Prince Albert II inaugurated the 2026 Environmental Photography Award exhibition on the Promenade du Larvotto on Thursday 28th May, presenting diplomas to the winning photographers in person before the show opened to the public.
Thirty-six photographs are on display until 30th July, selected from this year’s edition of the award — an initiative of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation designed to harness the power of documentary photography in raising awareness of environmental issues.
The laureates
Britta Jaschinski was named Environmental Photographer of 2026, winning the Changemakers category for her image Handprint on Sea Turtle. Fernando Faciole took the Humanity versus Nature category with Born for the Ocean, Fated to the Flames. Both had the opportunity to present their work to the Prince at the inauguration.
Three further photographers from the 2026 selection were also present: Luca Eberle, runner-up in the Forests category with Predator’s Gaze; Lucas Bustamante, runner-up in the Polar Regions category with Penguin Feast and honourable mention in the Forests category with An Explosion of Colour; and Estebane Rezkallah, honourable mention in the Polar Regions category with The Early Bear.
The jury — chaired by conservation and wildlife photographer Sergio Pitamitz, a National Geographic contributor — included journalists, filmmakers and photographers specialising in fields ranging from Arctic documentation to big cat conservation.
An anniversary edition
This year’s exhibition carries added significance as part of the Foundation’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Several panels have been integrated into the Larvotto route to trace the Foundation’s two decades of work in environmental protection, biodiversity and planetary health.
Four photographs from the 2026 edition are also on display at Monaco-Monte-Carlo station, presented by SNCF Hubs & Connexions, until September. QR codes throughout the Larvotto exhibition link to explanatory texts for each photograph, and a children’s activity booklet has been produced for families.
Romain Ciarlet, Vice-Chairman and CEO of the Foundation, said: “The photographs presented at Larvotto bear witness both to the fragile beauty of the living world and to the urgency of the challenges to which we must collectively respond. In this anniversary year for the Foundation, this exhibition resonates particularly strongly with our mission: to inspire, to pass on knowledge and to mobilise in favour of a more sustainable future.”
After closing at the end of July, the exhibition will begin an international tour.
The 2026 Environmental Photography Award exhibition is open on the Promenade du Larvotto until 30 July. Further information at fpa2photoaward.org.
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Main photo: Prince Albert II with Luca Eberle and his photograph Predator’s Gaze, depicting a female puma peering through the forest canopy, Costa Rica, 2023, photo source: Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco