Like every year in October, photography will take over all the exhibition spaces at the Nowa Huta Cultural Centre. For the ninth time, the audiences will have the opportunity to see the best press photographs from around the world. This year’s World Press Photo exhibition (2–25 October) features a selection of the best entries from 57,376 photographs submitted for the 2026 competition by 3,747 photographers from 141 countries. The works selected by an independent jury across three categories (single photographs, series and long-running projects) address the most pressing issues facing the modern world – from devastating conflicts and law enforcement abuses to the climate crisis and the empowerment of women. The organisers highlight defending the freedom of press and highlighting the dangers associated with working as a photojournalist in many parts of the world. All the other exhibitions will run for a full month. Ebrahim Alipoor, a Kurdish photographer and winner of the 2025 WPP, will draw attention to the issue of smuggling across the Iranian-Iraqi border – a result of the stricter customs regulations introduced in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution – through his compelling showcase Bullets Know No Borders. Many Kurdish porters lose their lives while crossing the mountains. For them, this dangerous work is the only way to make a living. Ewa Bilan-Stoch’s poignant Layers of Camouflage features a series of portraits created since 2023 in war-torn areas of Ukraine, mainly in the Donbass. The people featured in the photographs are soldiers of various nationalities, units and specialisations. Tomasz Tomaszewski’s exhibition A Stone’s Throw Away is the result of the photographer’s two-year journey around the world of defunct state-owned farms, which were swept away from the Polish countryside by the political reforms of the 1990s. The Łódź Kaliska production of Macbeth will take us on a journey to the world of staged theatrical productions, while focusing on the central theme of Shakespeare’s play - the destructive consequences of excessive ambition. The Kraków Photography Club will join in the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of Andrzej Wajda’s birth and the 10th anniversary of his death with a collective exhibition titled Wajda – Inspirations. Iza Łysoń’s Fleeting Moments is sure to provide plenty of good vibes, as the artist has been photographing dogs and promoting dog photography for years. Her work has won awards at competitions including the Sony World Photography Awards and the International Photography Awards.