The School’s traditional annual exhibition took place on 20 and 21 May 2026 in Paris. This flagship event marks, each year, the culmination of the students’ work, providing a showcase for their creations.
On this occasion, Spéos was delighted to present the 2026 Jury Prizes in the following three categories: Studio, Photojournalism and Fine Art. These awards aim to recognise the most promising talents, selected by a jury composed of renowned professionals from the world of photography.
Congratulations to the 2026 Winners!
It is with great pleasure that Spéos reveals this year’s Jury Prize winners.
A huge well done to:
- Iveta Celmina – Winner of the Studio Prize
- Agnese Garrone – Winner of the Photojournalism Prize
- Ajay Dsouza – Winner of the Fine Art Prize
A Closer Look at Their Journeys
Iveta Celmina
Graduate of the Professional Photography Program in 1 year.
Before photography, Iveta worked in communications, fashion and artist booking, a background that shaped the way she connects with people. What draws her most to photography is its human dimension. Beyond light and composition, she is interested in what a person carries within and in the way it can quietly surface in an image.
She works with simplicity and gentleness, creating a space where everyone can feel at ease and fully themselves. She believes there is beauty in every person, at every age and whatever their level of experience, and she strives to reveal it with honesty and sensitivity.
Agnese Garrone
Graduate of the Professional Photography Program in 1 year.
Working primarily in black and white, her practice moves between documentary and editorial portraiture. She is drawn to the silent architecture of a face — the subtle tensions, the restraint, the weight contained in a gaze. Her work explores presence as something fragile yet enduring. Through intimate portraits and fragments of everyday life, she seeks moments where vulnerability and strength coexist without spectacle.
Each image is shaped by light, atmosphere and psychological depth. She is less interested in the surface than in what quietly persists beneath it — memory, identity, time. For her, photography is not about representation, but about what remains.
Ajay Dsouza
Graduate of the Creative Documentary Photography programme by Magnum Photos & Spéos.
Ajay grew up in a fast-changing Bombay, exploring drawing and painting before finding in the camera his true medium. After a few years in advertising, he began photographing the world around him. A former cricket and football player, he naturally turned to sport, and made it his profession in 2024 by becoming photographer and media manager for Sporting Club Bengaluru — a path that led him to document one of his idols, Ronaldinho, in Chennai in March 2025.
Feeling he could go further, he joined the 2025-2026 cohort of the Creative Documentary Photography course by Magnum Photos x Speos in Paris. The French capital pushed him to think differently and to create more personal images, produced over a longer span of time.
Well Done to the Entire Class of 2026!
Spéos extends its warmest congratulations to all the students of the Class of 2026 for their creativity, their commitment and the quality of their projects.
> Discover the portfolios of the 2026 students specialising in Studio
> Discover the portfolios of the 2026 students specialising in Photojournalism
A big thank you to everyone who came out in such numbers to support our talents at this end-of-year exhibition!