Wildlife – Winner: “Combating Foxes within the Rain” by Sophia Spurgin
The LCE Photographer of the Yr 2026 has arrived with an thrilling lineup that completely matches the vitality of London Digicam Trade’s seventieth anniversary celebration.
This 12 months’s high honor went to Sophia Spurgin for “Fish Eyes,” an enthralling and humorous road shot taken in Hoi An, Vietnam, the place a fisherman playfully holds two fish over his eyes. With a £10,000 prize fund and 14 different classes—from landscapes and macro to portraits and road images—the competitors welcomes photographers of each stage to share their imaginative and prescient. New additions just like the Individuals’s Alternative award and the Rising Expertise class make the occasion much more inclusive and dynamic. Finally, LCE 2026 stands as a vibrant tribute to creativity, contemporary views, and the fleeting moments that make images unforgettable.
Extra: LCE Photographer of the Yr
Motion – Winners: “Saving Lives at Sea” by David Lyon
After Darkish – Winner: “Lonely Is The Evening” by Hardijanto Budiman
Birds – Winner: “A Gazing Owlet” by Louise Norris
Inventive – Winner: “Swan Track” by Brooke Shaden
Rising Expertise – Winner: “Imprint” by Millie Melvin
Occasions – Winner: “Half a Second Earlier than” by Jacek Salaga
Panorama – Winner: “The Lotus” by Colin Web page
Macro – Winner: “Teamwork” by Dikye Ariani
Individuals’s Alternative – Winner: “Magical Uphill Lincoln” by Andrew Scott
Pets – Winner: “Silent Sentinel” by Carole-Ann Chambers
Portrait – Winner: “Pink Insurgent” by John Lynch
Road – Winner: “Crossing the Curves” by Helen Belief
Journey & General Winner: “Fish Eyes” by Sophia Spurgin


