The La Gacilly-Baden Photo Festival 2025, which captivated around 336,000 visitors with its 30 photographic narratives under the theme "Australia & The New World," making it the largest festival of its kind in Europe, has just been awarded the title of Best Open-Air Photography Event in the World for 2025.
"It is gratifying and humbles us to receive so much recognition. For something that is very close to our hearts and that touches, interests, and inspires people: photography and the stories it tells, all packaged in a festival that transforms a city into a city of images for four months, freely accessible to everyone," said Silvia and Lois Lammerhuber, founders of the festival.
"It is heartwarming and humbling to experience such appreciation. “Following the success of the first Creative and Visual Arts Awards last year, we are delighted to celebrate even more of the industry’s best this year. All of our winners are redefining the creative industry in their own unique ways, and we can only imagine what the future holds for them!” said Kaven Cooper, Award Coordinator of LUXlife. “This prestigious award recognizes outstanding achievements across a wide range of disciplines within the global arts scene. From fine and performing arts to photography and videography, product design, digital art, and creative technology, the diversity of this award is surpassed only by the excellence of its recipients.”
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo 2025 - For the eighth time, around 1,500 large-format photographs by the world’s best photographers captivated visitors in the parks, gardens, and on the facades of the city of Baden from June to October. Stretching for approximately 7 kilometers, the festival featured a series of exhibitions, each captivating visitors with its overarching theme of humanity, nature, and the environment, showcasing both the beauty and vulnerability of our planet Earth.
"Every company and every individual honored here represents the best of this industry on a global scale, and their passion for their craft and for promoting the arts in general sets them apart," stated LUXlife in their laudatory speech.
Journalist Gianmarco Maravigia, who reports for the Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, and Newsweek, summarized: "The festival in Baden was one of the most inspiring photographic experiences I have ever had. It will definitely become a regular annual event for me."
And Ben Lorenz of Imaging Media House in Berlin says about the festival: “Some days remind us why we love photography so much – and my visit to the Baden Photo Festival 2025 was exactly one of those days. Hosts Silvia and Lois have created a festival that, with their big hearts, will definitely become a regular annual event.”
Creative and Visual Arts Awards - Few fields are as diverse and influential as the creative and visual arts, which encompass a multitude of emotions, narratives, and forms of expression, thus perfectly reflecting our diverse, multicultural society. The power of these stories to effect change on a personal, local, national, or international level knows no bounds, and the connections they create bring everyone closer together, reflecting our commonalities and differences and helping us to grow and look toward a better future for all.
The creative and visual arts industry is one of the most dynamic and diverse sectors of the global economy. By 2025, the global creative economy is projected to exceed US$3 trillion, with visual arts, music, product and fashion design, and audiovisual media playing a central role. Independent artists, multidisciplinary creators, and cross-genre studios continue to push boundaries, offering new experiences that blend craftsmanship, culture, and cutting-edge technology.
Learn more about the La Gacilly-Baden Festival, the LUXlife Creative and Visual Arts Awards, and LUXlife Magazine via the links provided here.