The photo award

The Photo Award was founded in Sweden in the year 2008. It is a prestigious annual press photography contest. The purpose of the event is to enhance journalistic photography, and to strengthen the position for the professional photographer. It is also intended to inspire young photographers and get more people interested in photography. Both professional and amateur photographers are allowed to compete in The Photo Award.

The first award ceremony is held in Stockholm, Sweden at Berns Salonger on the 8th of march 2009.

The Photo Award depends on contributions from sponsors and revenues from side projects. The entry fees are also very important in financing the contest and the projects. The Photo Award produces a yearly photobook and an exhibition.The contest determines winners in the following categories:

*PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
*PICTURE OF THE YEAR
*SPOT NEWS PICTURE OF THE YEAR
*GENERAL NEWS PICTURE OF THE YEAR
*FEATURE PICTURE OF THE YEAR
*PICTURE STORY OF THE YEAR
*PORTRAIT OF THE YEAR
*SPORTS ACTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
*SPORTS FEATURE PICTURE OF THE YEAR
*SPORTS PICTURE STORY OF THE YEAR
*HUMORISTIC PICTURE OF THE YEAR
*NATURE PICTURE OF THE YEAR

PRE-JURYThe Photo Award contest contains of two jury groups. The pre jury will narrorw down the number of the pictures to a suitable number. The pre jury contains of three members with a high photoknowledge.

FINAL JURYThe final jury consists of five members with widely divergent backgrounds. We seek members from picture editors, photographers and representatives of press agencies from different parts of the world.They will meet in Stockholm, Sweden in the middle of january for the final meeting and pick out the award winning pictures.

PHOTOGRAPHERS GIVING BACKMany photographers, if not all, have a wish to be part of changing the world to a better place. So do we! Therefore we started the Photographers Giving Back program. This program will give donations to causes that reflect the spirit of the contest.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER Jonas Lemberg, a news photographer since 1991, started out with a wish to make a change and make the world a better place to live. Now, several years later, he has founded a company with a big wish to give something back; to the photographers who work hard covering events and showing injustice around the world, and also to the people depicted in the photographs.