Contemporary Black & White Photography SPIDER AWARDS BLACK & WHITE CURATED COLLECTION Amateur Edition 2026A Motherly Cuddle Hal Kahn, USACarol Zulman, USA Jens Winkler, Germany Javier Herranz Casellas, Spain The Curated Collection presents a selection of the year's most distinguished photographs from the 20th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. It has been my privilege, as Director and Chief Curator, to oversee this edition which features 326 award-winning photographs celebrating the artists, ideas and stories that continue to shape the discourse of contemporary monochrome photography. Black & White Spider Awards convenes an international jury of leading galleries, curators, publishers, editors, dealers, and art directors to recognize outstanding achievement and cultivate the next generation of photographic talent. Since 2004, photographers from 117 countries have submitted more than 125,664 photographs, establishing one of the most significant archives of contemporary black and white photography. - Basil O'Brien, Director and Chief Curator Celebrating contemporary black & white photography at its finest. SPIDER AWARDS BLACK & WHITE CURATED COLLECTION Amateur Edition 2026 The Awards thespiderawards.comUtility Building Calvin Binnema, CanadaA Woman Carrying the Water Adrian Per, Romania•253 Photographers •Representing 33 Countries •379 Curated Photographs The World's Leading Contemporary Black & White Photography Splashy Start Clayton Reitzel, CanadaAmericanaAbstract Fashion Fine Art People Architecture Nature SportStill LifeWildlife Photojournalism Nude Silhouette Children of the World Portrait SPIDER AWARDS BLACK & WHITE CURATED COLLECTION Amateur Edition 2026 Discover the complete collection Professional EditionABSTRACT Lava Lamp Patrick O'Brien, USAAbstract Engineering Paul Herbert, UKNext >