BEST OF SHOW THE INTERNATIONAL AWARDs for AMERICANA PHOTOGRAPHY 2026 OFFICIAL AWARDSBOOKAMERICANAPHOTOAWARDS.COM BEST OF SHOW Roll of Honor Photographer of the Year Abstract Advertising Architecture & Landmarks Children & Youth City Life Cuisine & Food Culture Editorial/Press Fashion Fine Art History & Heritage Landscapes Music & Performing Arts Nature Nude Patriotism & National Symbolism Portrait Roadside Attractions & Route 66 Small Town America Sports Still Life Wildlife Welcome to Americana Photo Awards Best of Show Official Awards Book. Celebrating America’s people, culture, traditions, history and iconic landscapes, this collection presents the year’s First, Second and Third Place award-winning photographs across 21 categories.JURY 2026 First Edition An international panel of curators, editors, publishers and industry leaders invited annually to select and honor the year’s finest achievements in Americana photography. Luke Perkins The Coca-Cola Company Madison Brown Harvard Art Museums Thalia Forbes Spotify Simon Minho Kim ABC Entertainment Loni Efron Ilon Art Gallery Jorge Calderon Calde63 Inc. Joshua White The Art Channel Evan Denworth Texas Rangers Chitose Suzuki The Dallas Morning News Christopher Jones The Ringling Art Museum Peter Vitale Paramount Brand StudioBEST OF SHOW WINNERS & NOMINEES The First Annual Americana Photo Awards | 2026 Winners & Nominee Exhibition Saturday, April 25, 2026 The International Awards for Americana Photography Anne Dignam, USA Annet Katan, USA Barbara Beeman, USA Barbara Maker, USA Barry Rosenthal, USA Beate Walden, USA Bernard Werner, USA Brandon Ralph, USA Brian Ach, USA Brian Callaway, USA Bruce Orr, USA C E Morse, USA Carlo Alberto Conti, Italy Carlos Arevalo, USA Carlotta Maitland Smith, UK Carol M. Highsmith, USA Chester Ng, USA Chuck LaChance, USA Cindy Stephens, USA Claudia Zeien, USA Colin Page, UK Craig Easton, UK Dan Lane Williams, USA Daniel Barsotti, USA Dashell Wasson, USA David Altschul, USA David Peinado, Mexico Delilah Bolzern, Switzerland Dianne Yudelson, USA Dustin Snipes, USA Elena Paraskeva, Cyprus Eric von Schulthess, Switzerland Fenqiang Liu, USA Frantz Michaud, USA Gareth Rockliffe, USA Glenn Goldman, USA Greg Probst, USA Hal Kahn, USA Heather Wilson, USA Ira Dwoskin, USA Jack Weingarten, USA Jan-Tore Oevrevik, USA Jeff Olson, USA Jerry Stevenson, USA Jim Shepka, USA Joe Patronite, USA John Doyle, USA Jon Wollenhaupt, USA Jorge Parra, USA Juli Balla, Australia Katrien Orlans, Belgium Katrine Moite, USA Kepa Dwight, USA Kimara Wilhite, USA Kylo-Patrick Hart, USA Laura Jean Zito, Ireland Leka Huie, Hong Kong Lou Fischer, USA Mari Saxon, USA Marina Onken, USA Mark Art.Visualizations, Netherlands Melinda Goodall, USA Michael Mihaljevich, USA Morris Asato, USA Nancie Battaglia, USA Patrick Bennett, USA Peter Arnold, UK Phil Toy, USA R.J. Hinkle, USA Reno DiTullio, USA Richard Baker, USA Robi Chakraborty, USA Roy Pope, USA Russell Rutherford, USA Sandra Walker, USA Sara Shoemaker Lind, USA Steve Burkett, USA Steve Dworman, USA Susan Vizvary, USA Suzanne Anton, USA Vicky Martin, UK Yuan Zhang, China (PRC) Yuanfeng Mao, USA Abigail Ekue, USA Alessandra Barracchia, Italy Anne Schlueter, USA Annet Katan, USA Barbara Maker, USA Beate Walden, USA Bernard Werner, USA Bill Klipp, USA Bill Robbins, USA Blake Bartlett, USA Bodo Gebhardt, Germany Brandon Ralph, USA Brendan Kownacki, USA Bruce Orr, USA Carol M. Highsmith, USA Chengbin Zhang, China (PRC) Christian Popkes, Germany Chuck LaChance, USA Chuck Savadelis, USA Colin Page, UK David Altschul, USA David Layton, USA David Allan Brandt, USA Delilah Bolzern, Switzerland Dianne Yudelson, USA Dolly Kabaria, India Dustin Snipes, USA Eric von Schulthess, Switzerland Estrella Chuang, Taiwan Fenqiang Liu, USA Frank Schaefer, USA Frumi Cohen, USA Garen DiBartolomeo, USA Geir Jordahl, USA Glenn Goldman, USA Greg Probst, USA H. Allen Benowitz, USA Han Jiang, USA Harry Zimmerman, USA Hesh Hipp, USA Ian Shand, New Zealand Jack Weingarten, USA Jacqueline Burke, USA James Fox, USA James Pryor, USA Jan-Tore Oevrevik, USA Janis Ehlers, USA Joe Patronite, USA John Doyle, USA Jonathan David Sabin, USA Juli Balla, Australia Jurgen Dopatka, USA WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS - ROLL OF HONOR - HONORABLE MENTIONS A-Z WINNERS A-ZJustin Shea, Canada Kaddy Tsang, USA Karel Sevcik, Czech Republic Karin Nordlander, USA Ken Pivak, USA Kevin Bartlett, USA Kimara Wilhite, USA Kylo-Patrick Hart, USA Leka Huie, Hong Kong Les Bentley, USA Leslie Goldman, USA Lisa Powers, New Zealand Maggie Machinsky, USA Mari Saxon, USA Marina Onken, USA Martin Miller, USA Michael Confer, USA Michael Mannix, USA Michael Mihaljevich, USA Michael Pliskin, USA Mildred Salas, USA Morris Asato, USA Nancie Battaglia, USA Narinder Sall, USA Patrick Bennett, USA Peter Arnold, UK Phil Toy, USA Piotr Jaxa, Poland R.J. Hinkle, USA Rebecca Polonski, Australia Rebecca Waters, USA Reza Mozafarimanesh, Cyprus Robert Weiner, USA Robi Chakraborty, USA Roger Archibald, USA Ron Bambridge, UK Roxana Stanoi, USA Russell Rutherford, USA Sally Montana, USA Sandra Walker, USA Sarb Vasile, Romania Shinji Ichikawa, Japan Sonia Daviault, Canada Stephen Cooper, USA Steve Burkett, USA Steve Dworman, USA Steve Gelineau, USA Steven Hauptman, USA Suzanne Anton, USA Taggart Lee, USA Tom Zimberoff, USA Tony Pacelli, USA Xiaoping Lin, China (PRC) Yuji Oboshi, USA HONORABLE MENTIONS - ROLL OF HONOR - Aleksandra Kud, Poland Alexander George, USA Alicia Rodriguez, USA Amy Siqveland, USA Amyn Nasser, Canada Andrew Callaghan, USA Andrey Stanko, USA Andriy Rochnyak, USA Anthony Iacuzzi, USA Audrey Nilsen, USA Barbara Corsico, Italy Beatrice Heydiri, Germany Beth Eisgrau-Heller, USA Bob Felderman, USA Brenna Cunningham, USA Bryan Parsons, USA Caesar Lima, USA Carol Isaak, USA Carolyn Edelstein, USA Charles Crain, USA Chieko Tanemura, USA Darin Back, USA David Skernick, USA David Winegar, USA Deborah Gray Mitchell, USA Diana Feil, USA Dick Nosbisch, USA Donald Graham, USA Ellen Nelson, USA Emily Wilson, USA Emma Brahas, Romania Eric Oxendorf, USA Erik Olson, USA Ethan Zargo, Canada F. Schafer, USA Florian W. Mueller, Germany Gayle Pepper, USA George Axtell, USA Gianluca Federighi, Italy Gillian Marshall , USA Gunnar Kullenberg, USA J Patrick Cudahy, USA James Meldrum, USA Jean-Mathieu Saponaro, France Jerry Beard, USA Jimmy Pollock, USA John Rees, USA John Slemp, USA John H Hughey, USA Joseph Favino, USA Joseph Neumayer, USA Kaoru Shibahara, Japan Karen Safer, USA Kay Erickson, USA Keith Birmingham, USA Ken Weissblum, USA Kip Harris, Canada Kresimir Nilic, Croatia Lawrence Russ, USA Leah Lallier, USA Leila Sullivan, USA Leland Bobbe, USA Lou Novick, USA Luciano Leuzzi, Italy Luke Hayes, UK Lynne Mass, USA Magnus Karlson, Sweden Mariana Bontempo, Brazil Mark Schuler, USA Martha Ture, USA Matthew DeZee, USA Matthias David, Germany Merrill Shea, USA Michael Elkan, Canada Michelle Chaplow, Spain Mike Gagarin, USA Mirjam Lorek, Switzerland Mischa Lluch, USA Nato Welton, UK Nico Garstman, Netherlands Nluz Love, Spain Pamela Hymer, USA Pamela Powell, USA Paul Hetzel, USA Petra Senn, Germany Philip Segal, USA Pierre Delaunay, France Rachel Jeraffi, USA Raimund Feiter, Germany Rainer Quesada, USA Raul Vega, USA Ray Schwartz, USA Robert Nowak, USA Roberto Soares-Gomes, Brazil Robin Zygelman, USA Rohn Meijer, Italy Roland Breitschuh, Germany Roy Kaltschmidt, USA Rudolf Koenig, Switzerland Sandy Adams, USA Selena Malone, USA Sonal Shah, USA Sossi Madzounian, USA Stefanie Schneider, USA Stephen Mimms, USA Steve Eirschele, USA Steve Robinson, USA Stuart Conway, UK Ted Morrison, USA Thomas Freyer, Germany Thomas Minczeski, USA Tom Brownold, USA Tony Wacker, Germany Torsten Elger, Germany Valerie Laney, USA Victor Oknyansky, Israel Wendy Stone, USA Wolfgang Spekner, Austria NOMINEES NOMINEES A-Z HONORABLE MENTIONS A-ZPROFESSIONAL WINNERS Eclipse - Chasing Darkness Photographer: Dustin Snipes (USA) Prize: 1st Place Photographer of the Year - Outstanding Achievement AWARDSPHOTO AMERICANAAMATEUR WINNERS Last Vestiges Photographer: Steve Burkett (USA) Prize: 1st Place Photographer of the Year - Outstanding Achievement 2026 BEST OF SHOWBarely There Photographer: Vicky Martin (UK) Prize: 2nd Place Photographer of the Year - Merit of Excellence AWARDSPHOTO AMERICANABurgers Photographer: David Altschul (USA) Prize: 2nd Place Photographer of the Year - Merit of Excellence 2026 BEST OF SHOWNext >