2017 Felix Schoeller Photo Award finalists announced
A total of 30 candidates have been announced for the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2017. The 30, across five categories (Portrait, Landscape/Nature, Architecture/Industry, Photojournalism/Editorial, Free Choice/Conceptual Photography) and the Emerging Photographer award, were reduced from an initial shortlist of 187 with photographers from 34 countries. The winners will be announced on 14 October.
The jury included Michael Dannenmann (portrait photographer, BFF, DGPh), Julia Sörgel (chief photo editor, ICON Magazine), Simone Klein (international director of the Print Sales Division, Magnum Photos), Clara Maria Sels (gallery owner and head of the Düsseldorf Photo Weekend), and Gérard A. Goodrow (freelance curator, author, and lecturer at CIAM – the Centre of International Arts Management in Cologne and Düsseldorf). The judges were requires to rate 2,377 entries from 92 countries.
During the period between 15 October 2017 and 25 February 2018, all works by the winner and nominees will be on display as part of the “Winners & Nominees – Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2017” exhibition in the Osnabrück Museum of Cultural History. The works will be printed on high-quality Felix Schoeller photo paper and presented in formats of up to 100 × 120cm in size.
Nominees for the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2017
Portrait
“The Longings of the Others” – Sandra Hoyn, Pinneberg/Germany
“Are you There?” –Rodrigo Illescas, Provincia de Buenos Aires/Argentina
“Ethiopiques” – William Ropp, Nancy/France
“Suburban Interiors” – Antonello Veneri, Trento/Italy
“Puppen (Dolls)” – Eberhard Weible, Köln/Germany
Landscape/Nature
“Dutch Landscape” – Saskia Boelsums, Nieuw-Schoonebeek/Netherlands
“Seascapes” – Peter Franck, Stuttgart/Germany
“Geometry of Urbanization” – Eduard Korniyenko, Stavropol/Russia
“The white contamination” – Florian Ruiz, Tokyo/Japan
“Mare Mostrum” – Marco Valle, Priverno (Lt)/Italy
Architecture/Industry
“Driveland” – Mario Brand, Bielefeld/Germany
“Ecken (Corners)” – Peter Braunholz, Kronberg/Germany
“China West“– Julien Chatelin, Paris/France
“Colonia” – Kai-Uwe Schulte-Bunert, Berlin/Germany
“4 Quadratmeter Existenz (4 Square Metres of Existence)” – Andreas Zierhut, Darmstadt/Germany
Photojournalism/Editorial
“Education for all” – Guilherme Bergamini, Belo Horizonte/Brazil
“Swim” – Ariz Ghaderi, Sanandaj/Iran
“Jin-Jiyan – Azadi. Women, Life, Freedom. Female Kurdish Fighters” – Sonja Hama, Berlin/Germany
“Living for Death” – Alain Schroeder, Brussels/Belgium
“Mediterranean Migration” – Mathieu Willcocks, Arinagour/Great Britain
Free Choice/Conceptual Photography
“Sniper” – Matt Hulse, Great Britain
“Our Life in the Shadows” – Tania Franco Klein, Mexico City/Mexico
“Lifestyle” – Frank Kunert, Boppard/Germany
“Illusions” –Gao Peng & Mei Qiong, Beijing/China
“Tomb of Love” – Claudia Reinhardt-Teljer, Berlin/Germany
Best Work by an Emerging Photographer
“Living with War” – Hosam Katan, Hannover/Germany
“Road Diaries” – L.S. King, Pulaski/USA
“24 Miles” – Fabian Melber, Hannover/Germany
“Autobahn” – Ann-Kristin Röhrs, Berlin/Germany
“Vault 7” – George Selley, London/Great Britain