Felix Schoeller Photo Award

Sustainability Emerging Photographer German Peace Prize for Photography

The juries of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award have put these works on the shortlist. The nominees will be selected from them at the final jury meetings on 07/29/2025.

Sustainability

Gil Bartz

Büdingen / DE

Fragments of Climate Change

Sebastian Bühler

Augsburg / DE

Region Bor, The landscape reminds us that we are here temporarily.

Alessandro Cinque

Lima / PE

El Precio de la Tierra

Marijn Fidder

Harderwijk / NL

Inclusive Nation

Mika Grunwaldt

Hamburg / DE

the hungry river

Sylvia Gutierrez Sanchez

Guanacaste / CR

Once Upon a Time II

Svenja Hemke

Nordhorn / DE

“WINDDOGS” is what they call themselves.

Rodrigo Illescas

Buenos Aires / AR

The Cathedrals of Nostalgia

Benjamin Kis

München / DE

Fukushima(then) Now_After

Taofeek Oyewole Lawal

Lagos / NG

Guardian of Gaia: The unseen Eco-Warriors

Damian Lemański

Warszawa / PL

The Strongest of Mbeubeuss

Sudip Maiti

Kolkata / IN

Self-sustaining city

Liam Man

Woking / GB

Carcass of the Rhone Glacier

Maximilian Mann

Dortmund / DE

Between Hope and Dystopia

Paolo Manzo

Volla / IT

The Invisible City

Lutz Matschke

Berlin - Wilmersdorf / DE

Green Concrete / Grüner Beton – Sustainability in urban environments

Ingmar Björn Nolting

Leipzig / DE

Landscapes of Power

Patrick Ofori-Sampong

Accra / GH

AGORO BESO AH EFIRI ANOPA

Adra Pallón

Lugo / ES

Demothanasia. Death by depopulation.

Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni

Rome / IT

TROPICALIA

Markel Redondo

urrugne / FR

Sand Castles

Moritz Rehbein

Hamburg / DE

Abstract Dilemma

Oleksandr Rupeta

Kyiv / UA

High in Feast

Mustafa bilge Satkın

Istanbul / TR

In the Shadow of Noah

Kai-Uwe Schulte-Bunert

Berlin / DE

PAY OFF

AXEL JAVIER SULZBACHER

Hannover / DE

Green Dystopia

Alice Zorzin

Staranzano / IT

All begins with a rain of needles

Emerging Photographer

Verdiana Albano

Berlin / DE

i ain't from no east coast

Viviana Almas

London / GB

Uncircuit

Debsuddha Banerjee

Kolkata / IN

Crossroads

Benedikt Burger

Berlin / DE

Konstrukt

Alexandra Iulia Corcode

The Hague / NL

Intervals of warm absence: The daily life experience of those le8 behind in Romania

Daniela Duckwitz

Bielefeld / DE

frur

Ekaterina Frolova

Limassol / CY

Young Cuba

Mehedi Hasan

Dhaka / BD

The Lack of Playgrounds in Dhaka

Abdelaziz Ibrahim

banha / EG

Not every white is pretty

Mohammad Tasawar Islam

Dhaka / BD

Tale of a fallen regime

Jana Islinger

München / DE

It's my wound because it's pain for me

mosfiqur johan

Dhaka / BD

Memories of Disappearance

Jan Kraus

Berlin / DE

In Uniform

Simon Deppe & Stefan Nieland

Bad Kissingen / DE

The eyes of the world are upon you

Ludwig Nikulski

Hannover / DE

Under the Palm Trees

Julius Schien

Hannover / DE

Rechtes Land

Nora Börding & Anne Speltz

Hannover / DE

The forgotten stories of 'the Boat Driver'

Aimilia Theofilopoulos

Hamburg / DE

Die Wand ist nicht tragend

Emilie Toldam Futtrup

Aarhus C / DK

Miss Vogue

Anton Vester

Hannover / DE

while we wait

Zhou Zhang

London / GB

Through the Window

German Peace Prize for Photography

Abdelrahman Alkahlout

sariyer / TR

Where Peace Begins

Erçin Ertürk

Ankara / TR

Aftermath

Maryam Firuzi

Tehran / IR

In the shadows of silent women

Jonathan Fontaine

Reims / FR

ABASTAN : Art in Exile

Nazanin Hafez

Passau / DE

The Mountains Witness, the Stones Remember

Karsten Hein

Berlin / DE

Verabredung in Kherson

Shinji Isobe

Fukutsu / JP

Survivors in the Dying Light

Andrea Kalinova

Bratislava / SK

Intourist

Silke Koch

Berlin / DE

Archiv Of the Unseen

Stephan Lucka

Dortmund / DE

What is Democracy?

Jana Mai

Hannover / DE

Because I’ve Always Been James

Maximilian Mann

Dortmund / DE

Letzte Rettung Oberhausen

Viviana Peretti

Bogota / CO

Searching for reconciliation

Yuri Pritisk

Novocheboksarsk / RU

Nuclear Patalogy

Fabian Ritter

Dortmund / DE

Youth of Ukraine

Sofia Samoylova

Frankfurt Am Main / DE

Serafima & Jevhen

Mateusz Sarello

Zabki / PL

Wartime Summer in Odesa

Valentina Sinis

Oristano / IT

“Were Afghan Women to Unveil Their Tales”

Sergei Stroitelev

Berlin / DE

The Dreamers: Russian queer couples in migration

Robin Tutenges

Paris / FR

On Asphalt We Grow

IVA ZÍMOVÁ

Plzeň / CZ

2025 Shortlist

Sustainability

Fragments of Climate Change

Region Bor, The landscape reminds us that we are here temporarily.

El Precio de la Tierra

Inclusive Nation

the hungry river

Once Upon a Time II

“WINDDOGS” is what they call themselves.

The Cathedrals of Nostalgia

Fukushima(then) Now_After

Guardian of Gaia: The unseen Eco-Warriors

The Strongest of Mbeubeuss

Self-sustaining city

Carcass of the Rhone Glacier

Between Hope and Dystopia

The Invisible City

Green Concrete / Grüner Beton – Sustainability in urban environments

Landscapes of Power

AGORO BESO AH EFIRI ANOPA

Demothanasia. Death by depopulation.

TROPICALIA

Sand Castles

Abstract Dilemma

High in Feast

In the Shadow of Noah

PAY OFF

Green Dystopia

All begins with a rain of needles

Emerging Photographer

i ain't from no east coast

Uncircuit

Crossroads

Konstrukt

Intervals of warm absence: The daily life experience of those le8 behind in Romania

frur

Young Cuba

The Lack of Playgrounds in Dhaka

Not every white is pretty

Tale of a fallen regime

It's my wound because it's pain for me

Memories of Disappearance

In Uniform

The eyes of the world are upon you

Under the Palm Trees

Rechtes Land

The forgotten stories of 'the Boat Driver'

Die Wand ist nicht tragend

Miss Vogue

while we wait

Through the Window

German Peace Prize for Photography

Where Peace Begins

Aftermath

In the shadows of silent women

ABASTAN : Art in Exile

The Mountains Witness, the Stones Remember

Verabredung in Kherson

Survivors in the Dying Light

Intourist

Archiv Of the Unseen

What is Democracy?

Because I’ve Always Been James

Letzte Rettung Oberhausen

Searching for reconciliation

Nuclear Patalogy

Youth of Ukraine

Serafima & Jevhen

Wartime Summer in Odesa

“Were Afghan Women to Unveil Their Tales”

The Dreamers: Russian queer couples in migration

On Asphalt We Grow

Life Doesn't End; It Will Just Be Different