We are thrilled to announce the Top 100 Finalists for the WallMag Creative Photography Awards 2026! Where Imagination Meets the Frame
🔗 Award Page: https://wallmag.io/awards/wallmag-creative-photography-awards-2026
- 📅 Finalists Announced: 20 July 2026
- 🏆 Winners Announced: 27 July 2026
- 🗳️ Voting Open Until: 27 July 2026
Why We Launched This Award
The WallMag Creative Photography Awards 2026 exist for photographers who see what others walk past — the fine-art, conceptual, surreal, abstract and editorial image-makers who bend reality to reveal a point of view. We built it so that recognition is earned on vision and craft, not bought: an open community shortlists the finalists, and every frame here made it because people stopped and really looked.
How Are Finalists Selected?
The Top 100 Finalists were chosen by community votes. Every project earns a score from the votes it receives, measured against the highest-scoring project in the award; we then rank every creator by their strongest project, and the top 100 become finalists. 📖 Learn how our voting system works →
How Are Winners Decided?
This is where our jury joins in. The final score combines jury evaluation (80%) and community votes (20%) to decide the Top 3 winners, announced on 27 July 2026. Voting stays open until then — every vote a finalist earns now counts toward that final score. 🗳️ Cast your vote before 27 July 2026!
The finalists below are listed by vote score, highest first. Final winners will be announced on 27 July 2026.
"Darkness Never Stopped Nature From Thriving
By: ANUSH RAJ R
Lost in the jungle, guided only by the moon. This image captures a quiet corner of the forest at night, where moonlight breaks through dense ferns and branches — proof that life continues to thrive even in darkness...
Poumai tribe
By: Sathree
Poumai warrior
Faith in Ganges
By: Neerudi Prasad
A devotee in kashi seeing the ganges and kashi and praying to the god at that time I'm there at moment captured the environment through mirror and goddess picture to give an creative side of my photograph
The Spirit of Odisha
When art, devotion, and motion meet in a single frozen frame.
The man and the newspaper
By: Sudipta Das
The image captures a dramatic, high-contrast portrait of a young man peering through a large hole burned into a Bengali newspaper.📜✨
Colours Of India
By: Monojit Dutta
Colours of India is a visual journey through the vibrant soul of everyday India, where colours become emotions, traditions, dreams, and stories of survival.
The Longing
By: Zanul Abedin
He sits quietly near the banks of Yamuna river as dull as a lifeless form. His eyes speak louder than the surroundings.
Forever
By: Abhishek Karthik
It was a travel trip with my family
unveil
By: Mudavath Mahesh
Veil of Solitude A solitary figure emerges through layers of translucent fabric, suspended between concealment and revelation. Bathed in cool blue tones, the image explores themes of vulnerability, introspection, and the quiet spaces where identity is formed.
The Golden Gaze ️
By: Manojit Sasmal
A boy from the edges of the river, where life is simple but never easy - yet his eyes glow with a strength richer than gold.
Catholic Wedding Creative Photography
Location: @goa Camera:@canonindia_official Bride:@rachelferns18 Groom:@sheldon163
Between Journeys
An old jeep rests quietly against a vibrant wall, carrying the marks of time and countless journeys
Art Vs survival
By: arindam bhuiya
In the same frame In two different worlds. Two sides of the same city. We walk past both, every day.
Faith in Suspension
By: Pavan Dimmeta
Captured during the 2025 Ganesh Visarjan, silhouetted figures rise against the sky in a moment suspended between devotion, trust, and transition. The monochrome frame transforms a real ritual into a symbolic passage between earth and the divine
Pulse of the Everyday
By: Saanvi Goyal
Life reveals itself in passing. These photographs embrace the moments that exist between destinations and routines, where ordinary gestures quietly speak of life’s subtle rhythms.
Devotion in frames
Hidden within shadows, she waits—revealed only to those who choose to look beyond the obvious.
A World Within a Glass
By: Daiwik Kaushik
The photograph reimagines the Taj Mahal through reflection and perspective, turning a simple glass into a portal of illusion.
Stillness in the City of Light
I took this photograph in Varanasi, where every corner feels alive with movement. While people hurried past, this sadhu remained completely still, creating a moment that instantly caught my attention. Using a slow shutter speed, I wanted to emphasize the contrast between constant motion and quiet presence.
The Silent Sovereign
By: VASU GUGULOTHU
In a world that often mistakes loudness for strength, true power rests in quiet confidence. This portrait captures a pigeon in a moment of calm stillness, its fiery amber eye contrasting beautifully against iridescent feathers that shimmer with shades of emerald, violet, and silver.
