Internationale Vielfalt beim VIEPA 2025 – Auszeichnungen in über 20 Ländern!
Der Vienna International Photo Award 2025 zeigt eindrucksvoll, wie stark Fotografie Menschen rund um den Globus verbindet: Die diesjährigen Siegerinnen und Sieger kommen aus 22 Ländern und fünf Kontinenten!
Remuna Beca / United States / Sea Puppy Gaze
Insgesamt wurden Beiträge aus folgenden Ländern prämiert:
🇦🇹 Österreich
🇦🇺 Australien
🇧🇷 Brasilien
🇧🇪 Belgien
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇿 Tschechien
🇩🇪 Deutschland
🇪🇪 Estland
🇫🇷 Frankreich
🇬🇧 Vereinigtes Königreich
🇮🇪 Irland
🇮🇹 Italien
🇯🇵 Japan
🇰🇿 Kasachstan
🇳🇱 Niederlande
🇳🇿 Neuseeland
🇵🇱 Polen
🇸🇬 Singapur
🇸🇰 Slowakei
🇪🇸 Spanien
🇺🇸 Vereinigte Staaten
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇮🇷 Iran
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇸🇮 Slowenien
🇹🇷 Türkei
🇹🇼 Taiwan
🇧🇬 Bulgarien
🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
🇮🇳 Indien
🇿🇦 Südafrika
Diese beeindruckende globale Präsenz unterstreicht den internationalen Stellenwert des Wettbewerbs und das hohe Niveau der eingereichten Arbeiten. Von dokumentarischer Street Photography über poetische Naturaufnahmen bis hin zu experimenteller Porträtkunst – die Vielfalt der Themen und Bildsprachen war größer denn je.
Alle Siegerfotos werden im Rahmen des LIK Sommer Fotofestivals 2025 in Wien ausgestellt und sind auch online auf www.viepa.org zu sehen.
Die große Preisverleihung findet am 19. September 2025 um 19:00 Uhr in der LIK Akademie für Foto und Design in Wien statt. Gästeliste und Infos hier.
📸 See the world through the lens of VIEPA – and discover photography beyond borders!
The Vienna International Photo Award 2025 impressively demonstrates how photography connects people around the globe: this year's winners come from 22 countries and five continents!
Entries from the following countries were awarded prizes:
🇦🇹 Austria
🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇩🇪 Germany
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇫🇷 France
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇮🇹 Italy
🇯🇵 Japan
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇵🇱 Poland
🇸🇬 Singapore
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇪🇸 Spain
🇺🇸 United States
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇮🇷 Iran
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇹🇷 Turkey
🇹🇼 Taiwan
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
🇮🇳 India
🇿🇦 South Africa
This impressive global presence underscores the international significance of the competition and the high standard of the submitted works. From documentary street photography to poetic nature shots to experimental portraiture, the diversity of themes and visual languages was greater than ever before.
All winning photos will be exhibited at the LIK Summer Photo Festival 2025 in Vienna and can also be viewed online at www.viepa.org.
The grand award ceremony will take place on 19 September 2025 at 7 p.m. at the LIK Academy for Photography and Design in Vienna. Guest list and information here.
📸 See the world through the lens of VIEPA – and discover photography beyond borders!
Die Preise werden bei der VIEPA Gala am 19.9.2024 um 19:00 in Wien verliehen: GUESTLIST HERE
Studenten
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - Studenten:
Yuhao Liu / New Zealand / Relationship
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - Studenten:
Antonia Leitner / Austria / still serving
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - Studenten:
zhixing long / Canada /
VIEPA Jury Special - Studenten:
Kessler Zhong / China / Physical defects
Honorable Mentions
Joline Chu / China /
Grzegorz Gut / Poland / Crossing
Lena Krämer / Germany / Soft Power
Berk İşeri / Turkey / Tanya's Photography Project 1
Tayler Schäplitz / Austria / The sound of police
Grzegorz Gut / Poland / Pet names
Egon Landschützer / Austria / running away
Antonia Leitner / Austria / a tea party nobody came to
zhixing long / Canada /
Yuhao Liu / New Zealand / Self Portrait 2024
Yixue Bo / Austria / Becoming1
Lena Krämer / Germany / Soft Power
Chieh Lu / Taiwan / Man with the Black Bag
zhixing long / Canada /
Antonia Leitner / Austria / Zwischen Ich und Selbst
Black & White
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - Black & White:
JOZEF DANYI / Czechia / BIKERS
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - Black & White:
Partha Pratim Roy / Singapore / Morning Rays
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - Black& White:
