Jun 30, 2026
Hasselblad Masters 2026 Winners Announced
After months of global submissions and a rigorous judging process, the winners of the Hasselblad Masters 2026 have been revealed. Selected from more than 30,000 entries, seven outstanding photographers have earned the title of Hasselblad Master.
Kalle Sanner, Executive Director at the Hasselblad Foundation and Grand Jury Chair, commented, "What this year's Hasselblad Masters submissions demonstrated, with rare consistency, is that the most compelling photography does not simply record, it constructs. Across categories, the strongest work operated on more than one level simultaneously: legible on first encounter, yet resistant to easy interpretation. These are images that require attention, that continue to unfold the longer you stay with them. What unites the winners is a shared understanding that photography's real power lies not in what it shows, but in what it withholds, reframes, and quietly insists upon."
Art
Yudha Kusuma Putera, Indonesia
Waste Colonialism (Piyungan Cows)
Architecture
Kevin Boyle, Canada
Day Sleeper | Movieland
Landscape
Rohan Reilly, Ireland
Ephemeral Visions
Project//21
Panitbhand Paribatra Na Ayudhya, Thailand
Dwellers of the Night
Portrait
Svetlana Jovanovic, Netherlands
Otherness
Street
Gosse Bouma, Netherlands
Morning Ritual
Wildlife
Alfred Minnaar, South Africa
The Forest I Roam
Congratulations to the seven outstanding photographers, who are hereby awarded the title of Hasselblad Master.
Each winner will receive a Hasselblad X2D II 100C, two XCD lenses, and a €5,000 creative grant.
In the coming months, they will collaborate with Hasselblad to develop individual photographic projects, with selected works to be featured in the forthcoming Hasselblad Masters Book.
We extend our sincere gratitude to all participants of the Hasselblad Masters competition. We celebrate every creator who expresses their vision through photography, and we look forward to the next edition of the Hasselblad Masters.
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