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Featuring interviews with winning artists and our world-class judges as well as resources and tips from the pros, reFocus Magazine will help you dive deeper into the world of reFocus, learn about applying to our contests, and hone your craft.

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Wiktor Franko | 2026 Color Photo Contest | 3rd Place Winner | Professional

by Lily Fierman

Wiktor's winning image takes one of photography's oldest archetypes — the solitary figure against an vast landscape — and makes it feel newly urgent, while Fuerteventura's stark, lunar terrain lends the work a gravity that is as much existential as it is visual.

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Deji Oluokun
Deji Oluokun

Deji's winning series presents self-portraiture through a kaleidoscopic body of work that maps the creative journey not as a straight line but as a spectrum, each color a chapter and each gradient a transition, weaving a constant thread through a life in the making.

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