Cao THI NGOC DIEM / Vietnam / Collecting Nets
Jury - Special Prize: LIK PHOTO ACADEMY Voucher for participation at the LIK Summer Class of Photography 2025 worth Euro 980.-
Cao THI NGOC DIEM / Vietnam / Collecting Nets
Honorable Mention:
SACHIKO HATSUMORI / Japan / Silent Form
Ils Van de Reyd / Belgium / The one
thibault gerbaldi / United States / Whispers of The Storm
Scott McQuown / United States / First Light
Scott McQuown / United States / Elegy to a Lone Tree
Martin Miklas / Portugal / The Whispers of a Fishdom Among the Stars
JOZEF DANYI / Czechia / EGYPTIAN TRANSFORMATION
REMI VACHER / United Arab Emirates / Man and Nature
Herbert Fauster / Austria / Lady in black and white
Antonella Cunsolo / Italy / Portrait of Bianca
Ali Zolghadri / Iran / The line of hope
Richard Rduch / Germany / Internet Cafe
Michael Potts / United States / Reflection
Marzena Wieczorek / Germany / The fisherman
Cao THI NGOC DIEM / Vietnam / The Old man and the Buffalo
Free Subject:
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - FREE Subject:
SACHIKO HATSUMORI / Japan / Whisper of Light
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - Free Subject:
Nazanin Alipour Jeddi / United States / "Lingering Shadows"
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - FREE Subject:
Sabrina Reiter / Austria / Between Canvas and Reality
Jury - Special Prize: Voucher for Participation in the Summer Photo Academy Vienna 2026 worth Euro 980,-
Anna Matysiak / Poland / Borings
Honorable Mentions:
Yevhen Kostiuk / Ukraine / Wonderball
Yevhen Kostiuk / Ukraine / P-opular & I-gnored
Yevhen Kostiuk / Ukraine / When the games are over
Sama Sbrissa / Italy / CHRYSAORA FUSCESCENS Cnidari Cnidaria
Sama Sbrissa / Italy / HIPPOCAMPUS Percomorfi Percomorpha
Steffen Ebert / Germany / Reconstruction Sequence
Paul Szimak / Austria / Kind of Blue
Mary Kay Kirsner / United States / THE ROYAL TERN
Sabrina Reiter / Austria / Echo of Elegance
Rudolf Sulgan / Slovakia / Streetcar Stories 1
Peter Hofmann / Germany /
Paul Szimak / Austria / The Blue Princess
Krzysztof Drozd / Poland / Withering
Dmytro Geshengorin / Germany / The Resurrection
Anna Wacker / Germany / Fragmented Reality - Utrecht, Netherlands
Anastasiia Vodchenko / Ukraine / Multiplicity of Self
Night + Available Light
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - Night and available Light Photography:
Victor De valles ibañez / Spain / blue cave
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - Night and available Light Photography:
Oleg Ilyin / Austria /
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - Night and available Light Photography:
Jean-Pierre Duvergé / France / Japan night 4
Jury - Special Prize Night and available Light Photography: Special Prize from B.Exclusive https://www.home-away-from-home.cc B.EXCLUSIVE Special Prize at the LYNGEN EXPERIENCE LODGE in Northern Norway. 5 nights in a double room with breakfast worth Euro 2,000.-https://www.lyngenexperience.no/lodge?locale=en_us
Asako Naruto / Spain / Night Passage
Honorable Mention:
Christian WERNER / Austria / Kellergasse
Alex Neumayer / Austria / Tee Zeremonie beim Dorze Stamm
Paul Eijkemans / Netherlands / Cosmic Ape
Asako Naruto / Spain / Sweet Smoke
Victor De valles ibañez / Spain / sun beam
Sabine Miorini / Austria / "Stellar Solitude" _Kaokoveld Namibia
Jean-Pierre Duvergé / France / Japan night 3
Victor De valles ibañez / Spain / bubblering
Sabrina Moser-Hirner / Austria / Kälte in symmetrie
Renata Zambello Furtado / Brazil / Sailing among stars
Ikumi Fukazawa / Japan / Strangers in the City.
Alex Neumayer / Austria / der Metzger
Samuele Bertoli / Italy / Great ball in the fairytale court
Ogikubo Jiro / Japan / flower in the dark
Marc Marco Ripoll / Spain / Los arcos y la cueva
Herbert Fauster / Austria / Hot Vulcano
People and Portrait
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - People und Portrait Photography:
Roberto Corinaldesi / Italy /
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - People und Portrait Photography:
Vicky Hodgson / United Kingdom / Lollipop Lips
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - People und Portrait Photography:
Roberto Corinaldesi / Italy /
Jury - Special Prize People und Portrait Photography: B.EXCLUSIVE special prize at the Lucky Bay Hideaway in New Foundland in Canada. You can win 6 nights for 2 people worth EUR 2,000 if you take part in the Vienna International Photo Award in the PEOPLE and PORTAIT categories.
