The Global Peace Photo Award aims to present human efforts to live together in peace and the quest for beauty and goodness in our lives. The award goes to those photographs that best express the idea that our future lies in peaceful coexistence.

What winners receive

The Peace Image of the Year will receive € 10,000. It will be on display for one year at the Austrian Parliament and will be included in the permanent art collection of the Austrian Parliament.

The top five listed photographers will be awarded the Alfred Fried Peace Medal.

The winner of the Children's Peace Image of the Year will receive the sum of € 1,000. Enter here

All winners will be invited to Vienna to the award ceremony at the Austrian Parliament on 17 September 2020. All submitted images have the chance to take part in international exhibitions.

About the organization

The Global Peace Photo Award is awarded by Edition Lammerhuber  and the Photographische Gesellschaft, (PHG). Edition Lammerhuber is an Austrian publisher, based in Baden near Vienna, dedicated to photography and to the interpretation of science and art. The Photographische Gesellschaft, (PHG), founded in Vienna in 1861, is the longest-standing photographic society in the German-speaking countries and the second-oldest in the world. It was founded on 22 March 1861 by Anton Georg Martin at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

The Global Peace Photo Award will be organized in partnership with UNESCO, the Austrian Parliament, the Austrian Parliamentary Reporting Association, the International Press Institute (IPI), the German Youth Photography Award and the World Press Photo Foundation.

Judging Criteria

The international jury of the Global Peace Photo Award will judge the photographs on artistic merit, originality, subject and style.

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FAQ

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