Lens (photo price)
The lens is an Austrian award for press photography. It recognizes the quality of Austrian photojournalism and honors extraordinary works by press photographers that have been published in an Austrian medium (print, online, agency).
It includes the categories of domestic and foreign policy, economy, chronicle, art and culture, sport and photo series. Most recently, the 2018 prize, worth a total of € 16,000, was awarded by the APA - Austria Press Agency and the Federal Guild for Professional Photographers.
An expert jury, consisting of long-time media and photography professionals, meets annually in a changing composition and determines six category winners and one main prize winner in a two-stage evaluation process (online and in person). The submissions will be judged according to the conditions of participation and according to the meaningfulness of the content, aesthetic, technical and design quality standards.
In 2017, the award was not advertised due to an evaluation phase.
Award winners
| category | Prize winner 2006 | Image title |
|---|---|---|
| politic and economy | Herbert Pfarrhofer | That caught the eye |
| timeline | Heinz-Peter Bader | swan |
| art | Robert Newald (overall winner) | Jane Birkin |
| Sports | Helmut Graf | Whitaker |
| portrait | Christian Jungwirth | Chocolate King Zotter |
| Feature / theme illustration | Josef Hinterleitner | 4. Advent Sunday |
| category | 2007 award winner | Image title |
| politic and economy | Clemens Fabry (overall winner) | A childhood dream comes true |
| timeline | Erika Mayer | Crash landing |
| Feature / theme illustration | Dietmar Stiplovsek | Pork cold |
| Sports | Markus Gmeiner | Motocross ÖM in Möggers |
| portrait | Martin Gnedt | People of South Sudan (child with flies) |
| Arts and Culture | Willi Schraml | Georg Baselitz |
| category | 2008 award winners | Image title |
| politic and economy | Georges Schneider | In the steppe of Kazakhstan |
| timeline | Klemens Groh (overall winner) | Pope Gone with the Wind |
| Arts and Culture | Robert Newald | Hermann Nitsch |
| Sports | Markus Gmeiner | Motocross race start in Möggers |
| portrait | Volker Weihbold | Story told |
| Feature / theme illustration | Günter Filzwieser | Show of Force |
| category | Prize winner 2009 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Leonhard Foeger | Wilhelm Molterer |
| economy | Regine Hendrich | AUA crisis |
| timeline | Helmut Fohringer | heaven and hell |
| Arts and Culture | Georg Hochmuth | Ballet gala |
| Sports | Robert Jäger (overall winner) | Daniel Albrecht fell in Kitzbühel |
| Photo series | Miro Kuzmanovic | Armenia - all that remains |
| category | Award winner 2010 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Ian Ehm | Crusader? |
| economy | Clemens Fabry (overall winner) | In all modesty |
| timeline | Helmut Fohringer | Detention |
| Arts and Culture | Ingo Pertramer | Robert Palfrader |
| Sports | Herbert Kratky | kick off |
| Photo series | Lisi Niesner / Georg Hochmuth | Dawson City - The Last Frontier |
| category | Award winner 2011 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Roland Schlager | Negotiation break |
| economy | Stephan Boroviczeny | Cleaning ballerina |
| timeline | Heinz Stephan Tesarek | eyes wide shot |
| Arts and Culture | Erich Reismann | Jesserer Gertraud |
| Sports | Andreas Reichart | Nordic World Ski Championships Oslo |
| Photo series | Heinz Stephan Tesarek (overall winner) | The call of the dictator |
| category | Prize winner 2012 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Dragan Tatic | First ladies |
| economy | Ian Ehm | The new class struggle |
| timeline | Dragan Tatic | Survived |
| Arts and Culture | Heribert Corn | Soap & Skin |
| Sports | Johann Groder (overall winner) | Maria Höfl-Riesch on the Mölltal Glacier |
| Photo series | Fabian White | Whispers of love in China |
| category | Prize winner 2013 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Juerg Christandl | Darabos-Entacher |
| economy | Katja Zanella-Kux | kick off |
| timeline | Christian Bruna | You no him! |
| Arts and Culture | Ian Ehm | Hermann Nitsch |
| Sports | Leonhard Foeger | Football god |
| Photo series | Heinz Stephan Tesarek (overall winner) | Leave for love (How Could You Leave I.) |
| category | 2014 award winners | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Matthias Cremer | Ernst Strasser in court |
| economy | Matthias Cremer (overall winner) | Spindelegger and the budget hole |
| timeline | Andreas Carpenter | Germans at the Vienna Opera Ball |
| Arts and Culture | Jan Hetfleisch | The angel from Taksim |
| Sports | Leonhard Foeger | Done … |
| Photo series | Fabian White | Bok o Bok - homophobia in Russia |
| category | Award winner 2015 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Christian Fischer (overall winner) | The quote |
| economy | Helmut Graf | Irmgard Griss |
| timeline | Daniel Schaler | Squatting ?! What squatting? |
| Arts and Culture | Georg Hochmuth | Diego Velázquez |
| Sports | Heinz-Peter Bader | Traffic (t) |
| Photo series | Philipp Horak | Born to die |
| Icons (anniversary category) | Walter Wobrazek | Where is my horse |
| category | Prize winner 2016 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Martin Peneder (overall winner) | Refugee girl in flower dress |
| economy | Tesarek Heinz Stephan | The last seam |
| timeline | Weihbold Volker | Surviving |
| Arts and Culture | Robert Newald | Photographer Lisl Steiner |
| Sports | Andreas Pranter | Bounce |
| Photo series | Christian Bruna | On the run |
| category | Prize winners 2018 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Robert Hunter | Swearing in |
| economy | Helmut Fohringer | Key witness |
| timeline | Erwin Scheriau | The days after |
| Arts and Culture | Oliver Lerch | No hands handicap |
| Sports | Florian Ertl | First time |
| Photo series | Stefan Knittel | Erich and the sheep |
| category | Prize winners 2019 | Image title |
| Domestic and foreign policy | Lisi Niesner (overall winner) | Brexit |
| economy | Nina Strasser | Erika the first |
| timeline | Helmut Fohringer | Snowy |
| Arts and Culture | Heinz Stephan Tesarek | The little death of cinema erotique |
| Sports | Leonhard Foeger | farewell |
| Photo series | Heinz Stephan Tesarek | Chabela, the queen of the Kella |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lens 2018: “Press Photo of the Year” goes to Robert Jäger . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed on July 23, 2018]).
- ↑ https://www.objektiv-fotopreis.at/about/. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Press Photo Award Lens returns after a one-year break - derStandard.at. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
- ^ "Brexit": Lisi Niesner awarded for Press Photo of the Year. Der Standard, June 24, 2019, accessed on the same day.