“German Peace Prize for Photography 2025” and “Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2025”
Maximilian Mann receives the 4th German Peace Prize for Photography in OsnabrückPhotographer Maximilian Mann (Germany) has been awarded the “German Peace Prize for Photography” by the city of Osnabrück and the international company Felix Schoeller, headquartered in Osnabrück. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros. Maximilian Mann prevailed against high-caliber international competition from 88 countries with his work “Letzte Rettung Oberhausen” (Last Rescue Oberhausen).
This year, the Felix Schoeller Photo Award was presented in two categories, each with prize money of €5,000. In the “
Exhibition opening at the Museumsquartier OsnabrückOn Thursday evening, September 25, 2025, the winners of the two photography awards, the Felix Schoeller Photo Award and the German Peace Prize for Photography, were announced and honored in a festive ceremony. Photographer Maximilian Mann (Germany) received the winner's check for €10,000 for the “German Peace Prize for Photography 2025,” awarded by the city of Osnabrück and local paper manufacturer Felix Schoeller, from Osnabrück's mayor Katharina Pötter. Maximilian Mann prevailed against high-caliber international competition from 88
The jury of the seventh international Felix Schoeller Photo Award (FSPA) and the fourth edition of the German Peace Prize for Photography has announced the nominees in the three categoriesFor the first time, Simone Klein, art advisor and independent sworn expert for photography from Cologne, has taken over the role of jury chair from long-standing chair and co-founder of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award, Michael Dannenmann. She was joined by art historian and curator Cathérine Hug from the Kunsthaus Zürich, Hannah Schuh, Visual Director of the art magazine ART, and Nils-Arne Kässens,
The renowned international Felix Schoeller Photo Award will take place for the seventh time in 2025Professional photographers are invited to submit their works in the two categories "Sustainability" and "Emerging Talent" by April 5, 2025. Only those currently in training to become photographers can participate in the prize for the best emerging talent work. At the same time, the call for entries for the "German Peace Prize for Photography" is taking place, which is also open exclusively to professional photographers. The submission deadline for this is also April 5, 2025. The Peace Prize
This year's winners of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award were announced at a ceremony in Osnabrück on 4 May. Alain Schroeder (Belgium) won in the "Photojournalism" category with his work "Muay Thai Kids", the "Sustainability" prize went to the Italian photographer Simone Tramonte for his series "New ways to the future" and the popular prize in the "Portrait" category went to Damian Lemanski (Poland) for his photographs of the "Kids of Lunik IX". All three winners will receive 5,000 Euro each. Lisa Marie Asubonteng (Germany) won the "Young Photographers" category with her series "The Holy Women"
This year's nominees for the internationally renowned Felix Schoeller Photo Award have been announced. The expert jury, consisting of the art historian and curator Cathérine Hug from the Kunsthaus Zürich, the director of the Museumsquartier Osnabrück Nils-Arne Kässens, the art consultant Simone Klein and the visual director of the art magazine ART Hannah Schuh, as well as the jury chairman and photographer Michael Dannenmann, has selected the five best works in each of the categories Portrait, Sustainability, Photojournalism and Young Talent, as well as for the German Peace Prize for
Professional photographers are invited to submit their photographs to the prestigious Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2023. And those who are just starting their career, can enter the competition for the Best Work by an Emerging Photographer. In addition, the Felix Schoeller Group together with the city of Osnabrück awards the German Peace Prize for Photography. The award ceremony next spring coincides with the momentous anniversary of "375 years of the Peace of Westphalia".Whether in Ukraine, Iran or elsewhere in the world - recent events make it clear: peace is a fragile commodity that can
From September 15, 2022, the prestigious Felix Schoeller Photo Award will be starting a new round.For the sixth time since 2013, the Felix Schoeller Group is inviting all professional photographers worldwide to apply in three categories for the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2023, the Best Work by an Emerging Photographer and the German Peace Prize for Photography. A total of 30,000 euros in prize money will be awarded. The closing date for entries is January 15, 2023.
For the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2023, professional photographers are invited to apply in three categories: “Portrait”, “
On Saturday evening, 2. October 2021, the winners of the fifth Felix Schoeller Photo Awards were announced at a virtual awards ceremony. Shirin Abedi, who was born in Tehran, won the title in the category “Best Work by an Emerging Photographer” with her work “May I Have This Dance?”. In the category “German Peace Prize for Photography” the Nigerian photographer Emeke Obanor impressed the jury of experts with his work “Heroes”. The winners' works and those of all nominees are exhibited at the Museumsquartier in Osnabrück from October 3, 2021.From over 600 entries from a total of 95 countries,
The Felix Schoeller Group awards the “Best Work by an Emerging Photographer” to talented young photographers who are studying, undergoing vocational training or assisting with photography. The works submitted in this category are thematically open.This year, Shirin Abedi, born in Tehran, can look forward to the title of 'Best Newcomer' with her work 'May I Have This Dance? She will receive prize money of 2,500 euros. In addition, all five nominees in the young talent category will receive an exclusive online session with a jury member to discuss their work (portfolio presentation).
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On Saturday evening, 2 October 2021, the 'German Peace Prize for Photography' was awarded in a virtual award ceremony. With the series “Heroes”, the Nigerian photographer Emeke Obanor prevailed against top-class international competition. The “German Peace Prize for Photography” is a joint initiative of the internationally operating specialty paper manufacturer Felix Schoeller Group and the City of Peace Osnabrück. It comes with prize money of 10,000 euros. The winning work, as well as the work of all the nominees, will be exhibited at the Museumsquartier in Osnabrück from October 3, 2021, to
On 26 August 2021, the juries for the two categories of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2021, 'Best Work by an Emerging Photographer' and 'German Peace Prize for Photography', met. The meetings took place as online conferences. The juries nominated the five best works for each category. The winners of both categories will be announced during the official award ceremony on 2 October 2021 in Osnabrück, Germany.The jury for the category 'Best Emerging Photographer' consisted of the internationally renowned portrait photographer Michael Dannenmann (jury chairman, DGPh), the photography expert
Professional photographers from 95 countries participateThe second edition of the international "German Peace Award for Photography" has arrived in the international community of professional photographers: Nearly 400 works from 95 countries are competing for the €10,000 award. The award ceremony for the Photography Prize, which launched for the first time in 2019, will take place on October 2, 2021. The works of the winner and the nominees will be on display in an exhibition at the Museumsquartier Osnabrück from October 03 until March 2022. The initiators of the Photography Award are the
The deadline for entries to the Felix Schoeller Photo Award was May 31, 2021. With over 600 submissions from 95 countries, no new record has been set, but the organizers are satisfied with the result. The internationality of the award, which exists since 2013, and the high quality of the work submitted are again underlined. The TOP 10 countries with the most entries are led by Germany, followed by Russia, Iran and India. Brazil, Bangladesh, Italy, France, the UK and the USA are also in this group."This year, the Felix Schoeller Photo Award will be awarded in the categories 'German Peace
Halfway through the submission period, which runs until May 31, 2021, the organizers are already looking at a good number of entries. The Felix Schoeller Photo Award is announced every two years, this year in the two categories German Peace Prize for Photography and Best Work by an Emerging Photographer. Submissions for the German Peace Prize for Photography currently exceed those for the period in 2019 by a factor of three, while submissions from young professional photographers are roughly on a par with the previous award."The number of submissions to the German Peace Award for
