GDT NEWS

• 01.07.2025 / GDT International Nature Photography Festival in Lünen
  

  INTERNATIONAL NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL in Lünen

  From October 24th - 26th it is finally time! The GDT invites you to the International Nature Photography Festival in Lünen.
  
  Ticket sales for the lectures and seminars are in full swing! Admission to the festival and award ceremony is free!

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• 15.09.2025 / aus: Contests
  

  Javier Aznar wins Fritz Pölking Prize 2025!

  Javier Aznar from Spain wins the Fritz Pölking Prize 2025 with his photo essay Love, hate and rattlesnakes about the cultural and ecological significance of rattlesnakes on the one hand and snake hunting on the other hand.
  The Fritz Pölking Junior Prize goes to Tobias Gjerde from Norway. His portfolio Norwegian winter is dedicated to the remarkably resilient animals that defy the extremes of Nordic winters.

  ... to the portfolios
• 28.04.2025 / aus: Contests
  

  Konrad Wothe is GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025

  During the members weekend the GDT awarded the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025. The overall winner of the members competition is Konrad Wothe from Penzberg in Upper Bavaria with his image Dipper flying through waterfall. We congratulate all the winners of the competition.

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• 17.04.2025 / aus: Partners & Sponsors
  

  The GDT and Sony Launch a Strategic Partnership

  This remarkable collaboration aims to elevate wildlife photography to an entirely new level by uniting the GDT's expertise in photography with Sony’s leading innovations in camera technology.

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• 16.04.2025 / aus: Miscellaneous
  

  The GDT mourns the loss of Gisela Pölking.

  With Gisela's passing, the German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has lost one of its members, who was among the very first to shape the GDT community. She established herself early on as a nature photographer with her own unique perspective alongside her husband Fritz. She was undoubtedly one of the pioneers of a more feminine and artistic approach to nature photography.

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