The 2026 Black and White Portraits Lenscratch Exhibition | Part II
© Giulia Filippi, Point Break, 2023 @iovi_sacra_art
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. Seen in this gallery:
Mayowa Akande • Jennifer Brandt • Frankie Breakfast • Cailyn Christine • Inseok Choi • Cathy Cone • Ian Curcio • Faustinus Deraet • Berchel Douglas • Giulia Filippi • Xinyu Gao • Joe Geyer • Jermain Gilmore Jr • Nadide Goksun • Sabri Hamilton • Kylo-Patrick Hart • Paul Harnik • Jermain • Logan Johnson •Victoria Krasnousova • Daniele Alberto Lombardi • Samantha Lim • Jillian Abir MacMaster • Serhii Melnychenko • Regi Metcalf • Mark Moore • Andrea Obaya • Jude Queen • Tryst Red • Russ Rowland • Michael Schenker • Maryam (Nilu) Ghasempour Siahgaldeh •Vin Sharma • Rita Starinskaya • Slava Starinsky •Dafne J. Suárez • Sara Swaty • Zoe Towler • Agnieszka Trzoch • Monique de Vries • Esther Xiang • Zhilin Xiang • Zohreh Zadbood
© Zohreh Zadbood, Quiet Memory, United States, @zohrehzadbood
© Monique de Vries, Presence, 2025
©Vin Sharma, Millie, @vin_sharma_photo
© Agnieszka Trzoch, Heritage In Faces, @agnieszkatrzoch
© Rita Toska, ravenbird, @ri.toska
©Sabri Hamilton, Who am i-, 2026, @sour_photography_
©Jillian Abir MacMaster, Erin, 2024, @jillianabirmacmaster
©Sara Swaty, Grace, 2025, @Sara_swaty
© Slava Starinsky, Through the glass, @grainedheart
© Serhii Melnychenko, Anton with a projection of his bombed house in Mykolaiv, Ukraine – “Tattoos of war” series, 2023, @sergey_melnitchenko
©Tryst Red, Transience, @tryst.red
©Xinyu Gao, Silence, @junemachineflorey
©Russ Rowland, Dashiel in Chinatown, @russrowland
©Jenny Brandt, DOD, @yogaencantation
©Dafne Suárez, The Shape of Absence, @dafnej.suarez
©Paul Harnik, Life 1949/2024, 2024, @paulharnik
©Michael Schenker, Mayor, 2025, @mschenker
© Mayowa Akande, Echoes of Becoming, 2025, @akande.o.mayowa
© Berchel Douglas, Trucks, 2025, @Berchelrd
© Maryam (Nilu) Ghasempour Siahgaldeh, Luminous Remains, 2025, @niloofarlenscraft
© Nadide Goksun, Deniz, 2025, @nadidegoksun
© Logan Johnson, The Vamp, 2025, @loganbluejophotography
Victoria Krasnousova, Irra, 2026, @victoria_747_
© Ian Curcio, Untitled, 2023, @iancurcio
©Faustinus Deraet, Urban Portrait, @faustinus
© Zoe Towler, Self Portrait, 2024, @thebrokentheologian
© Cailyn.Christine, What Remains
©Zhilin Xiang, Vertigo, 2024, @blueeyelili
©Mark Moore, Pondering Dementia, @NCPhotos57
©Frankie Breakfast, When Colours Fade – Out, @frankiebreakfast
©regi metcalf, A Thousand Words, @regimetcalf
© Andrea Obaya, A Satirical Ode to Infomercials, 2025, @filmaniac_pro
©Inseok Choi, 100th Day, 2026, @in.seok.choi
©Jude Queen, Sun-Soaked, 2024, @judequeen.jpg
© Jermain, Instability, @Kidsnmedia
©Kylo-Patrick Hart, At the Beach, 2024, @hartkylo
©Joe Geyer, Mystery, 2024, @joe_geyer_photography
© Samantha Lim, Reverence, 2024, @samlimphoto
© L A D – Daniele Alberto Lombardi, Katia,@lad.somethingfor.com
© Cathy Cone, Bottled,2026,@cathycone
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