An invitation to take part in the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2017
PRESS RELEASE
Osnabrueck, 21 December 2016
The third international Felix Schoeller Photo Award is about to take place, with professional photographers and trainee photographers having the opportunity to submit their work at www.felix-schoeller-photoaward.com from January 1st to May 31st, 2017.
The Felix Schoeller Photo Award honors work that demonstrates a love of photography, combined with the most demanding quality standards for images. Prizes are awarded every two years and are open to German and international entrants: in 2015, we received submissions from 65 countries. A five-member jury, led by the internationally renowned, Düsseldorf-based portrait photographer, Michael Dannenmann, freely and independently deliberates on award winners in the categories of portraits, landscapes and nature, architecture and industry, photojournalism and editorial, and free/conceptual photography. The overall winner is chosen from the list of category winners. Each category attracts a prize of €2,000 for the winner: the overall winner enjoys a further prize of €10,000. The winner of the prize for up-and-coming talent enjoys a prize worth €5,000 in cash or goods, and in 2017, this prize will be donated by Olympus Deutschland GmbH. After the Award, the winners and nominees will be exhibited for several weeks at Osnabruck’s Museum of Cultural History. The Felix Schoeller Photo Award has established itself as one of the most highly rated photographic prizes in the German-speaking world. Entry rules and categories are described in detail at www.felix-schoeller-photoaward.com
Logos and image files for this press release are available for download in the press room of the award´s website.
Please note: Image files for entries that were nominated for a prize or won in the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2015 are also available. We will be happy to send you high-res image files for publication in connection with the Felix Schoeller Photo Award, along with any other information you might require about the award. Publication only with photo credits! Please email your enquiry to k.graef@graef-advertising.com
About the Felix Schoeller Group
Founded in 1895, the Felix Schoeller Group is a family business with worldwide operations producing specialty papers. With around 2,390 employees, the renowned Osnabrück-based company produced and marketed almost 296,000 tonnes of specialty papers in 2015, recording total revenue of approximately 725 million euro.
The Felix Schoeller Group develops, produces and markets specialty papers for photographic applications, digital printing systems, the packaging market, as well as self-adhesive applications and products for the furniture, wood-based products and wallpaper industries.
In addition to its main site and headquarters in Osnabrück, the Felix Schoeller Group has four other production facilities in Germany - in Weissenborn and Penig in Saxony, in Titisee-Neustadt (Baden-Württemberg) and in Günzach (Bavaria). It also has production facilities in the USA and Canada and participates in a joint venture in the Russian Federation, with additional sales & service centres in Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Prague.
The Felix Schoeller Group exemplifies uncompromising quality, unique flexibility and true partnership. The result: Best Performing Papers. Worldwide. Since July 2013, the Felix Schoeller Group has been the official premium paper partner of the German Olympic team.
About Olympus Deutschland:
With approximately 500 employees, Olympus Deutschland GmbH is the group’s largest European distribution organization. The Hamburg-based subsidiary, of Olympus Europa SE & CO. KG is responsible for distributing the entire product range of the optical and digital specialist parent company, including Consumer Products (cameras and accessories, binoculars, audio recorder and professional voice recording systems), Medical Systems (endoscopes, video and imaging systems, electronic surgical devices, integrated endoscopy and surgical solutions, and endotherapy instruments) and Scientific Solutions (microscope systems for materials science, industrial endoscopes such as X-ray analysis devices and non-destructive testingsystems).
As the world’s leading manufacturer of optical and digital precision technology, Olympus develops and markets innovative medical technology, digital cameras and solutions for science and industry. Its award-winning products are essential to the diagnosis, prevention and healing of diseases, support research and development and capture the diversity of life with all its different facets. In the hands of Olympus’s customers, the company’s high-tech products make people’s lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling.
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