SUMMARY
The longlist for the 2026 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards showcases books contributing significantly to photography and moving image publishing. Selections explore diverse subjects including Victorian portraiture, colonial legacies, race, war, and climate disaster, revisiting topics from 19th-century Black portrait photography to Nazi medical imagery and 1970s New York. The nominated works utilize collage, documentary, and reinterpreted archives to examine memory, identity, and historical records.
TAKEAWAYS
The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards longlist recognizes books with lasting contributions to photography and moving image publishing.
Selected titles cover historical narratives, documentary work, and personal visual storytelling.
Subjects range from Victorian portraiture and colonial legacies to war, climate disaster, and personal identity.
The nominated books employ various techniques like collage and archival reinterpretation to explore memory and history.