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Michael Potts / United States / Gazelle
Honorable Mentions:
Michael Potts / United States / Gazelle
Diana Burdein / Germany /
Szergej Afanaszjev / Austria /
Philipp Bauer / Austria / HMRSTL
Lilya Corneli / Netherlands / Self-Portrait with a Pearl Earring, Tobeamuse series, 2024
Arman Zhenikeyev / Kazakhstan / Whisper Underwater
Anna Matysiak / Poland / The girl from the painting
Tom Zimberoff / United States /
Michael Potts / United States / Kaela in Death Valley
Heinz Innerhofer / Italy / faces
Enrica Ridolfi / Italy / Shot down
Alexander Ivashkevich / Estonia / Mistress of Inheritance
Veronika Verbitskaia / Ireland / Cubism
Mari Inagaki / United States / A woman or A mother
marc schewe / Germany /
Enrica Ridolfi / Italy / Solo per un attimo
Street Photography
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - Street Photography:
Julien Grassiot / Canada / Coca cola way of life
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - Street Photography:
yajun hu / China / a gazing cat
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - Street Photography:
Penghan Wang / Italy / Solitude in Azure
Jury - Special Prize Street Photography: LIK PHOTO ACADEMY Voucher for participation at the LIK Summer Class of Photography 2026 worth Euro 980.-
Md. Arifuzzaman / Bangladesh / The Ghosts Are Dancing in the Station.
Honorable Mention:
PAOLO RICCA / Italy / HYPER REAL
Luca Bernardini / Italy /
Joanna Madloch / United States / Framed
Chansik Park / Austria / City Lights
Gerald Gutschmidt / United States / Cloud Crossing
yajun hu / China / passerby under skyscrapers
Marco Wilm / Germany / The Escape
Julien Grassiot / Canada / The Yogi and the dog
Jens F. Kruse / Spain / Talking with god
Shuai Zou / China / Magic cube
Marcin Pech / Poland /
Joanna Madloch / United States / Us
Dmytro Geshengorin / Germany / Sunset Flight
Alessandro Baccigalupo / Italy / Street view
Adam Okruhlica / Slovakia / A couple waiting for a procession to pass
Jürgen Hammermann / Germany / women's group
Travel Photography
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - Travel Photography:
thibault gerbaldi / United States / The Caravan of Dreams
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - Travel Photography:
Ciaran Willmore / Ireland / Into
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - Travel Photography:
Rosendo Sanchez / Spain / THURMENISTAN
Jury - Special Prize Travel Photography: B.Exclusive https://www.home-away-from-home.cc Sonderpreis Aufenthalt B.Exclusive - Kleinarl worth Euro 1.500.- im Mountain Vista im österreichischen Salzburger Land. Vielen Dank an den Vienna International Photo Award Partner B.EXCLUSIVE für diesen großartigen Sonderpreis! Mountainvista Chalet in Kleinarl heißt Sie HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN!
Nicolo Stortiglione Pudel / South Africa / Camps Bay Beach, Cape
Honorable Menton
thibault gerbaldi / United States /
José Miguel Picón Chimelis / Spain / The last lights
Martin Siering / Germany / Merapi
thibault gerbaldi / United States / A Ganges Tale
SANGHAMITRA SARKAR / India / TRADITIONAL FISHING
Ciaran Willmore / Ireland / Atlantic Light
taowen zeng / China / The Encounter of Ochre Mountain and Black Wrinkles
Martin Siering / Germany / Marum & Benbow
Luigi De Rosa / Italy /
José Miguel Picón Chimelis / Spain / Dream reflections
José Miguel Picón Chimelis / Spain / A landscape to dream
chiara felmini / Italy /
Niki Texler / Austria / Niki Texler, Isle Of Skye
Luigi De Rosa / Italy /
chiara felmini / Italy /
AndreJa Ravnak / Slovenia / Fading Echo
Our World - the Beauty of Nature
VIEPA GOLD MEDAL - Our World- The Beauty of Nature:
Ilaria Mariagiulia Rizzuto / Italy / THE WALL OF LIFE
VIEPA SILVER MEDAL - Our World- The Beauty of Nature:
Johannes Bitter / Austria /
VIEPA BRONCE MEDAL - Our World-The Beauty of Nature:
Colas Decloitre / United Kingdom / Frozen Majesty: Kalsoy Framed by Fjords and Winter's Touch
Jury - Special Prize: LIK ARTIST`S RESIDENCE in Competa Voucher: 3 Days for 2 People at the Artists' Residence in Competa
Stuart Chape / Australia / Glacial blue
Honorable Mention:
thibault gerbaldi / United States / An Arctic Odyssey
thibault gerbaldi / United States / Natural Art
thibault gerbaldi / United States / Aerial Alchemy
Shengfu Jiao / China / Lonely Silhouette on the Mountain Peak
ANTONELLO PROIETTI / Italy / Storm on Mountains
Todor Tilev / Bulgaria / The hand of God
Ivan Pedretti / Italy / Canyon sunset
Ciaran Willmore / Ireland / The Crash
Ciaran Willmore / Ireland / Light Breaker
Timothy Burgess / United Kingdom / Autumn sunset Alps di Siusi
Remuna Beca / United States / Sea Puppy Gaze
Matteo Strassera / Italy / Liquid Landscape
Kseniia Kargina / Ukraine / Naked Landscapes : Memoria 16 - Bolivia
José Miguel Picón Chimelis / Spain / The heart of fire
Jonathan Wosinski / France / Fire Alert
Ciaran Willmore / Ireland / Veiled Peak
Alle Ausstellungsfotos wurden durch den Laborpartner des VIEPA 2025 Award COLOR DRACK geprintet und kaschiert.
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