Concurso de Fotografia 2026

By Kaija Wilkinson | Concurso de Fotografia | 31 de julho de 2026

Tempo de leitura: 14 minutos

OUÇA ESTE ARTIGO

Visão geral da IA

ELEVATOR WORLD’s 14th annual competition showcases vivid, global VT perspectives, from a panoramic cab framing Veliko Tarnovo’s green hills to a rare daybreak view atop Toronto’s supertall. North America dominated City Skylines winners, while Projects in Action captured technicians cutting rails in Sydney, installing home lifts in Toronto and modernizing a transit escalator in Washington, D.C. Commercial and residential entries blended engineering with luxury in Athens, Belgrade, Istanbul and Florida. Escalator images ranged from poetic light-filled compositions to a rainbow-clad unit in Freiburg celebrating LGBTQ pride. Employees across OEMs and independents supplied striking photos, art and videos, and AI-assisted illustrations also earned recognition in the Industry Art category.

A 14ª edição do concurso anual da EW apresenta perspectivas únicas de jornalismo virtual da Austrália, Oriente Médio, América do Norte, Sudeste da Europa e outros lugares.

Por Kaija Wilkinson

Photographers, videographers and artists really pulled out all the stops for ELEVATOR WORLD’s annual photo contest this year. Winning entries are filled with life and color: One photograph, taken through the glass of a panoramic elevator in Veliko Tarnovo, “the historical and spiritual capital of Bulgaria” dating back to the Middle Ages, shows impossibly green treetops giving way to the town and hills beyond under sapphire blue skies. Seeing it in person would likely take one’s breath away.

Then there is a view from a supertall in Toronto, Canada, that shows the city’s glowing towers sparkling as the sun prepares to rise over Lake Ontario. It’s a view, the photographer noted, available to only a select few, including billionaires and elevator technicians. This entry comes from the always-popular City Skylines & Tall Buildings category, which garnered so many worthy entries a follow-up article is already in the works. All winners in this category are from locations in North America: two from Canada (Toronto and Vancouver) and one from Mexico.

Winning photographs in the Projects in Action category show vertical-transportation (VT) technicians focused on their work as they cut rails in Sydney; install a home lift in Toronto; and look down at a modernized escalator in Washington, D.C. Again, there is color, but this time from bright orange work vests and flying sparks.

In some cases, it’s not just the VT equipment itself, but also its setting that catches the eye. A winner in the Elevators, Commercial category, for example, shows an elevator that fits seamlessly into its luxury waterfront location in Athens, Greece – yachts and all.

This year’s winning photos offer both the expected – a ritzy residential elevator in Florida – and the unexpected – innovative designs of home elevator installations in Belgrade, Serbia, and Istanbul.

Color is perhaps no more striking than in a photograph of an escalator glowing with LGBTQ pride in Germany. Its title, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” reflects the unit’s vibrant color scheme. It’s evident from the entries’ titles and descriptions – especially in the Escalators and Moving Walks category – that the photographers were quite moved by the images they captured. Here, titles read like names of poems: “Blinding Butterfly Lights” (which graces this issue’s cover) and “Papillion en Vol,” etc.

Employees of both OEMs and independents are responsible for capturing this year’s winning photos, artwork and video. And although AI might be annoying in many ways, it is clear that, this year, it resulted in some pretty amazing winning images in our Industry Art/Illustrations category. We hope you enjoy these images as much was we do!