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Marisol Mendez, from the series MADRE, 2019. © The Artist
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Bolivian artist Marisol Mendez has been chosen as the winner of the 2026 Saltzman-Leibovitz Photography Prize for her work MADRE. Mendez will receive a cash prize of 15,000 USD and her winning work will be exhibited alongside other nominated artists at Photo London from 13 through 17 May.

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Born and based in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Mendez’s research-driven practice probes traditional modes of representation and explores multiple narratives in Andean folklore and Catholic iconography while examining contemporary Bolivian identity and incorporating archival family photographs.

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‘I remember being enamoured by [Annie Leibovitz’s] images’, Mendez says in a statement, ‘which led me to embrace fiction and storytelling in my own work… After all, it is usually easier to understand love or time through a poem or song than through a chemistry lesson or the manual of a clock.’ 

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The Saltzman-Leibovitz prize was founded in 2025 by photographers Lisa Saltzman and Annie Leibovitz. Miranda Barnes received second place, while Cole Ndelu, Lindeka Qampi and Bettina Pittaluga were also nominees.

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