LOBA 2025 – Shortlist Overview

Twelve series make up the shortlist for the 45th edition of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA). Over the following weeks, we will be introducing the photographers and their series.

Lynsey Addario
„Mom, I Want to Live“ – A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer

Arlette Bashizi
Beyond Numbers

Alejandro Cegarra
The Two Walls

Serghei Duve
Bright Memory

Gideon Mendel
Deluge

Stanislav Ostrous
Civilians. The Gray Zone

Xiangjie Peng
The Rise of Queer Underground Party Culture in China

Ivor Prickett
War on the Nile – Fragmented Sudan

Frederik Rüegger
I Am a Stranger in This Country

Anastasia Taylor-Lind
5km from the Frontline

Jodi Windvogel
Life Under Occupation – Cissie Gool House

Youbing Zhan
Migrant Workers in China’s Assembly Line