The jury chose to honor an artistic practice sustained over more than forty years, distinguished by its coherence, poetry, and deep reflection on the photographic medium–qualities that particularly captivated the jury’s attention in the German photographer work.
2025 Edition Finalists
The Viviane Esders Prize team is delighted to present the three finalists for the 2025 edition. The jury convened by Viviane Esders selected three distinct approaches to photography, reflecting a spirit of discovery or rediscovery of careers that embody photographic practices of the past forty years.
This year, the prize received 222 applications from 25 European countries, including 32% women photographers and 68% men photographers. Forty-two of the submitted applications were proposed by nominators.
42 of the submitted applications were proposed by the Nominators, a new group of European photography experts involved in the search for artists.
Discover the three finalists of the 2025 edition:
Dörte Eißfeldt, German, 75 years old
Oleksandr Suprun, Ukrainian, 80 years old
Bohdan Holomíček, Czech, 82 years old
Prize Agenda
The fourth edition of the Viviane Esders Prize has launched!
- 27 Jan. to 13 April: Open Call
- March: Announcement of the 2025 jury
- June: Announcement of the 3 finalists for 2025
- 3 November: Award Ceremony at INHA
In 2024, for its third edition, the Viviane Esders Prize received:
- 178 entries
- from 17 European countries
- of which 24% were women and 76% men.
In 2025, our aim is to attract more applications from women photographers, and to broaden the representation of other European countries.