The 2026 LOVE Exhibition
©Jillian Abir MacMaster, Annie and Kaylan, 2025, @jillianabirmacmaster
In the words of our great prophet, Bad Bunny, “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
As I put this exhibition together, I kept thinking about how difficult it can be to navigate our country’s politics—and life itself. Yet, these photographs filled with love, tenderness, and beauty offer a wonderful tonic to the darkness we face today.
LOVE is more important than ever. If we lead our lives with kindness and compassion, we truly can build a better world.
Thank you to everyone who submitted work—you’ve given us respite and inspiration.
So today (and tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow), give someone a hug, a compliment, a kindness. The world needs it.
©Owen Prucey, What Once Was and Still Is, 2025, @photosbyprucey
©Alessandro Favaloro, Reflection, @alessandro_favaloro_ph
©Kasia Jedrych-Waniek, The Humming Bird, @kasiajw_77
©Felix Noll, The Boys, @felixbnoll
© Joshua Chen Cavalier, Brothers, 2023, @joshua_chen_cavalier
©Cailyn Wade, Christine, Take Care Of Us
©Gina Torchia, Untitled, @ginatorchia
©Catherine Just, Love in the south of France, @cjust
©Matthew Pappaconstantinou, Stuck at the Same Light, 2025, @papaskapa
©Natalia Parfenova, 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘦, 2025 @nat.in.the.park
©Barbara Groom, Tie-Dyed Together, ©Bjgroom
©️Pablo Mendoza, Young Lovers, @adiospaz
©Sara Kurz, Duet in Blue, @s.d.kard
©Christabelle Barker, Young Love, 2025 @lens.0f.life
©Danae Panagiotidi, Together Alone, @danae.pan
© Grace Smith, Heart , 2025, @graces_pics.jpeg
©Clair Robins, LOVE ME, 2026, @clairscollections
©Logan, Johnson, Keep Me Forever, @loganbluejophotography
©Zion Fletcher, Kobi and Kam, 2025, @alexithymic_img
©Nadide Goksun, Kiss, 2025, @nadidegoksun
©Candace Biggerstaff, Circus love, 2015 @biggs_pie_car_
©Faustinus Deraet, Urban Love, @faustinus
©Rick Castro, At Play with G&J, 1993
©Sam Yesko, 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺, 2025, @yeskostudios
©Jane Waggoner Deschner, “from the memoji mori series (love, man & chimp)” @janedeschner1,
©Jasmine Swisher, Keeks
©Nadine Levin, Nuzzling, @nlevin68
©Marni Myers, Tea for Two, @mmyersphoto
©Coralie Fournier-Moris, Le Dragon, @coraliefmoris
©Tara Griesbach, Wrangler Love, @taragriesbach
©Chase Carroll, The Black Swan, 2026, chasecarrollphoto14
©Alison Park-Douglas, Black Sand Beach, @alisonparkdouglas
© J. M. Golding, Right here, right now, 2014
©Oliver Raschka, Sorrow Is All The Pain Of Love, 2020, @oliverraschka
©Tanya Robles, Untitled,2026,@ _4yn47_
© Marla Puziss, Young lovers – Lyon 2016, 2016, @mpuziss
© Ning Cheng, The Promise, 2026, @haerninc
© Gemma Champness, Boy’s of Kampong Phluk, 2025, @gemmer.jpeg
©Alla Welz, Love, @allawelz
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