The Shape of Memories | Hanoi — The Weight of Time: Jury Top 5 & Honorable Mention, IPA 2026

New York, 15th September 2026

A Juror’s personal choice

I’m deeply honoured to announce that The Shape of Memories | Hanoi — The Weight of Time has been awarded an Honourable Mention at the International Photography Awards 2026 and selected for the IPA 2026 Jury Top 5 by juror Xuxin Zhao, President of the Guangzhou International Photography Association.

The Jury Top 5 is a distinct recognition within the competition: alongside the standard category placements, each juror — drawn from the world’s leading curators, photo editors, gallerists and critics — personally selects five favourite images from among the thousands of entries received that year, independent of the panel’s overall scoring.

My compliments go to all the winners of this outstanding edition.

“2026 International Photography Awards announces the winners of the competition and is pleased to declare that Riccardo Magherini was awarded: Honourable Mention, and selected for the Jury Top 5 by Xuxin Zhao, for the winning entry ‘The Shape of Memories | Hanoi — The Weight of Time'”

“The International Photography Awards are delighted to announce the category winners and finalists in its 2026 Photography Competition for the professional and non-professional/student categories. A stellar international jury of renowned photography experts judged more than 14,000 entries from 139 countries around the world to finally select these outstanding category winners.“
Hossein Farmani, President, IPA

IPA 2026 Winners
The Shape of Memories | Hanoi — The Weight of Time @ IPA 2026