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, ???? ????? ??? ?????????, 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, ? ??? ????, 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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