Our world
is beautiful

CEWE Photo Award 2021

Many thanks to all participants who helped make the CEWE Photo Award the biggest photo competition in the world! A total of over 606,289 photos from 170 countries were uploaded in ten exciting categories. It was not an easy task for the jury - the competition motto "Our world is beautiful" was truly brought to life and we are now delighted to present the 1,000 wonderful winning photos! The overall winner will be announced on 16th September 2021 at the Awards Show Gala Evening and prizes will be sent out at the end of September.

 

Our world
is beautiful

CEWE Photo Award 2021

Many thanks to all participants who helped make the CEWE Photo Award the biggest photo competition in the world! A total of over 606,289 photos from 170 countries were uploaded in ten exciting categories. It was not an easy task for the jury - the competition motto "Our world is beautiful" was truly brought to life and we are now delighted to present the 1,000 wonderful winning photos! 

 

The Overall Winner

"Our World is beautiful - photographer Manfred Voss from Germany has best captured the beauty of our world with his outstanding photo "Frozen Lighthouse". The jury came to a clear conclusion, as this unique shot shows in an unrivalled way that even when the world is in flux, beauty emerges. The choice to shoot early in the morning in unique soft lighting, the wonderful variation in tone, the perfect crop using the classic golden ratio and the warm-yellow light from the lighthouse proudly contrasting with the otherwise icy-blue cool tones all combine to create the perfect shot.The photographer has elicited something very special from the scene and created this magical mood and quality we see in the photo. CEWE Photo Award juror Ulla Lohmann summed up the magic of this photograph: "It looks like something from a fairytale". With this extraordinary photograph, Manfred Voss from Germany was able to win not only the "Landscapes" category but ultimately also the overall victory. " 

The ten category shortlists

606 289
606 289
Photos Submitted
56 796
56 796
Photographers
170
170
Countries
€60,628,90
€60,628,90
donation to SOS Children's Villages Worldwide

Our category winners

Spectacular shots were submitted across all ten categories: Sports, Nature, Animals, Cooking & Food, Aerial Photography, Hobby & Leisure, Travel & Culture, Architecture & Technology, People and Landscapes. Here you can see the winning photos of the individual categories

Top 11-30

Top 31-1000

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