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
- October: Award Ceremony
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.
