OpenWalls Spotlight 2026 Winners

British Journal of Photography, in partnership with WePresent and Galerie Huit Arles, is proud to announce the winners of OpenWalls Spotlight 2026.

Now in its sixth edition, OpenWalls is an international photography award designed to elevate the work of emerging and established photographers by exhibiting it in the historic setting of Galerie Huit Arles, alongside Les Rencontres d’Arles – one of the world’s leading photography festivals.

This year’s theme, Homecoming, invited photographers to explore what it means to return – to a place, a person, a memory, or a version of oneself. It speaks to reunion and reconnection, to the emotional and physical journeys that shape our sense of identity and belonging.

The 2026 winners include one outstanding series and 25 single images, which will be exhibited at Galerie Huit Arles in July 2026.