What winners receive

The Peace Image of the Year will receive € 10,000. It will be on display for one year in the Austrian Parliament and will be included in the permanent art collection of the Austrian Parliament.

The top five listed photographers will be awarded the Alfred Fried Peace Medal.
They will be on display for one year in the Austrian Parliament.

The winner of the Childen's Peace Image of the Year will receive the sum of € 1,000.
It will be on display for one year at the Austrian Parliament.

All winners will be invited to Vienna to the award ceremony in the Austrian Parliament on
19 September 2023.

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

About the organization

The Global Peace Photo Award is awarded by Edition Lammerhuber and the Photographische Gesellschaft, (PHG).

Edition Lammerhuber is an Austrian publisher, based in Baden near Vienna, dedicated to photography and to the interpretation of science and art.

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.

The Global Peace Photo Award will be organized in partnership with UNESCO, Austrian Parliament, Austrian Parliamentary Reporting Association, International Press Institute (IPI), German Youth Photography Award, World Press Photo Foundation, POY LATAM, LensCulture and Vienna Insurance Group.