Last call for entries to the Felix Schoeller Photo Award: submission deadline is 31.05.2015.
Osnabrück, 30 April 2015
The deadline for submitting entries to the 2015 international Felix Schoeller Photo Award is 31 May 2015. This deadline will not be extended. Entries can be uploaded to www.felix-schoeller-photoaward.com.
We have received entries from 40 countries since 1 January 2015. With prizes totalling €38,000, this is one of the richest awards in the German-speaking world. Prizes will be awarded in five categories and there will be a separate award for emerging photographic talent. The category winners will each receive €2,000 and the emerging photographer award has non-monetary prizes worth around €18.000 and will take the form of equipment lent by camera manufacturer Phase One. The winner of the Photo Award in Gold, which is worth €10,000, will be chosen from the category winners.
The five categories are portrait, landscape/nature, architecture/industry, photojournalism/editorial photography, free choice/conceptual photography.
The awards ceremony will take place in early October and the exhibition of prizewinning work in Osnabrück’s Cultural History Museum will open at the same time.
File for download / Publication only with photo credit!
Title of photo and credit: photo from the series »Up close« © Peter Schulte, winner category portrait and overall winner Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2013
We will be happy to provide image files of all entries that won or were nominated for a prize in 2013 for publication in connection with this press release or other information about the Felix Schoeller Photo Award. Please email your enquiry to:
You will find other press information and files for download in the press room on the Felix Schoeller Photo Award website.
Background information on the Felix Schoeller Group
Founded in 1895, the Felix Schoeller Group is a family business with worldwide operations producing specialty papers. With around 2,340 employees, the renowned Osnabrück-based company produced and marketed almost 310,000 tonnes of specialty papers in 2014 and posted a total turnover of appr. 720 million euros. The Felix Schoeller Group develops, produces and markets specialty papers for photographic applications, digital printing systems, the packaging market, self-adhesive applications and for the furniture, wood-based products and wallpaper industry.
In addition to its Osnabrück main site and headquarters, 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 is involved in a joint venture in the Russian Federation. It has 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.
Background information on Phase One:
Phase One is the world’s leading manufacturer of open-platform medium-format camera systems and solutions. Phase One’s medium-format cameras, digital backs and lenses are developed with the specific aim of delivering the best possible image quality under the hard conditions photographers face in their daily work. Phase One’s powerful innovative drive ensures that any investment in its cutting-edge technology is certain to hold its value over the long-term. For many photographers of international renown, working with Phase One systems means being able to rely on professional technology of the very highest calibre. As well as camera technology, Phase One’s Capture One software offers optimised capture and post-production workflow. Professional photographers can capitalise on Phase One’s combination of camera system and software to achieve their creative vision. Founded in 1993, Phase One is an employee-owned company. It is headquartered in Copenhagen and has offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Cologne and Hong Kong.
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