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24–26 September 2026

Stories need to be seen.

A platform for emerging photographers and contemporary visual storytellers to meet, exchange and move their work forward.

Meet the 100 View the 2026 program
Photo: Chantal Pinzi
Photo: Chantal Pinzi
Photo: Asafe Ghalib
Photo: Asafe Ghalib
Photo: Alessandro Lovino
Photo: Alessandro Lovino
Photo: Amit Machamasi
Photo: Amit Machamasi
Photo: Angel Garcia Martos
Photo: Angel Garcia Martos
Photo: Eimear Lynch
Photo: Eimear Lynch
Photo: Claudia Deganutti
Photo: Claudia Deganutti
Photo: David Peinado
Photo: David Peinado
Photo: Jana Margarete Schuler
Photo: Jana Margarete Schuler
Photo: Kamila Rustambekova
Photo: Kamila Rustambekova
Photo: Lucia Jost
Photo: Lucia Jost
Photo: Rory Grubb
Photo: Rory Grubb
Photo: Abdelrahman Alkahlout
Photo: Abdelrahman Alkahlout
Photo: Tommy Trenchard
Photo: Tommy Trenchard
Photo: Yiming Zhu
Photo: Yiming Zhu
Photo: Sarah Mei Herman
Photo: Sarah Mei Herman
Photo: Lucia Bláhová
Photo: Lucia Bláhová
Photo: Lee-Ann Olwage
Photo: Lee-Ann Olwage
Photo: BEDEL | Delphine Blast
Photo: BEDEL | Delphine Blast
Photo: Supranav Dash
Photo: Supranav Dash
Photo: Sarah Pabst
Photo: Sarah Pabst
Photo: Shaohan Fang
Photo: Shaohan Fang
Photo: Ye Aung Thu
Photo: Ye Aung Thu
Photo: Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro
Photo: Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro
Photo: Yana Yatsuk
Photo: Yana Yatsuk
Photo: Thomas Morel-Fort
Photo: Thomas Morel-Fort
Photo: Mohamed Mahdy
Photo: Mohamed Mahdy
Photo: Natalia Kepesz
Photo: Natalia Kepesz
Photo: Kianoush Saadati
Photo: Kianoush Saadati
Photo: Charlie Cordero
Photo: Charlie Cordero
Photo: Mas Agun Wilis Jhudas Baskoro
Photo: Mas Agun Wilis Jhudas Baskoro
Photo: Juan Carlos
Photo: Juan Carlos
Photo: Svet Jacqueline
Photo: Svet Jacqueline
Photo: Uma Nielsen
Photo: Uma Nielsen
Photo: Lucia Alonso Garrido
Photo: Lucia Alonso Garrido
Photo: Parisa Bajelan
Photo: Parisa Bajelan
Albert Słowiński
Photo: Albert Słowiński
Adra Pallón
Photo: Adra Pallón
Alex Gist
Photo: Alex Gist
Amit Elkayam
Photo: Amit Elkayam
Photo: Chantal Pinzi
Photo: Chantal Pinzi
Photo: Asafe Ghalib
Photo: Asafe Ghalib
Photo: Alessandro Lovino
Photo: Alessandro Lovino

Participants 2026

100 photographers.
The Jury’s Selection.

We are delighted to announce the 100 photographers selected for the 2026 Hamburg Portfolio Review.

1,238
Submissions
1,962
Projects
18,144
Images
95
Countries
Explore all of their projects in the Archive

About the review

Creating opportunities for aspiring international photographers

The Hamburg Portfolio Review has become a vital platform for emerging photographers and contemporary storytellers, fostering global connections, creative collaborations and critical dialogue on the photographic, social and political issues of our time.

More about HPR

“I received great advice from all the reviewers, and I hope to keep moving in my career thanks to them.”

Camilla Richetti, HPR participant

Reviewers 2026

Meet the 2026 reviewers

International photo editors, curators, publishers and festival directors sharing focused, one-to-one feedback.

60 confirmed reviewers

Explore the global reviewer network since 2021

Reviewer 2026

Program 2026

Three days for
photography.

Exhibitions, a Canon keynote, screenings and the online portfolio reviews.

The archive

Stories that stay.

Explore selected projects from every HPR edition since 2021.

Explore the archive
Belonging
Debsuddha Banerjee Belonging / Participant in 2021
Until the corn grows back
Lys Arango Until the corn grows back / Participant in 2021
Born
Max Arens Born / Participant in 2021
The Forgotten War
David Lombeida The Forgotten War / Participant in 2025
Defying Adversity - Inside Hamar Weyne Fish Market in the Heart of Mogadishu, Somalia
Tariq Zaidi Defying Adversity - Inside Hamar Weyne Fish Market in the Heart of Mogadishu, Somalia / Participant in 2023
We are still dreaming
Matteo Trevisan We are still dreaming / Participant in 2023
The Wretched and the Earth
Gabriele Cecconi The Wretched and the Earth / Participant in 2023
Cheran Dorf des wiederstands
Axel Javier Sulzbacher Cheran Dorf des wiederstands / Participant in 2021

HPR Podcast

Visual Minds

The HPR podcast about how international photo editors, curators and photographers see, think and shape the future of photography.

All episodes Listen on Spotify

Recap 2025

See you in Hamburg.

Recap of the Hamburg Portfolio Review 2025.

Video: Finn Jahnke