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January 13, 2026
Monochrome marvels: LensCulture’s best black-and-white photography
A brutal nomadic sport, quiet childhood reveries and stark human endurance define the photographs that wowed this year’s judges
TL;DR
- A project explores the daily commute in New Delhi, showing a man seeking respite from heat on an overcrowded bus.
- Buzkashi, a brutal sport from Tajikistan and Central Asia, involves hundreds of riders competing for a headless goat.
- Shepherds in Georgia move their cattle to winter pastures in Vashlovani, a journey marked by storytelling and tradition.
- One project examines impermanence and the landscape's transformative power, blending growth and ruin.
- Another series explores authorship, gender, and aging, using the rural landscape of New England as a character.
- A photographer captures the transformations of childhood, inspired by Edward Weston's work.
- A visual journey through space and time explores life as a pilgrimage, focusing on universal human experiences.
- A series set in Lahore's industrial area depicts the resilience and solitude of laborers.
- One photographer prefers staged scenes over digital manipulation, using live insects and models.
- A collection of objects evokes nostalgia and the presence of absence, imbued with human consciousness.
- Projects on Bangladesh's blue-collar workforce highlight the unseen effort and endurance of laborers in the construction industry.
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