Fine Art Photography Daily

The 2026 Lenscratch New Beginnings Exhibition

IMG_9396 bn - Melina Barberi

© Melina Barberi, @melina.barberi

For our second online exhibition of the year, LENSCRATCH is thrilled to present the work of an eclectic group of artists who are expanding their practices with new techniques and subject matter. Created within the last year, their works exemplify that generative moment in which curiosity inspires us to move toward new horizons, point our lenses to new scenes, and frame with a renewed sense of perspective. Thank you to everyone who submitted, and for inspiring us to  grow our image-making with your beautiful photographs. We hope you enjoy spending time with them as much as we did selecting them.

Congratulations to the selected artists in this gallery: Susan Annable, Jason Arel-Klein, Melina Barberi, Candace Biggerstaff, Frankie Breakfast, Frances Bukovsky, Carole Cavanaugh, Raghuvamsh Chavali, Lisa Cramer, Annemarie Deckers, Elena Donskaya, Alina Dvoryadkina, Natalia Ershova, Jocelyn Flores, Xinyu Gao, J. M. Golding, Page Hall, Philip Hobobo, Christina Hudson, Judita Juknele, Fatyma Khan, Lindsey Kincaid, Hansae Lee, Lais Lopes, Jillian Abir MacMaster, Deborah Noyes, Angelo Ocampo, Kinga Owczennikow, Danae Panagiotidi, Vanesa Pedraza, Sandra Pike, Linda Plaisted, Owen Emerson Prucey, Brynne Quinlan, Oliver Raschka, Vicki Reed, Tanya Robles, Jeff Schewe, Toni Smailagic, Erin Ryan Stelling, Tracey Suba, Jasmine Swisher, Gina Torchia, Aurimas Urbonavicius, Zinuo Wang, Nicholas Wong, Zhilin Xiang

