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Historical narratives, documentary photography, and deeply personal visual storytelling define the longlist for the UK’s leading prize celebrating excellence in photography and moving image publishing.<\/p>\n

The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards<\/a> published the 2026 longlist, and this year’s Photography Book Award selections explore subjects including Victorian portraiture, colonial legacies, race, war, and climate disaster. The books revisit everything from the 19th-century Black portrait photography to slavery in North Carolina, Nazi medical research imagery and contemporary<\/p>\n

Spanning collage, documentary work and reinterpreted archives, the selected titles show how contemporary photographers continue to use the medium to examine memory, identity and historical record.<\/p>\n

The Longlisted Titles for the 2026 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award\"Sepia-toned<\/p>\n

Victoria Davies (later Randle) with her two children, London, 1901 | Credit: Black Chronicles – Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain edited and with texts by Ren\u00e9e Mussai<\/p>\n

Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain<\/a>, edited by Ren\u00e9e Mussai (Thames & Hudson\/ Autograph)
This collection of 19th-century portraits reexamines the representation of black identities in Victorian Britain. The book reshapes historical understandings of race and portrait photography.<\/p>\n

A Reprise <\/a>by David Alekhuogie (Aperture)
David Alekhuogie revisits Walker Evans’ 1935 photographs of African sculptures through layered collages and rephotographed image sculptures. The work explores African art, archival photography and the legacy of museum representation. <\/p>\n

Index2025 <\/a>by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa (Roma Publications)
Blending images, citations and fragmented visual language, INDEZ 2025 reflects on identity, memory, and contemporary culture. The experimental work challenges traditional photographic narratives.<\/p>\n

\"Silhouette<\/p>\n

Self-portrait in front of a made portal, from It\u2019s hard to stop rebels that time travel | Credit: Raymond Thompson Jr<\/p>\n

It’s Hard To Stop Rebels That Time Travel<\/a> by Raymond Thompson Jr (Void)
Using archival fragments and photography, Raymond Thompson Jr focuses on previously concealed stories of slavery, maroons and resistance in North Caroline. The project explores memory, race and historical erasure. <\/p>\n

MAN<\/a> by Erik Kessels and Karel De Mulder (RVB Books)
This conceptual photography project examines recurring gender dynamics in group portraits. The images question masculinity, social positioning and photographic convention. <\/p>\n

Red Horse<\/a> by Sasha Kurmaz (\u00c9ditions Images Vevey)
Created after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Red Horse combines documentary photography, collage and found materials into a personal visual diary. The work captures everyday life shaped by war.<\/p>\n

\"Partially<\/p>\n

From Sound the Sirens | Credit: Bryan Anselm<\/p>\n

Sound the Sirens<\/a> by Bryan Anselm (Overlapse)
Bryan Anselm documents the devastating human impact of climate disasters across the United States. The project combines documentary imagery with themes of environmental crises and displacement. <\/p>\n

Swan Moon\u2019s Swan Moon<\/a> by Swan Moon (TBW Books)
Set in 1990s Los Angeles, this diaristic portrait explores youth, identity, and performance through personal photography. The work reflects on Korean American identity and Hollywood mythology. <\/p>\n

The Fold<\/a> by Hoda Afshar (Loose Joints)
Hoda Afshar investigates colonial photography on Orientalist depictions of veiled women through reappropriated archival imagery. The project critiques historical photographic practices and representation.<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/p>\n

From The Ramble NYC 1969 | Credit: Arthur Tress<\/p>\n

The Ramble NYC 1969<\/a> by Arthur Tress (Stanley \/ Barker)
Arthur Tress documented queer cruising culture in NY’s Central Park during the late 1960s. The photos are now considered an important visual record of LGBTQ+ history. <\/p>\n

The Weight of the Word by Piero Martinello and Piero Casentini (Fw:Books)
This documentary project examines the histories and crimes of Nazi doctors through archival research, photography and medical texts. The work reflects on ethics, accountability and the lasting impact of scientific abuse. <\/p>\n

Too Many Products Too Much Pressure<\/a> by Janet Delaney (Deadbeat Club)
Janet Delaney documents the exhausting routines of sales work through the experiences of her father in 1980s Los Angeles. The project reflects on labor, family and everyday American life.<\/p>\n

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