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Human stories shine in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award
The 45th annual contest honours photographers who reveal personal and political frontiers with empathy and insight
2 Glasgow life showcased An exhibition at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) explores the city’s people, places and spirit through more than 80 photographic works. Glasgow Life’s Still Glasgow coincides with the city’s 850th anniversary and brings together iconic, rarely seen photos from the city’s rich visual history, from the forties to today. The exhibition features photographers like Linda McCartney, David Eustace and Bert Hardy, next to community-based projects such as Glendale Women’s Cafe and Romano Lav. Also on show are moving-image works such as Roderick Buchanan’s Gobstopper and portraits of Glasgow’s artists at work, including Joan Eardley and Alasdair Gray. It runs every day from 29 November to the end of April at GoMA in Royal Exchange Square with free admission. glasgowlife.org.uk 3 Your shot at £10,000 If you need extra inspiration to enter a contest where ten grand is up for grabs, these winning images from the London Camera Exchange (LCE) Photographer of the Year 2025 should do the trick. LCE has opened entries for 2026, which is free to enter, welcomes photographers of all levels and offers a £10,000 prize fund across 14 categories. Favourites such as portraits, wildlife and street return, alongside the public- voted People’s Choice category. Plus, the Emerging Talent award once again recognises a student photographer with a £500 prize each for them and their university or course. Entries are open until 21 January 2026 and can be submitted online or at any of LCE’s 26 stores nationwide. poty.lcegroup.co.uk
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1 Oskar winners Venezuelan photographer
Alejandro Cegarra has been given the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) for his series The Two Walls . In creating this project, he went to the borderlands between Mexico and the USA to document the plight of migrants, shedding light on their dramatic situation in traditional black & white reportage style. Cegarra had previously won the Newcomer Award back in 2014. This year, the aforementioned Newcomer Award went to Moldovan/ German photographer Serghei Duve for his series entitled Bright Memory , a poignant exploration of his family’s roots in Transnistria – a breakaway Moldovan region that is sustained by Russian support. His series captures nostalgia and identity through the lens of personal history. The news was announced in a ceremony at Leica headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany, with Cegarra receiving €40,000 plus €10,000 worth of Leica equipment, while Serghei received €10,000 and a Leica Q3. Now in its 45th year, LOBA remains one of the world’s most respected documentary photography prizes. The winning works are on show at the Ernst Leitz Museum in Wetzlar, before they tour the Leica Galleries around the world. leica-oskar-barnack-award.com
PRIZE PICTURES 1 A winning Leica Oskar Barnack Award image taken by Alejandro Cegarra 2 Photographs of life in Glasgow star in a new exhibition at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art 3 Overall winner in last year’s LCE contest, by Capri McPherson-Noel
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