The Hasselblad Foundation Photo Book Grants 2026

Two authors will be granted SEK 100,000 (€8,800) each to support and contribute to the development and publication of their photobooks.

Overview

From 2025, the Hasselblad Foundation doubled the amount allocated to its photo book grants and opened the programme to international applications. Photo books are an important part of the photographic field and can take many forms. With the photo book grants, the Hasselblad Foundation aims to support and contribute to the development and publication of photobooks. Two grants of SEK 100,000 each will be awarded in 2026.

Practical Info

The grant is open to all professionals working with photography, including photographers, artists, curators, researchers, and writers. Applications can be submitted by individuals or groups.

The grants are intended for book projects that have not yet been published. No retrospective funding will be awarded. The book projects should be largely edited and designed. The book must not yet be published. A digital book dummy is required. Only digital dummies are accepted. The book may be in any language; however, the project description must be submitted in English. Books not published in Swedish or English should have a translated text added in the project description if the text is of importance for the work. If the work is presented as a mockup, it should be clearly stated whether the mockup is physical or made with AI or other digital tools.

Preference will be given to projects that meet one or more of the following criteria: collaborations with researchers or research institutions, publications with a focus on social issues and social engagement, innovative design, a conscious stance on environmental sustainability.

The jury is composed of Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff, Louise Wolthers, Jacob Birch, and Andréas Hagström.

About The Hasselblad Foundation

F.W. Hasselblad & Co was founded in 1841 by Fritz Viktor Hasselblad – Victor Hasselblad’s great-grandfather – and initially sold various products such as fabrics, sewing accessories and domestic utensils. The company relocated to the newly built Hasselbladshuset building on Lille Bommen in Gothenburg in the 1870s. Over the following decade, it began importing photographic products, eventually becoming the Swedish retailer for Eastman Kodak Co.

After Victor Hasselblad died in 1978, Erna and Victor Hasselblad’s Foundation was founded in 1979 in accordance with the couple’s last will and testament. The Foundation promotes research and academic teaching in the natural sciences and photography. This is achieved by awarding grants and stipends to the natural sciences and photography, a prestigious international photography award and stipends and grants to research projects in photography. The Foundation also conducts its own research into photography. The Hasselblad Center opened in 1989. The Hasselblad Foundation’s research library opened in 1999.