The Hasselblad Foundation Nature Photography Grant 2026

Offering a SEK 100,000 grant, The Hasselblad Foundation encourages the event of nature pictures within the Nordic nations.

Overview

In line with Victor Hasselblad’s sturdy curiosity in nature and environmental points, the Hasselblad Foundation has awarded a Nature Photography Grant since 2008 to advertise the event of nature pictures as a style within the Nordic area.

The grant helps modern photographic explorations of nature, the surroundings, and landscapes in initiatives that additionally contribute to the event of nature pictures as a style. Previously awarded each two years, the grant will likely be awarded yearly from 2026 onwards. Photographers looking for full or partial funding for inventive or documentary initiatives within the subject of nature pictures are eligible to use.

Practical Info

Aimed at supporting photographic explorations of nature, panorama, and surroundings that advance the sector of nature pictures, the grant is open to photographers from or based mostly in a Nordic nation (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland). Submission should embrace as much as 10 photographs, and purposes might be submitted by people or teams.

In the analysis course of, explicit emphasis is positioned on the mission’s give attention to present environmental points and its illustration of biodiversity. There can even be consideration for human impression on nature and local weather, and the incorporation of collaborations and interdisciplinary views.

The jury for this 12 months’s version consists of Mats Björkman (Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg), Andréas Hagström (Archive and Library Manager, Hasselblad Foundation), Jenny Nordquist (artist and curator), Louise Wolthers (Head of Research / Curator, Hasselblad Foundation).

About Hasselblad Foundation

The Hasselblad Foundation was established by Erna and Victor Hasselblad in 1979 with the intention of supporting analysis and tutorial educating within the pure sciences and pictures. This is achieved by awarding grants and stipends to the pure sciences and pictures, the distinguished Hasselblad Award and stipends and grants to analysis initiatives in pictures.