TRAVEL Winners’ Shortlist Announced

We are proud to announce the winners’ shortlist of the Exhibit Around APS open call TRAVEL. An atlas of stories, places and faces. 114 photographers stood out for their ability to explore the extraordinary diversity of our planet: from cities to deserts, from the most complex urban environments to natural landscapes, rendering travel as experience, encounter and transformation.

The shortlisted photographers are listed in alphabetical order:

Adomas Choroch (LT), Alberto Minacapelli (IT), Alec Rill (MX), Alena Ivochkina (RU), Alexander Dachev (BG), Alexander Zheleznyak (KZ), Alexandru Popescu (RO), Andrea Klausner (US), Andrew TAN (AU), Anica Pommeray (CA), Anna Galluzzi (IT), Anna Gerasimova (DE), Arne Wenzel (DE), Artur Jastrzębski (PL), Artvr (FR), Attariani Alireza (IR), Avishek Das (IN), Aymeric Lubot (CH), Brigitte B Burckhardt (CH), Bruno Gambacorta (IT), Camilla Bettinelli (IT), Carol Lerede (IT), Chris Mozyro (GB), Costanza Rossi (IT), cpeppys (IT), Danielle Goldstein (US), Davide Viaro (IT), Denise Felice (US), Diwakar Redhu (IN), Donatella Venturi (IT), Donato Porzia (IT), Dorina Scandurra (IT), Elena Plaza (ES), Emilio Senesi (IT), Enrico Civeriati (IT), Erika Montefameglio (IT), Fanita Barčot-Nikolac (HR), Fanja Hubers (AF), Flavia Andermarcher (IT), Francesca Fermeglia (IT), Francisco Javier Ortiz Botella (ES), Frank Stevens (BE), Gianni Ranuio (IT), Giuseppe Moscarda (IT), Giuseppe Santangeli (IT), Grzegorz Fajerski (PL), Guilherme Pereira (PT), Hugo Goudswaard (NL), Igor Antipov (RU), Ilaria Tassini (IT), Immacolata Giordano (IT), Irina Ebralidze (FI), Irina Popa (MD), Jarno Zampirollo (IT), Jorge Ferreira (PT), JP Morgan Friberg (CH), Juanita Layne (DE), Julie Kerbel (AU), Kanal Budiarto (ID), KyawZayarLin (MM), Leila Hichri (IT), Livia Favia (IT), Luca Baldassari (IT), Lucas Brito (BR), Luigi Rota (IT), Marco Gherri (IT), Marco Parenti (IT), Marco Scappini (IT), Maria Grazia Castiglione (IT), Maria João Gala (PT), Mark Levitin (RU), Marta Fabris (IT), Martina Zuliani (IT), Mary Crnkovic Pilas (AU), Massimiliano Cambuli (IT), Miles Hillie (US), Nadia Cianelli (IT), Natalia Pereverzeva (RU), Olga Tul (SI), Olga Vorontsova (RU), Orna Naor (IL), Pablo Fanque’s Fair (RU), Paola Panebianco (IT), Paola Roselli (IT), Paolo Zanin (IT), Pierre Pauwels (FR), Raghuvamsh Chavali (CA), Ralf GW Steinberger (DE), Remon Rijper (NL), Remy Pinaton (FR), Roberto Corinaldesi (IT), Roberto Malagoli (IT), Roberto Pileri (IT), Roberto Tenace (IT), Rudy Gadeyne (BE), Segalen Benoit (FR), Shivani Tibrewal (IN), Simon Turner (GB), smile (BD), Sohel Chowdhury (BD), Susanna Braswell (IE), szymek (PL), Thomas Alan Haslbeck (AR), Tino (IT), Tiziana Verbitz (IT), Valentina Irrera (IT), Verh (SI), Veronica Favia (IT), Viet Tran (CZ), Viviana Bertelli (IT), Waldemar Ostrowski (PL), Walter Bastiani (IT), Евгений Степанов (RU), Ковяк Сергей Васильевич (RU)

As we look forward to announcing the Best Author, Honourable Mentions and Remarkable Rewards, the TRAVEL atlas is getting ready to come to life. The group exhibition will be hosted at Sala Veruda, as part of the Trieste Photo Days (23 to 25 October 2026) programme.

The project’s guest of honour is Stefano Mirabella, a Rome-based photographer born in 1973. His work ranges from social documentary to street photography, shaped by years of photographic journeys across Asia and the Middle East. Since 2012, street photography has become his language of choice: a personal way of engaging with and observing the real world. A Leica Talent winner in 2014, he currently teaches at Officine Fotografiche Roma and is part of the faculty of the Leica Akademie.

A heartfelt thank you to all the participants who chose to share their stories and their views of the world with us!