Announcing Critical Mass 2026 Top 50 finalists!
Image by Top 50 finalist Julia Fullerton-Batten
Congratulations to the Critical Mass 2026 Top 50 photographers! We’re thrilled to celebrate your work and the distinctive perspectives you bring to contemporary photography. To every photographer who entered this year, thank you for sharing your projects and trusting us with your work. Your creativity, dedication, and willingness to share your stories make Critical Mass possible. We’re also deeply grateful to our prescreening panel and jurors for the time, care, and expertise they brought to reviewing the portfolios.
Please join us in celebrating this year’s Top 50 and the vibrant community of photographers and arts professionals behind Critical Mass!
Critical Mass 2026 Top 50 finalists
Abbey Hepner, Amy Sacka, Anat Icar Shoham, Andriana Nativio, Andy Mattern, Annette Lemay Burke, Astrid Reischwitz, Bill Hao, Bob Self, Briar Pine, Carl Corey, Carolina Baldoma, Claire Dibble, Claudio Eshun, Edward Boches, Emma Collins, Eric Kunsman, Francisco Gonzalez Camacho, Fruma Markowitz, Garrett Hansen, Ian Mcfarlane, Izabella Demavlys, JP Terlizzi, Jacque Rupp, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Julie Mack, Katie Shapiro, Kazunari Suzuki, Kelly Conlin, Lois Bielefeld, Magda Biernat, Marcy Palmer, Margaret Lejeune, Marjorie Salvaterra, Mark Peterman, Martha Wakefield, Maureen Ruddy Burkhart, Michael Bednar, Michael Schenker, Nicholas Dantzer, Nicola Muirhead, Oliver Klink, QT Luong, Rahkel Dixon, Rick Wright, Riel Sturchio, Stephen Voss, Takeshi Tokitsu, Thomas Alleman, Vincent Glielmi.
