, who handcrafts the steles and seals presented to the winners.<\/p>\n The 2026 winners’ shortlist is published in alphabetical order and is therefore not a ranking.<\/em><\/p>\n Dipanjan Chakraborty Alexandr Shilov Alex Polli Alireza Bagheri Sani Bouwe Brouwer
\nWhat Is the Winners Shortlist?<\/h2>\n
\nAn International Turnout<\/h2>\n
\nWinners Shortlist<\/h2>\n
Single Photos – Streets<\/h3>\n
\nEwa Laskowska
\nGianpaolo La Paglia
\nIlan ben Yehuda
\nJanusz Jurek
\nMateusz Kuca
\nMaya Mohan
\nMd Enamul Kabir
\nPavel Skaev
\nPerry Hall
\nRemy Pinaton
\nVittorio Fabianelli
\nVittorio Ricci<\/p>\n
\nSingle Photos – People<\/h3>\n
\nAntonio Denti
\nDaniel Ramos
\nDavid-Leonardo Antal
\nFernando Luigi Lucianetti
\nMatteo Rea
\nMauro De Bettio
\nMs. Happy Mukherjee
\nSeyit Konyali
\nShyjith Onden Cheriyath
\nSourav Das<\/p>\n
\nSingle Photos – Spaces<\/h3>\n
\nMartin Wacker
\nMustafa Binol
\nPawel Zygmunt
\nPietro Abbagnato
\nSimone Parigi
\nSt\u00e9phane De Rouville
\nYevhen Kostiuk<\/p>\n
\nSingle Photos – Creative<\/h3>\n
\nElena Paraskeva
\nLaura Sales
\nPaolo Dellepiane
\nShabnam Maleki
\nValeria Ciardulli<\/p>\n
\nProjects & Portfolios<\/h3>\n
\nMichelle Sank
\nSergei Stroitelev
\nShunta Kimura<\/p>\n
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