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Posted On: August 3rd 2025, 06:02 pm
🎉 WSP Artist Residency 2026 Winners Announced! 🎉 (fast forward a few seconds to get to the sound)

We just went LIVE to announce the winners of the 2026 Women Street Photographers Artist Residency, and to share insights into the final selection process.

We’re thrilled to share the results here:
🏆 Winner: Hiroko Hirota @hirokohirota
🥈 1st Runner-Up: Sally Coggle @sallycoggle
🥉 2nd Runner-Up: Anastasia Rudenko (no IG)

Congratulations to these incredibly talented photographers! 🙌
Gulnara, WSP founder, was joined by @ninakling, WSP mentor and judge, along with our winner, who joined live from Japan 🇯🇵.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who applied. We hope you’ll watch the replay, take what you’ve learned from the discussion, and begin preparing for next year’s submission. You are all part of this growing, inspiring community. 💛

Endless gratitude to our anonymous patron, whose generosity has made this residency possible for the third year in a row.

Special thanks to Leica Camera USA @leicacamerausa for sponsoring the cash awards for our 1st and 2nd runners-up.

And to Sehin Tewabe @sehintewabe, our 2025 winner, who served on the jury alongside Nina, Gulnara, and our generous patron.

📺 Watch the full announcement on our IG Live replay!

#wspartistresidency
#WomenStreetPhotographers #LeicaCameraUSA #StreetPhotography
#femalestreetphotographers
#japanesewomenphotographers
#wspjapan
Comments (82)
cornafeanlynam 10 months ago

cornafeanlynam

🔥🔥👏 huge congratulations 🎉

fadik___ a year ago

fadik___

🙌

m_troeva_bw a year ago

m_troeva_bw

Congratulations to the winners!📸🔥🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏

andreferreirafoto a year ago

andreferreirafoto

😍😍😍😍

realbuzzkorea a year ago

realbuzzkorea

Following you was an easy decision.

betty.manousos a year ago

betty.manousos

Hiroko 👏👏👏congratulations

andrew.glickman a year ago

andrew.glickman

Congratulations to Hiroko Hirota and the runners up Sally Coggle and Anastasia Rudenko! It is great to see and hear about such inspiring work!

scarlettfreund a year ago

scarlettfreund

What a great Live… so many valuable nuggets of information! BIGGEST congratulations to the winners: @hirokohirota, @sallycoggle, and Anastasia Rudenko. Your work is AMAZING! It was especially inspiring to see how Hiroko curated her entries—a superb example of the time and effort needed to prepare a quality submission. Many thanks to @gulnara.samoilova, @ninakling, and @sehintewabe for their hard work and neverending commitment to women's photography. ❤️🔥

lougilbertphotos a year ago

lougilbertphotos

Wow @sallycoggle BIG congratulations. So fantastic! 👏👏👏

ania.jelowicka a year ago

ania.jelowicka

Congrats to all!!!And good luck in NY @hirokohirota 🙂

stevebonati a year ago

stevebonati

Many, many congratulations HH 🔥🔥🔥

bbbeaglebearphotography a year ago

bbbeaglebearphotography

Congratulations 😍

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