{"id":760737,"date":"2026-04-29T06:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760737\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:36:31","slug":"hasselblad-unveils-the-70-exceptional-hasselblad-masters-2026-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760737\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasselblad Unveils the 70 Exceptional Hasselblad Masters 2026 Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hasselblad has announced the 70 finalists of its prestigious Hasselblad Masters 2026<\/a> competition, highlighting exceptional photos across seven categories. <\/p>\n

Established in 2001, the Hasselblad Masters competition is among the world\u2019s foremost professional photography competitions. However, unlike nearly all photo competitions, the Hasselblad Masters is not an annual affair. Before the 2026 edition, the last competition was in 2023, and the winners were spectacular<\/a>. Based on the 70 finalists for this year\u2019s competition, the bar will remain extremely high. <\/p>\n

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Photographers from more than 160 countries entered over 108,000 images in Hasselblad Masters 2026. The jury had their work cut out for them. The full panel of judges includes industry experts from major organizations like National Geographic, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Getty Images, Magnum Photos, and more. The panel includes Kalle Sanner, Alex Pollack, Aya Musa, Paul Lachenauer, Rebecca Swift, RongRong, Sonia Jeunet, and Zack Hatfield. The judges had the unenviable task of narrowing down the entries to just 10 per category across seven categories. <\/p>\n

The categories this year are Landscape, Architecture, Portrait, Street, Fine Art, Wildlife, and Project\/\/21. While most of these categories are self-explanatory, the Project\/\/21 one warrants further explanation. This category tasked photographers aged 21 or younger to showcase their best and most powerful work across any genre or theme. In all cases, the finalists exhibit exceptional artistic talent and technical expertise. <\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> The photos below, which show all the finalists in a given category, can be viewed at a much higher resolution by clicking on the image.
\n \"A<\/a>Hasselblad Masters 2026 Landscape Finalists \"A<\/a>Hasselblad Masters 2026 Architecture Finalists \"A<\/a>Hasselblad Masters 2026 Portrait Finalists \"A<\/a>Hasselblad Masters 2026 Street Finalists \"A<\/a>Hasselblad Masters 2026 Fine Art Finalists \"A<\/a>Hasselblad Masters 2026 Wildlife Finalists \"A<\/a>Hasselblad Masters 2026 Project\/\/21 Finalists<\/p>\n

One finalist from each category will be named a \u201cHasselblad Master,\u201d earning acclaim and prestige, plus a Hasselblad X2D II 100C camera, two XCD lenses of their choice, and a \u20ac5,000 cash prize. Winners will also have the opportunity to work with Hasselblad on the Hasselblad Masters book that celebrates the competition and its awardees. <\/p>\n

\"AEach Hasselblad Master will win a robust camera prize pack plus 5,000 euros in cash. <\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t only the judges who get a say, though. Other photographers are also encouraged to vote for their favorite finalists<\/a> across all seven categories, and these results will be included as part of the broader judging process. Voting is open until June 1. <\/p>\n

The seven new Hasselblad Masters will be revealed on June 30, 2026. <\/p>\n

Image credits:<\/strong> Hasselblad Masters 2026. Hasselblad elected not to share the names of the finalists at this time, meaning they cannot be appropriately credited in the photo captions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hasselblad has announced the 70 finalists of its prestigious Hasselblad Masters 2026 competition, highlighting exceptional photos across seven…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":760738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,4315,16289,1033,171,112129,312592,312593,91018,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-760737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-competition","tag-contest","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-hasselblad","tag-hasselbladmasters","tag-hasselbladmasters2026","tag-photocontest","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116486615607183544","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}