Shortlist 2026

Twelve series make up the shortlist for the 46th edition of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA). Over the following weeks, we will be introducing the photographers and their series.

Saher Alghorra
Witnessing Gaza

Todd Antony
Buzkashi

Anush Babajanyan
The Aral Sea and the Battered Waters of Central Asia 

Damir Faizulin
Preserving Nature as Preserving Ourselves

William Keo 
Extramuros

Slava Lyu-fa
Inner Distance  

Valery Melnikov
Mariupol – Open Wounds

Benedikt Renč
Cairo

Elliot Ross 
A Question of Balance

Annie Sakkab
We Used to Watch the Rivers Go By

David Sládek
People of Šumiac

Laila AnnMarie Stevens
Clayton Sisterhood Project