New Beginnings

Part 1 | Part 2

Oliver_Raschka - Oliver Raschka

© Oliver Raschka, A Sense of Place, 2025, @oliverraschka

Sunday morning,  7:08-7:35

© J. M. Golding, Sunday morning walk, 7:08-7:35, 2025

Danae Panagiotidi_ - Danae Panagiotidi

© Danae Panagiotidi, @danae.pan

©Tanya Robles, Untitled,@ _4yn47_, tanyarobles.com - Tanya Robles

© Tanya Robles, Untitled, @ _4yn47_

Wong_Nicholas - Only - Nicholas Wong

© Nicholas Wong, Only, 2025, @nicktakesprrtypictures

Natalia_Ershova_Retrotopia_2 - Наталья Ершова

© Natalia Ershova, Retrotopia, @ershova_natalja

Alina_Dvoryadkina - Alina Dvoryadkina

© Alina Dvoryadkina, Sit down for a while, 2025, @gloupif

3 - Fatyma Khan

© Fatyma Khan, The Perfect Storm, 2022, @fatymakhan_photography

Carole Cavanaugh_Disquieting Muse - Carole Cavanaugh

© Carole Cavanaugh, Disquieting Muse, @carole.cavanaugh.art

Angelo_Ocampo - angelo perception

© Angelo Ocampo, Denial, @perception.oc

Deborah_Noyes_A Thousand Words - Deb Noyes

© Deborah, Noyes, A Thousand Words, @bluebrackendesigns

2026_Kincaid, Lindsey (Single Step) - Lindsey Kincaid

© Lindsey Kincaid, A Single Step, 2026, @lkin_arts

erin_ryan_stelling_lenscratch - Erin Ryan

© Erin Ryan Stelling, Then not, @erinryanstelling

gina_torchia_03 - Gina Torchia

© Gina Torchia, New Year, 2025, @ginatorchia

Christina_Hudson_Lenscratch - Christina Hudson

© Christina Hudson, Lake Trichonida, 2025, @christinahudson825

jasmine.swisherbeach - Jasmine Swisher

© Jasmine Swisher, Tranquillité

HANSAE_LEE - Hansae Lee

© Hansae Lee, Untitled, 2025, @hansaelee

Hobobo_Philip_New_Beginnings_Submission - Philip H

© Philip Hobobo, Desk of a Geisha, @photophills

IMG_0016 - Owen Prucey

© Owen Emerson Prucey, Untitled, 2025, @photosbyprucey

Jason_Arel-Klein_Marcy(PaperFlower)_Lenscratch_New Beginings - Jason Klein

© Jason Arel-Klein, Marcy (Paper Flower), 2025, @mrjbird101

Lisa Cramer - Lisa Cramer

© Lisa Cramer, Flower Head, @lisajaynecramer

Jeff_Schewe-1 - Jeff Schewe

© Jeff Schewe, Classic Pose, 2025

The Moment of Light - Xinyu Gao - Flore Gao

© Xinyu Gao, The Moment of Light, @junemachineflorey

JillianAbirMacMaster_Ballerinas - Jillian Abir MacMaster

© Jillian Abir MacMaster, Ballerinas, 2025, @jillianabirmacmaster

Elena Donskaya - Elena Donskaya

© Elena Donskaya,Vulnerable, @aledons55

JocelynFlores_PolaroidLift - Jocelyn Flores

© Jocelyn Flores, Polaroid Play, 2026, @jocelyn.photo.and.art

Kinga_Owczennikow_White Veil - Kinga Owczennikow

© Kinga Owczennikow, White Veil, 2025, @kingaowczennikow

Lais_Lopes_The_Hike - Lais Lopes

© Laís Lopes, The Hike, @laislopes_photo

Linda Plaisted_Interior Design - Linda Plaisted

© Linda Plaisted, Interior Design, @themanymuses

Sandra Pike_Church - sandra pike

© Sandra Pike, Church, @sandrampike

Page_Hall_Mother_Ship - Page Hall

© Page Hall, Mother Ship, @pagehallphoto

SusanAnnable - Susan Annable

© Susan Annable, Up and Down, 2025, @susan.annable

IMG_0820_Submission - Raghuvamsh C

© Raghuvamsh Chavali, The Dragonfly Effect, @chavaliraghuvamsh

Polish_20260113_204238791 - AURIMAS URBONAVICIUS

Photography by Toni Smailagic of Cre8Jax

© Toni Smailagic, Relinquish, @tonismailagic, http://www.tonismailagic.com/

Marzella - Metal Mesh - Carmelo C

© Frankie Breakfast, Metal Mesh, @frankiebreakfast, https://www.frankiebreakfast.com/

VanesaPedraza - Vanesa Pedraza

© Vanesa Pedraza, What the Fabric Holds, @getneckt, https://www.vanepedraza.com

VckiReed_Suspended - Vicki Reed

© Vicki Reed, Suspended , 2025, @vickir33d, http://www.vickireed.com

Judita_Juknele_2025 - Judita Juknele

© Judita Juknele, The Story of One House, @fotoeilerastis, https://juditajuknele.lt/galerija

©CandaceBiggerstaff-Rogueand101-@biggs_pie_car_-www.candacebiggerstaff.com - Candace Biggerstaff

© Candace Biggerstaff, Jots, 2025, @biggs_pie_car_, http://www.candacebiggerstaff.com/

Brynne_Quinlan__1 - brynne quinlan

© Brynne Quinlan, Cherry Street, 2025, @brynnequinlan, www.brynnecquinlan.com

Xiang_Zhilin_Farewell - Esther Xiang

© Zhilin Xiang, Farewell, 2025, @blueeyelili,

I wrote about photography and change last week, a fitting segue into this week's post.  I photographed my first polar plunge on January 1, 2024.  It was always a fun event with silly hats and tiaras; superheroes and mythological creatures.  I always looked forward to seeing what the members of @beardedvillanstoronto would conjure up: imagine big, burly, bearded men dressed as ballerinas, Vikings and (one year) as sexy lumberjacks — you could never guess what they would come up with! Although all events were cancelled during the pandemic years, I still went down to the lake to capture committed "dippers" taking the plunge in small groups of two and three - no costumes, no hype.  At that time taking the plunge was an opportunity to just do something silly and laugh at a time that was decidedly not fun.  On New Year's Day this year, I photographed two different plunges and I only just noticed that the events have changed since the pandemic.  They still continue to raise money for charity.  There is still lots of enthusiasm, energy and laughter.  But this year there were no unicorns, no mermaids and only a few silly hats and masks.  Stripped of all the costumes, what I noticed most this year was the relationships; the feeling of togetherness; the visible joy of doing something outrageous with loved ones in a crowd full of strangers.

©Tracey Suba, Together, @traceysuba, http://www.traceysubaphotography.com/

Zinuo Wang-Skater copy - Zinuo Wang

© Zinuo__, Skating, 2025

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