Professional Photographers of America is excited to announce the photographers for Team USA who will be competing in the World Photographic Cup. Teams from 57 countries will be participating in the 2026 World Photographic Cup. Historically, the aim of the competition is to unite photographers in the spirit of friendship and cooperation.

Each country is represented by one team chosen by a national association of professional photographers. Teams pick their own photographers and images to enter. They may submit up to three images in each of the ten categories: Commercial, Illustration/Digital Art, Nature Landscape, Nature Wildlife, Illustrative Portrait, Natural Portrait, Reportage/Photojournalism, Sports, Wedding Open, and Wedding Reportage (Photojournalism). Teams may choose to enter the images of a single photographer in multiple categories, but no single photographer may have multiple images entered into a single category. 

Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are awarded to the individual creator in each category for first, second, and third place. Teams are awarded points based on an aggregate score of the top ten images in all categories, and the World Photographic Cup is awarded to the national team that receives the highest overall score. World Photographic Cup winners will be named at the WPC Awards Ceremony in Reykjavik, Iceland on April 26, 2026. If you can’t make it to Iceland, you can stream it LIVE.

Here’s a look at the 2026 Team USA photographers:

Commercial 

Glen Seitz-VarnHagen
Dan McClanahan, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr.
Travis Baranczyk, M.Photog.

Digital Art

Kenzie Hunter, M.Photog.M.Artist.
Lisa Asp, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP
Emmalee Rathsam, M.Photog., CPP

Illustrative Portrait 

Megan Drane, M.Photog.M.Artist
Corey McDonald, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP
Shannon Squires-Toews, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr.

Landscape 

Kenneth Childress, M.Photog., CPP
David Soldano, M.Photog.
Larry Gunn, M.Photog.

Natural Portrait 

John Gress, M.Photog.Cr., CPP
Andrew Bowen, M.Photog., CPP
Julie Gayler, M.Photog., CPP

Reportage

Jeffrey Packard, CPP
Andy Lay, M.Photog., CPP
Jennifer Curry

Sports

Perry Bennett
Sabrina Casas, M.Photog., CPP
Carla Conrad, M.Photog., CPP

Wedding Documentary

Kathleen Gemma
Aly Kuler, M.Wed.Photog.
Marceliano Muñoz, M.Photog.M.Wed.Photog.Cr.

Wedding Open

Tomas Muñoz, M.Photog.M.Wed.Photog.Cr.
Jonathan Fusco, M.Photog.M.Wed.Photog.
Dan McClanahan

Wildlife

Kevin Dooley, M.Photog.Cr.
Larry Dao, CPP
Ellen Zangla, M.Photog.Cr., CPP

A huge congratulations to these photographers on their incredible achievement, go Team USA!