Predator of Light
By: Vijay Ganesh H
For a brief moment, the clouds gathered into the unmistakable shape of a soaring eagle, creating the illusion that it was about to seize the sun in its talons. I captured this rare alignment as a reminder that nature often paints stories hidden in plain sight, rewarding those who pause long enough to notice.
Echoes of the French Quarter
By: Srujith Reddy
This series explores the timeless charm of Pondicherry through its colonial architecture, vibrant streets, artistic expressions, and coastal life. Each frame captures the dialogue between history and the present, where culture, color, and everyday moments coexist.
Girl Portrait
By: Suman Das
Portrait
The Weight of the Graphite - Struggle of an Artist
"To create art is to willingly step into a cycle of intense love, heavy isolation, and deep vulnerability". This visual narrative traces the emotional lifeline of a creator, starting from the innocent, unburdened curiosity of childhood daydreams and first marks on a wall.
Creative and asthetic photography
By: Savan Tank
This work explores creativity through symbolism, color, and visual contrast. By blending imagination with reality, the photograph challenges perception and encourages viewers to interpret the story in their own personal way
Ferris of the Future
By: Archit Sharma
While exploring a local festival in my city, this composition suddenly caught my eye. Using a long exposure, the Ferris wheel's motion was transformed into a glowing spectrum of light, while rain-soaked reflections echoed the scene below.
The Flames of a Flower
By: Kevinder Singh
Using an led light, a crumpled up tissue and double exposure, the appearance of a burning flower is created.
THE WHISPER OF TIME: A thread of sacred hours
By: SHIVANSHU GOEL
This is not a journey bound by single coordinates, but a collective echo of sacred moments caught on the wind. It begins on a silent, silken river at the very birth of day, where a solitary soul is silhouetted against the amber sun.
Just a Traveller
By: hriday arora
Capturing wildlife and travelling are the best hobbies in ever person
The Quiet Watch
Returning from Neil island to the main Andaman island, the beauty of the horizon mesmerized me and compelled me to capture its serenity. Standing between the vast sea and an ever-changing sky, a solitary structure becomes more than a subject. It becomes a symbol of resilience, patience, and quiet existence.
Light has many faces
I was just playing around with the settings and I discovered this phenomenon. As i kept experimenting and learning, a thought came to my mind - Light enables us to see the world around and this is our visual reality, however through the eyes of a machine, it might be a totally different reality. We like to think that t…
Creative Photography
By: Souhityo Das
Every great photo is a story waiting to be told.
Flying
By: Hrittick Pakre
A hand holds a small glass bottle against a warm sunset sky, perfectly aligned so the sun glows from its mouth. Nine bird silhouettes appear to fly out from the bottle into the open air, creating a powerful illusion of release and freedom.
Between Shadow and Silence
A man walks through the grand doorway of the historic Qutub Shahi Tombs, framed by timeless Indo-Islamic arches and soft monochrome contrasts. The play of light and shadow creates a quiet narrative of solitude, transition, and reflection — where history meets the human presence for just a fleeting moment.
Simple things from a different prespective.
By: Sayan Bakshi
Life from a shutter prespective and some multiple exposures by me.
Creative Photography
1. Motion & Devotion : This photograph blends spirituality with experimental visual storytelling. The swirling motion and stretched light transform an ordinary moment into a dreamlike atmosphere, where the central figure appears almost divine amidst the chaos of movement.
Chasing the Evening Sky
By: Anand Dhande
Two children stand together at sunset, pointing toward the sky with wonder and curiosity. Their silhouettes against the soft evening colors capture a simple moment of childhood freedom and imagination.
A glitch in the dark
By: Sai Sethi
Creative photography
“Masan Ki Holi: Colors of Moksha”
By: Vikash Aaryan
The Masan Holi celebrated in Varanasi is a unique tradition where ascetics, sadhus, and local people play Holi with ashes and colored powder in the cremation grounds. This photograph documents a cultural heritage that accepts death not as an end, but as a truth of life.
GANGA ARTI
By: Arnab Biswas
Rituals of Light A moment where devotion transcends time — the synchronized flames, rising incense, and collective faith transform the riverbank into a living theatre of spirituality. This frame captures not just a ritual, but the emotional pulse of belief flowing endlessly with the Ganga
COLOURS ARE EVERYTHING
By: Jit roy
Every street carries a different colour, a different emotion. I walked through crowded lanes, chasing light, shadows, and the tiny moments people usually ignore.
My Eye.
By: ROBIN KUMAR
Pictures Through my eyes.
Painted divine
By: NAVIN Jayaraman
Kulasai dasara This festivel happend in kulasekkarpattinam tamilnadu This is 2nd most biggest festivel in india
Mahakal lok
By: Ditsa Shihurkar
Tried to capture underwater reflection of the statue.
