Results announcedSwiss Press Award Association

Swiss Press Photo 2026

Swiss Press Photo is Switzerland's national press-photography award, run by the Swiss Press Award Association. The 2026 cycle was judged earlier this year, with Laurent Gillieron of news agency Keystone-SDA winning top honours in the News category for his coverage of the 2025 Blatten landslide in the Valais. Categories cover news, daily life, sports, world, Swiss stories, and portraiture.

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The 2026 cycle is judged. The competition includes six photo categories. Explicit AI manipulation language was not surfaced in publicly indexed sources; editor should verify the live rules document. As a press-photo award, the underlying photojournalism ethics norms apply by default.

Verified on June 12, 2026