LensCulture & spring shows
LensCulture’s Critics’ Choice 2026 is open to street photographers and promises feedback options that are rare in big contests. (amateurphotographer.com) Paris galleries are also staging free photography exhibitions through spring, while Sony World shows head to Somerset House and related showcases run April 17–May 4. (theglossarymagazine.com)
LensCulture’s Critics’ Choice 2026 closes on Wednesday 22 April 2026 and allows a free first single-image submission for entrants worldwide. (lensculture.com) The competition’s 20 critics include names such as Alex Kahl, Alex Pollack, Anna Planas and Jim Casper, and each critic will select three photographers and publish a short statement of appreciation for their picks. (lensculture.com) LensCulture says its Top Ten photographers will be exhibited at Photo London 2027, and contest listings report the Top Ten each receive a $1,000 cash grant (a $10,000 total pool reported across listings). ( ) Paris’s spring program includes a string of free gallery shows: Galerie Clémentine de la Ferronnière is mounting Martin Parr’s Small World in free admission through 30 May 2026. (timeout.fr) The same Time Out round-up lists other gratis presentations this season such as Pierre Jamet’s historic prints at Les Amies Rouges running until 4 July 2026, confirming several Paris galleries are offering no-cost photography displays across spring. (timeout.fr) The Sony World Photography Awards London exhibition runs at Somerset House from 17 April–4 May 2026, curated by Monica Allende, and the Somerset House listings show a standard exhibition ticket at £18 with a special Joel Meyerowitz presentation and an artist talk on 21 April. ( )