Colour Curve
By: Subha Sen
A Caterpillar on a Plant Tendrils
Sea
By: Dhruv Patel
Just want to watch it
abstract
By: Rishit Sharma
some of my best photos taken as a college student using my phone as well as my camera
Reflection of fishing net
By: shishir desai
Beautiful reflection of fishing net falling in the Dumas Beach steady water.
Cricket
Cricket
Poppingout and exploring my new way in wild
By: Aatmaja Roy
It's not about any competition but to show you guys participation gives everyone in track to success.
Weeding
By: Arnab Bhunia
Bride side wedding single photo
Behind the Silence
By: Kriti Aggarwal
When I noticed the white mask resting against the rugged trunk of a tree, I saw more than an object—I saw a conversation. The tree, scarred by time yet unwavering, represented authenticity, while the mask reflected the identities we often create to meet the world's expectations.
Perspective on riverine landscapes.
By: Dibyajyoti Das
The still view of the riverbank shows the activities of charming lives.
Buddham Sharanam Gachhami
By: Yamini Bhatt
This image was taken at a temple premises where this small Buddha Idol was left out but the light and activity of the birds around created a visual of Buddha enlightening at the place.
What?
By: Zooming Zindagi
This is a diptych creating this beautiful photograph which evokes the question ‘what?’
MAA
Idol of Durga Maa
Co-incidently perfect
By: Nisheeth Dashrathlal Pimpaldara
Trust me this photo was captured totally randomly but you can see there are 3 lines created by nature is unbelievable. Crow added extra value in this photo. Hope you guys will like this shot.
Ganga aarti
By: Pooja Kumari
Ganga aarti rituals perform by priest at river ganga.
Photography
By: Ojit Sharma
Raw
Clay, Contemplation, and Conversation
By: Srishti basu
The massive pile of stacked terracotta pots dominates the foreground. It immediately anchors in the specific world of traditional craftsmanship. The subject seems lost in thought with his a whiff of desi hookah in hand and conversations flow just right with the right company!
Divine Connections
They gather here every year, turning Holi into more than a festival - into a sacred homecoming. In Vrindavan’s Gopinath Temple, these widows defy old customs and widowhood’s silence, celebrating a bond with Lord Krishna that has always belonged to them.
Golden Hour in the City
This photograph captures a busy urban street during sunset, where the warm golden light creates a striking contrast between light and shadow. The image highlights everyday city life, featuring people, vehicles, and street activities beneath an overpass.
"Roar Of Stone"
By: Bishal Shaw
A silent stone lion stands watch before a magnificent domed monument, embodying strength, pride, and endurance. The composition bridges nature, architecture, and symbolism, with the soaring bird above adding a sense of freedom to the scene.
The Nature's Palatte
By: Sai Aasritha
Creativity begins when we notice small things. Just like this tiny shell that is shining between those little rocks, where soft blue and warm brown colours blend beautifully. Even the simplest colours can create a story when we choose to see them. The art of noticing...✨
Shadows of the Working Soul
By: The Classic Photographer Kolkata India
“Shadows of the Working Soul” is a visual exploration of the unnoticed lives that keep the world moving every single day. Through light, shadow, silence, and motion, this photo series captures the raw emotions, struggles, and resilience of ordinary workers whose stories often remain unseen. From flower carriers balanc…
Mental cleansing
By: Nikhil Rawal
After a holy dip in the Indian Ocean at Kanyakumari, a pilgrim dries his wet clothes…almost signifyingbthe flying away and cleansing pf his sins in the wind.
Celestial Halo
By: Suvrodip Saha
A long-exposure light painting portrait created beneath the night sky, where human presence and the cosmos merge into a single visual narrative.
Joker Cards
By: Nikhil Paul
Tossing Cards
Creative shoots
By: Aniie Bala
I’m a professional photographer, passed out from Delhi College of Photography… I am here for grab more opportunities.
Shivaya
By: Sravan Kumar
While framing the cremation ground of khasi. Raja Harishchandra Ghat i played with foreground and background and it appeared a divine treat as lord shiva in a Meditation pose..
Book Buffet
By: Renuka Murmu
Book Buffet is a surreal photo series staged as a book club dinner party where stories are served as food and drink. Guests metaphorically consume literature, devouring plots, sipping poetry, and digesting memory, language, and imagination.
Creative series
By: Shounak Pal
This series shows a set of creative and conceptual photos from a Rural setup in Bengal.
Paint the nature
By: Vashale Devi
When I saw these two girls sitting by the shore, painting under the golden sunrays breaking through the clouds, I couldn't resist capturing the moment.
Framed by Reality
A quiet yet powerful black-and-white frame capturing a young boy standing beneath a stretched fabric, gripping a rope that seems to hold more than just tension—it holds responsibility. The diagonal lines of the cloth create a natural frame, drawing focus toward his intense gaze.
