The winners of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2015 have been chosen
The jury has selected five category winners, the winner of the Emerging Photographer Award and the overall Gold Award winner.
Berliner Karolin Klüppel wowed the jury with her work in the portrait category entitled “Mädchenland.” She received 2,000 euros as category winner and a further 10,000 euros as winner of the overall Gold Award. The awards ceremony took place on 27 September 2015 in Osnabrück’s Cultural History Museum, after which the exhibition was officially opened. Each of the five category winners received a trophy and 2,000 euros. The Emerging Photographer Award – this year an extremely generous donation by Phase One, the world’s leading manufacturer of open-platform, medium-format cameras and solutions – went to Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad from Bangladesh for his work entitled “Children of the Dead River.”
Caption: l to r: Dr Bernhard Klofat (CEO Felix Schoeller Group), portrait category and Gold Award winner Karolin Klüppel, Michael Dannenmann (portrait photographer, jury member)
Credits: Photo series Children of the dead river © Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad
Caption: Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad from Bangladesh, winner of the Emerging Photographer Award
The Felix Schoeller Photo Award, which enjoyed its debut in 2013, has now successfully completed its second round. It received entries from professional photographers from 65 countries (2013: 26 countries), including many who had already won international prizes. In his welcoming speech to 100 invited guests, Dr Bernhard Klofat, the Felix Schoeller Group’s CEO, stressed the international aspect of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award: “I am particularly thrilled by the international dimension, which is reflected in the work submitted by the young photographers. I think that is an excellent fit with a company with global operations such as the Felix Schoeller Group.”
Michael Dannenmann, who chaired the jury, was particularly impressed by the rich content and emotionally charged issues dealt with by the winning entries. Speaking of the overall winner Karolin Klüppel, the renowned portrait photographer said: “In her work she immerses herself in the life of Indian girls, who at an early age take on a very dominant role in the matrilineal society of the indigenous Khasi people. With her photography that is both documentary and painterly she shows these girls in their everyday environment. They are sensitive and powerful portraits that testify to the close relationship between the photographer and her subjects.”
The photographs submitted by the winner of the Emerging Photographer Award, Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad, are also highly charged – both emotionally and in terms of their social commentary: “Love for his own country has made the photographer take a very close look at it. He does not remain at a distance behind his camera but shows us through his pictures his sorrow, his compassion and his hope. This is photojournalism and documentary photography of the very highest calibre,” said jury member Ellen Dietrich (head of photography at Die Zeit weekly newspaper) describing the jury’s impression of the work. After Dr Klofat had presented the trophy, Heinz Pabst (Phase One Germany) congratulated the winner of the Emerging Photographer Award. Phase One is going to lend the prizewinner camera equipment and editing software to carry out a particularly ambitious project. The cost of renting it commercially would be 18,000 euros.
Great pieces of work – and large formats to showcase them
The work of the 30 photo artists will be exhibited in a show entitled “Winners & Nominees – the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2015” which will run at Osnabrück’s Cultural History Museum from 27 September 2015 to 17 January 2016. In collaboration with the city of Osnabrück and Cultural History Museum, the winning entries will be presented in large formats on high-quality Felix Schoeller photo paper.
Exhibition: Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2015
Venue: Osnabrück’s Cultural History Museum, Lotter Strasse 2, Osnabrück
Duration: 27.09.2015 - 17.01.2016
Credits: Photo series Experiential Spaces © Thomas Friedrich Schäfer
Caption: The Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2015 exhibition in Osnabrück’s Cultural History Museum
All the winning and nominated entries can also be seen in our permanent digital exhibition at www.felix-schoeller-photoaward.com
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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