About

Show us your pictures of peace – your views on happy life. There is an award for the best pictures, which will be shown worldwide.

What winners receive

The best peace photo of the year – The Children’s Peace Image of the Year – wins 1000 euros. The winner and his or her parents are invited to the award ceremony in Vienna. If a photo group wins, one member of the group and his or her parents are invited to the ceremony.

All submitted images have the chance to take part in international exhibitions.

The winning image will be on display for one year in the Austrian Parliament.

About the organization

The Global Peace Photo Award Children’s Peace Image of the Year is awarded by Edition Lammerhuber and the Photographische Gesellschaft, (PHG). The Photographische Gesellschaft, (PHG), founded in Vienna in 1861, is the longest-standing photographic society in the German-speaking countries and the second-oldest in the world. It was founded on 22 March 1861 by Anton Georg Martin at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Edition Lammerhuber is an Austrian publisher, based in Baden near Vienna, dedicated to photography and to the interpretation of science and art.
The Global Peace Photo Award will be organized in partnership with UNESCO, the Austrian Parliament, the Austrian Parliamentary Reporting Association, the International Press Institute (IPI), the German Youth Photography Award, World Press Photo Foundation, POY LATAM, LensCulture and Vienna Insurance Group.

Judging criteria

The international jury of the Global Peace Photo Award will judge the photographs on artistic merit, originality, subject and style.