Two new jury members: Clare Freestone, National Portrait Gallery, London, and Andrea Vollmer-Hess, Vogue Germany (Photo Clare Freestone: Josef Pereira, Photo Andrea Vollmer-Hess: Elisa Berger)

Dear friends of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award, quite a lot has happened since the last issue of our Newsletter. Here is a short update …

The new jury members of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award

With Claire Freestone, curator with responsibility for acquisitions and collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London, and Andrea Vollmer-Hess, photo editor of the German edition of Vogue, we have been able to get two new and highly competent jury members on board. Click here for the new jury

The jury of the “German Peace Prize for Photography” is now complete

The “German Peace Prize for Photography” has now been integrated as a special category of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award competition. It will be judged by its own special jury. What we can tell you so far: It will be a jury of top-flight experts from various disciplines and, after confirmation from Dr. Dana Landau, peace research scientist from Geneva and Prof. Ulrich Schneckener, Chairman of the German Foundation for Peace Research (Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung – DSF), the jury is now complete. Read more…

Interview with Jury Chairman Michael Dannenmann on the Subject of the “German Peace Prize for Photography”

You can also see what Michael Dannenmann has to say about the new category “Fashion Photography”