The 2026 Black and White Portraits Lenscratch Exhibition
@Angelika Kollin, Portrait of Lethu, @angelikakollin
The 2026 Black and White Portraits Lenscratch Exhibition
Part 1 | Part 2
Earlier this year we invited artists to submit black and white portraits for our first Black and White Portraits Lenscratch Exhibition. We received hundreds of strong and captivating submissions from all over the world. Together, the selected photograph illuminate the beautiful silhouette of mirrored lives. We hope you enjoy this compilation of moments as much as we did looking at them. The artists below are seen in this gallery–additional works/artists in the Part 2 Gallery.
Aggelos Barai • Connor Archambault • Allie Bretz • Lisa Jayne Cramer • Kristin Dimitrova • Adrian Elzarki • Daniella Fishburne • Zion Fletcher • Chris Fourie • John Fraser-Natale • Karen Glenn • Paul Goo • Donna Gordon • Rory Grubb • Daniel Holt • Alex Kirkwood • Angelika Kollin • Anna Kates • Josef Kali • Catie Keane • Felix Noll • Maxine Noel • Andriana Nativio • Ania Moussawel • MacKenzie Mercurio • Paul Matzner • Hunter Mathews • Piotr Meszynski • Nathalee Santana Meza • Mikayla Shuster • Elinor Sheridan • Barbara Schneider • Leroy Skalstad • Mari Saxon • Oliver Raschka • Ezra Robertson • Jason Rodriguez • Jean Ross • John Sklba • Mara Trilla • Kathleen Pace • Clara-Julia Peru • Denise Pensky • Danae Panagiotidi • Marla Puziss • Alison Park-Douglas • Abigail Reese Martins • Colin Ward • Leonardo Selvetti • Aline Smithson • Kitisak Wanichbut • Alla Welz • Nate Walker
©Felix Noll, Aaron (sleeping), @felixbnoll
© Andriana Nativio, Jae at Fourteen, @andriananphoto
©Oliver Raschka, Tween, 2022, @oliverraschka
©Ezra Robertson, 4th of July (Me and Marcie), @ezra.photo
© Chris Fourie, 3 Generations, 2025, @chrisjpeg04
©Alla Welz, Surinder, @allawelz
©Jason Rodriguez, Concrete Youth, @pushit2stopsjason
© Jaden Broussard, I wonder if we are lonely, 2025, @itsjadenslens
© Mari Saxon, Triangle, @marisaxon.art
© Catie Keane, Charlotte & Kathryn, 2024, @c80keane
© Paul Goo, Huey and the Klansman, 2025, @paul.goo
© Adrian Elzarki, Untitled, @adrian_elz
© Barbara Schneider, Street Artist or Classic Music, @artdbybarbara
©Nathalee Santana Meza, Joyas Familiares, @narthalee
©Lisa Jayne Cramer, Family Portrait, @lisajaynecramer
©Elinor Sheridan, Pop, 2021, @ellierose.photography
©Allie Bretz, The Vetter’s, @alliebphotographs
©Mikayla Shuster, Grandma, 2022, @mikayla.shuster
© Leroy Skalstad, Melancholy Child
© Marla Puziss, waiting on the car at sunset, 2023, @mpuziss
©Rory Grubb , Untitled , 2023, @rorygrubb_
©Hunter Mathews, Boone, 2025, @huntkats
© Ania Moussawel, Generations, @aniamoussawel
©Alex Kirkwood, Come of Age, @fangfinder_candids
© Maxine Noel, Between the Lines, @maxinenoel
© Paul Matzner, Siblings, 2025
©Aggelos Barai, Birds of Passage, Lesbos, Greece (A girl from Afghanistan swings outside Moria refugee camp in the island of Lesbos, Greece. October 20, 2019), @aggelos_barai
©Mara Trilla, Frida at Six, 2023, @mara.trilla
©Aline Smithson, Yin Yang, Los Angeles, CA @alinesmithson
©Rory Grubb, Brian, 2025, @rorygrubb_
© Connor Archambault, Dad, 2026, @con_tact.sheets
© Leonardo Selvetti, Vanity in a Burning Actor, 2024, @leonardo_selvetti
© Kitisak Wanichbut, The Voiceless Enlightenment, @kemodis.things
© MacKenzie Mercurio, Quarter Life Crisis, @mackenzie_mercurio
©Anna Kates, Look Toward the Light, @akatesphotos
©Colin Ward, Silent Veil, @colin_ward_photography
©Peter Meszynski,The Weight of Weightlessness
© Kathleen Pace, His Dream, 2024, @kathpace
© Jean Ross, Merman on the Rocks, 2024, @jeanmross
© Zion Fletcher, Just Like The Water, @alexithymic.img
© Nate Walker, Topography of Touch, @Walker.tiff
© Donna Gordon, Vanessa, Embrace
© Daniel Holt, Memoria, @daniel_holtt
©Alison Park-Douglas, Holga Double-Exposure, @alisonparkdouglas
© Abigail Reese Martins, The Pleasures of Beginning, 2026, @xabigailreese
© John Fraser-Natale, The Deaf Gang, @j.f.n._photography
© Josef Kali, Paris Day,2025, @Josef Kali
© Denise Pensky, gripping…, 2025, @denisepensky
©John Sklba, self portrait
© Daniella Fishburne, Becoming Her Shadow, @madfishart}
©Clara-Julia Peru, Self-Portrait of America, @clarajulia_peru
© Karen Glenn, Hiding, @karenjglenn
© Kristin Dimitrova, Realignment, @kristindimitrova
© Danae Panagiotidi, from ‘We Live Inside a Dream’, @danae.pan
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