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LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2026
LensCulture · United States
Currently open LensCulture competition for black-and-white photography, deadline 14 October 2026. One free single-image entry; series entries paid. Six winners share USD 10,000 and exhibit in London during Photo London 2027.
Your eligibility
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- 18 and over
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Photography
- Theme
- black and white
- Work made
- Within the last 10 years
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- 18+; photographs created within the last 10 years; open worldwide.
About
LensCulture runs several photography competitions each year; the Black & White Photography Awards 2026 is the one currently open, closing 14 October 2026. Photographers aged 18+ worldwide may enter images created within the last ten years, as single images or series of up to 10.
One single image can be entered free per person; additional singles cost USD 10 each, five singles USD 35 and a series USD 45, with an optional written review for USD 25.
Six winners share USD 10,000 (series: 3,500 / 2,000 / 1,000; single image: 2,000 / 1,000 / 500) and are scheduled for a group exhibition in London during Photo London 2027.