Contemporary Black & White Photography CURATED COLLECTION Professional Edition SPIDER AWARDS BLACK & WHITE 2026Inverted Realities Alexandra Thannhauser, GermanyCelebrating contemporary black & white photography at its finest. thespiderawards.com SPIDER AWARDS BLACK & WHITE CURATED COLLECTION Professional Edition 2026 The Awards Fenqiang Liu, USA Heather Favell, UK Robert Pearson, New Zealand 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 422 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 over 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 CuratorLa Tasha Adri Berger, LaosNext! Laura Jean Zito, Ireland•264 Photographers •Representing 36 Countries •422 Curated Photographs The World's Leading Contemporary Black & White Photography Graphic Wall Marcel van Balken, NetherlandsAmericana Fashion Fine Art People Architecture Nature SportStill LifeWildlife Photojournalism Abstract Nude Silhouette Children of the World Portrait SPIDER AWARDS BLACK & WHITE CURATED COLLECTION Professional Edition 2026ABSTRACT Inverted Realities Brian Gilwee, USAEquus Zebra Hartmannae Lennette Newell, USANext >