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Leica Oskar Barnack Award

The highly esteemed and coveted international award for high quality reportage photography has been presented since 1979, the year marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oskar Barnack. The prize is awarded by Leica Camera AG and also includes the presenting of a ‘Newcomer Award'.

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Winner Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2025

In the 45th edition of the prestigious photography award, the LOBA jury honoured Venezuelan-born, Mexico-based photographer Alejandro Cegarra with the main prize for his series The Two Walls, while German photographer Serghei Duve received the LOBA Newcomer Award for his series Bright Memory. The two winning series were selected from more than 300 submissions, which had been nominated by around 120 international photography experts from 50 countries.

Leica Oskar Barnack Award winners from previous years