Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2022

The shortlisted candidates for the internationally-renowned Leica Oskar Barnack Award photo competition, that will be granted this year for the 42th time, are set.

To the Shortlist

The Shortlist 2022

Lynsey Addario - »Women on the Frontline of Climate Change«

Lynsey Addario »Women on the Frontline of Climate Change«

Irene Barlian - »Land of the Sea«

Irene Barlian »Land of the Sea«

Alessandro Cinque - »Peru – a Toxic State«

Alessandro Cinque »Peru – a Toxic State«

DOCKS Collective - »The Flood in Western Germany«

DOCKS Collective »The Flood in Western Germany«

M’hammed Kilito - »Before It’s Gone«

M’hammed Kilito »Before It’s Gone«

Léonard Pongo - »Primordial Earth«

Léonard Pongo »Primordial Earth«

Victoria Razo - »Haitian Migration Crisis«

Victoria Razo »Haitian Migration Crisis«

Felipe Romero Beltrán - »Bravo«

Felipe Romero Beltrán »Bravo«

Valentin Goppel - »Between the Years«

Valentin Goppel »Between the Years«

Kiana Hayeri - »Promises Written on the Ice, Left in the Sun«

Kiana Hayeri »Promises Written on the Ice, Left in the Sun«

Nanna Heitmann - »Protectors of Congo’s Peatland«

Nanna Heitmann »Protectors of Congo’s Peatland«

Rafael Vilela - »Forest Ruins: Indigenous Way of Life and Environmental Crisis in the Americas’ Largest City«

Rafael Vilela »Forest Ruins: Indigenous Way of Life and Environmental Crisis in the Americas’ Largest City«

Information about the award

The process -

The process

The Jury 2022 -

The Jury 2022

The Winners - The Leica Oskar Barnack Award winners and their prize-winning series from 1980 to 2021

The Winners The Leica Oskar Barnack Award winners and their prize-winning series from 1980 to 2021

Insights - Information about the competition, interviews with the winners and much more

Insights Information about the competition, interviews with the winners and much more

Oskar Barnack - Inventor of the Ur-Leica

Oskar Barnack Inventor of the Ur-Leica