23/07/2026
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 | 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝! 🥳
The winners of TRAVEL. An Atlas of Stories, Places and Faces, the international open call dedicated to contemporary travel photography, have been announced.
The call invited photographers from around the world to go beyond borders, embrace the unexpected in places, people and cultures, and share their experiences through the lens of their camera.
The selected projects will be featured in a collective exhibition at Sala Veruda during Trieste Photo Days 2026 and published in a photographic volume that will be presented during the festival.
🏆 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫:
"All the light we cannot see - Blackouts in Cuba" by Alec Rill, an evocative visual story of the resilience of the Cuban people during the country's ongoing blackout crisis.
Alec Rill first visited Cuba in 2006, witnessing the hardships of everyday life firsthand. When he returned in 2017, easing economic restrictions had brought a renewed sense of hope.
But during his latest visit in 2024, he found the country in an unprecedented state: long nighttime queues for fuel, food shortages forcing people to search through garbage, and above all, blackouts that had become structural, daily and unpredictable.
It is within this darkness that the New York-based photographer finds his perspective: the glow of mobile phones destined to fade as their batteries die, car headlights illuminating groups of friends gathered outside their darkened homes.
Smiling faces. People dancing. A powerful portrait of resilience, where joy becomes a quiet, collective act of resistance in the face of crisis.
🎖️ 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
"Stateless" by Massimiliano Cambuli
"Nomads of a Changing Horizon" by Costanza Rossi |
"Travel in Dancalia" by Roberto Malagoli
"Fly Away With TWA" by Andrea Klausner
"Yukimi" by Marco Parenti
"Fireflies – The Journey of Light" by Immacolata Giordano
"Skyward Gazes" by Camilla Bettinelli
🎖️ 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬:
"Ti canto memento mori" by Tiziana Verbitz
"Mama Africa" by Julie Kerbel | Julie K Photography
"All Journeys End Here" by Maria Grazia Castiglione
"Sea of Turmeric" by Shivani Tibrewal
"Beyond Elba: Pinhole Explorations in the Tuscan Archipelago" by Luca Baldassari
"Elusive Times by the Sea" by Pablo Fanque’s Fair
🙏 A heartfelt thank you to all the photographers who took part and congratulations to all the winners! 👏
We hope to see you all in Trieste during the festival! 😎
For more information, visit our website: https://www.exhibitaround.com/en/news/travel-an-atlas-of-stories-places-and-faces-winners-announced/