A huge congratulations to Team USA for their victory at this year's World Photographic Cup (WPC), held this year in Reykjavík, Iceland. Team Spain claimed second place, while Team Australia took home the third-place trophy!

The remaining top 10 Teams were filled by:

• Sweden: 4^th place
• Portugal: 5^th place
• Canada & Finland: 6^th place (tie)
• Belgium: 8^th place
• France: 9^th place
• Malaysia: 10^th place

We also want to offer a huge congratulations to the Gold medals awarded to the following photographers:

• Nature/Landscape: Daniel Viñé García from Spain
• Nature/Wildlife: Michelle Valberg from Canada
• Natural Portrait: Pia Maria Rautio from Finland
• Illustrative Portrait: Hanna Neret from Sweden
• Commercial: Kazutoshi Kawakami from Japan
• Illustration/Digital Art: Álvaro Ruiz Nogues from Spain
• Reportage/Photojournalism: João Coelho from Portugal
• Sports: Fabrice Guerin from France
• Wedding Open: John Makris from Greece
• Wedding Reportage (Photojournalism): Manuel Iglesias Vázquez from Spain

Team USA took home three medals this year. Corey McDonald received a silver medal in the Illustrative Portrait category, Larry Gunn received a bronze medal in the Nature/Landscape category, and Kathleen Gemma also received a bronze medal in the Wedding Reportage (Photojournalism) category.

All of our Team USA finalists scores contributed to capturing this year's cup. Team USA 2026 finalist are:  

• David Soldano, Ken Childress and Larry Gunn, Bronze Medalist (Nature/Landscape)
• Larry Doa (Nature/WIldlife)
• Andrew Bowen and John Gress (Natural Portrait)
• Corey McDonald, Silver Medalist (Illustrative Portrait)
• Dan McClanahan (Commercial)
• Andy Lay (Reportage/Photojournalism)
• Dan McClanahan and Tomas Muñoz (Wedding Open)
• Kathleen Gemma, Bronze Medalist (Wedding Reportage [Photojournalism])

View the complete list of results, winners, and their incredible images on the WPC website.

• Overall and Category Results for the 2026 WPC
• WPC Finalists 2026 Gallery
• Gallery of all Entered Images in 2026
• Best of Nation for 2026
• World Photographic Competition Judges for 2026

Watch the 2026 WPC Awards Presentation

Learn more about entering the WPC 2027 competition at worldphotographiccup.org.