Nature Photography 001
By: Ishan Wankhade
Captured some pictures of nature including trees, sky, insects, animals, water, flowers and all using my Smartphones.
Mobile Photography
By: Resh Pooran
All shots taken by IPhone 13Pro.
Diversity and beauty of india
By: Harsh Kumar
Each frame tells story of different parts of india , and show the devotion and bond between nature and humans...
Macro Photography
By: Aditya Vyas
*This collection explores the art of transforming miniature subjects into believable cinematic worlds. Using creative perspectives, controlled lighting, shallow depth of field, and environmental storytelling, each photograph challenges the viewer's sense of scale and invites them to look beyond the object itself.
In the mist, every innings begin.
Captured on a fog-laden winter morning in Kolkata’s Maidan, this photograph portrays a young cricketer emerging as a silhouette through layers of mist. The towering city buildings in the background contrast with the simplicity of the open field, symbolizing the coexistence of ambition and tradition.
The cosmic connection
By: Vishal N
Under the starry African skies, 2 souls connect in the heart of the wild. This breathtaking moment was captured using slow shutter, as one giraffe approaches another, their gentle movements creating an ethereal glowing dance. The stars align and their hearts beat as one.
Maa Kali
By: Suman Maity
I shot this image on Kartik Puja ocassion on November 2025. Device : Oneplus 11R
Portraits
By: Mayur Shedge
Male portraits with natural light
Identity interrupted
By: Srinivas
Experimenting double exposure
Hydrangea on a pedestal
By: Shyam
Hydrangea on a pedestal' showcases a vibrant, tightly clustered pink hydrangea in sharp focus against a mountain backdrop. I hope the viewer looks the close up subject and admire the flower and then gaze the mountain range stand tall behind it. ♡
Whispers of the wind
By: Jignesh Chavda
Whispers of the Wind is a fine art, black-and-white street photography project that captures the fleeting, unseen rhythms of urban life.
The garden of Eden
By: Mohit Krishna
The garden of Eden - Emerging from the depths of the current world we find the garden of eden where life wasnt chaotic
Panning Streets.!
Its 6:30 in the evening offices are almost closing and a sudden breeze , everyone starts to go to reach the destination and this happened
A simple portrait of a village boy
By: Anirban Das
A simple portrait of a village boy
Sporing Fireworks
By: Kapil Bhagwat
This picture shows a beautiful bracket mushroom on the edge of Pune during the rainy season. What you're seeing isn't just a mushroom, but a moment of magic: the release of its spores. It was very hard to get this shot.
Alone with the Tide
This photograph captures a solitary figure standing against the vastness of the sea at dusk, where light gently fades into darkness.
between shadow and light
By: Athish SR
Two figures, one consumed by shadow, the other partially revealed — a raw exploration of duality and presence. The stark black and white tones divide the frame like two worlds existing side by side, where one hides in anonymity while the other dares to be seen.
Evening riverside
By: Purkait Raj
Riverside
Summer Pause
A pair of well-worn blue clogs rests in the warm sand, captured from a dramatic low-angle perspective that emphasizes their texture and form.
Gilhari
Wwww
Reflections of the Soul: A Journey Through Light and Space
By: Priya Ojha
This creative photography series explores the intricate relationship between heritage, human presence, and the surreal manipulation of perspective.
Street photography
By: Purnesh
As a photographer I see the real intention of the people on the screen, a kid is enjoying the present moment by feeling the fresh air, lighting from the sunset and sparking of water fountain. And one more picture the musician is playing good music for the sunset in the side of beach.
The end is the beginning
By: SAYAN
This photograph captures the beautiful circle of time, love, and memory. It merge two parallel lives into a single, seamless story, showing how closely our past and our future travel next to each other.
Durga- The divine feminine
By: souvikk ghosh
Maa Durga represents one of the most powerful expressions of the Divine Feminine in Hindu thought—a force that is both nurturing and fiercely protective. She embodies Shakti, the cosmic energy that sustains, creates, and transforms the universe.
I noticed
By: Shiron Dass
So these are the pictures i clicked for some competitions but couldn't submit them Locations are AMITY UNIVERSITY MOHALI SUKHNA LAKE CHANDIGARH
The exact natural light
By: Sreehari Saju
This photo is taken by me at the time of sunset in palakkad. I wait about 2-3 hours for this shot. The main attraction of this photo is that the sun is glowing inside the lamp
DIVINE ART
By: Sunny Aryan
A Haze of Dust and Golden, Low-Slung Sunlight Bathes a Cobblestone Street, Transforming it Into a Stage For The Ancient, The Mystical, and The Deeply Theatrical.
🎉 Congratulations to all the finalists! Don't forget to cast your vote before 27 July 2026.
