GDT NEWS

• 24.10.2025 / Contests
  

  Luca Lorenz ist EUROPEAN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

  The winning images of the competition European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 are honoured. The young photographer Luca Lorenz enthralled the jury with his image Silent despair. At 20 years of age, he is the youngest overall winner in the history of the competition. Congratulation to all winners!

  to the gallery
• 16.10.2025 / aus: Contests
  

  WPY - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

  We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our members at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year – one of the world’s most distinguished and long-standing competitions in nature photography. Congratulations!
  Luca Lorenz – Winner, Rising Star Award | Simone Baumeister – Winner, Natural Artistry | Jon A. Juárez – Winner, Photojournalism | Amit Eshel – 2× Highly Commended, Portraits | Thomas Schwarze – Highly Commended, Natural Artistry

  all winning entries
• 01.10.2025 / aus: Contests
  

  Jon A. Juárez wins the Rewilding Europe Award 2025

  Excellence in rewilding-focused photography has been celebrated again in this year's European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, with a special Rewilding Europe Award handed out for the fourth time.
  Jon A. Juárez impressed the judges with his photo Comeback of the Atlantic sturgeon.

  winners galery...
• 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
• 01.07.2025 / aus: 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!

  further information...