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The ninth edition of the Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo has come to a close after four months. The festival concluded with a ceremonial tour of the exhibition grounds attended by members of the Jane Goodall Institutes worldwide, who had travelled to Baden from 35 countries for a conference.

In keeping with the festival’s 2026 guest country, the United Kingdom, the festival was honoured with one of the annual “Innovation and Excellence Awards” presented by Birmingham-based…

From 27,846 submissions across 144 countries, the jury of the Global Peace Photo Award selected the work "The Cut" by Italian photographer Silvia Alessi as the Peace Image of the Year 2026. On September 24, 2026, the winners of the international Global Peace Photo Award competition were honored with the Alfred Fried Peace Medal at Vienna City Hall—marking the fourteenth edition of the event.

We present the winners of the Global Peace Photo Award 2026 on gosee.news:

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Bridges between Tradition and Modern Technology – On August 12, 2026, the catalogue of works aka catalogue raisonné of media artist Dagmar Varady was presented in the Cabinet Room of the State Chancellery and the Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt in Magdeburg, in the presence of the artist and publisher Lois Lammerhuber. For the first time, it comprehensively documents her artistic output from 31 years of creative work, spanning 1993 to 2024, encompassing a total of 433…

Large-format projections of photographs from this year's exhibitions were accompanied by a medley of famous songs by the Beatles and Queen. Exclusively arranged for this occasion and performed live by the Baden Stage Orchestra, image and sound merged into a unified performance, a visual concert that paid tribute to this year's focus country, the United Kingdom:

SO BRITISH! is the theme of the La Gacilly-Baden Photo Festival 2026, which takes place for the ninth time from…

The jury of the Global Peace Photo Awards selected the work "No One Can Take My Soul" by Iranian photographer Mahdi Vaghari as the Peace Photo of the Year 2025 from 24,189 submissions from 132 countries.

On March 30, 2026, the winners of the Global Peace Photo Awards in four categories were honored for the thirteenth time at Vienna City Hall. The keynote address of the evening was given by Terumi Tanaka, Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese peace organization that…

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…

“This book is a visual love letter to a natural history museum,” says Dona Jalufka, who, in unexpected and impressive photographic compositions, offers a glimpse “behind the scenes” of Austria’s most visited museum.

The result is an ode to nature and to the place that preserves it: the Natural History Museum in Vienna, whose collections are dedicated to scientific research as much as to the public. As a historical site with its own unique building and exhibition…

As of December 29/30, 2025, Erste Bank und Sparkasse will take over the issuance of the new Austrian Miles & More credit cards (Mastercard) in Austria. The launch of the new partnership between Austrian Airlines and Erste Bank is accompanied by a campaign shot in photo and motion by Wolfgang Zac c/o Severin Wendeler.

The visuals combine themes of travel, loyalty and financial momentum into one clear statement – reflecting the positioning of the new credit card, which brings…

Algae farms in the middle of the desert, sterile laboratories for cultivated meat, underground greenhouses where robots tend to plants, and research facilities simulating future food systems for missions to the Moon and Mars. With his new book “Cockaigne”, Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer opens doors to places that usually remain hidden – the highly complex infrastructures behind modern food production.

Working with an analog large-format camera, Sailer photographs…

The exhibition "In Love with Photography" presents the work of Volker Hinz from a unique perspective. The focus is not on the iconic figures in front of the camera, but on the people behind it. For decades, he met and photographed some of the most influential photographers in the history of photography.

The long-time Stern magazine photographer captured them all on camera – whether at official events or in the intimate setting of their homes: Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon…

For the Holiday Gift Collection 2025 by SUSANNE KAUFMANN, illustrator Joanna Gniady c/o 2AGENTEN created a playful packaging design that blends alpine nature motifs, graphic shapes and a modern festive aesthetic. The collection features thoughtfully curated skincare gift sets and care products that make for beautiful presents – or for a luxurious self-care ritual at home.

“I had the pleasure to illustrate this year’s limited Winter collection – inspired by Alpine nature…

On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at midnight, the eighth edition of the La Gacilly-Baden Photo Festival 2025 – Europe's largest photography festival – came to a close:

336,288 visitors / 57 artist talks, workshops, and portfolio reviews / 81 guided art tours / €8.4 million in economic impact / 728 reports in TV, radio, print media, and social media / 1,576 photographs in 38 exhibitions on the theme of Australia & The New World.

AUSTRALIA & THE NEW WORLD – The visual narratives of…

Photographer and director WOLFGANG ZAC is now represented by SEVERIN WENDELER - and kicks off his collaboration with an impressive campaign for ERSTE BANK and GEORGE, the digital banking platform of Erste Bank and Sparkasse.

“Investing is not a privilege” – that’s the core message of the new campaign by JUNG VON MATT DONAU, offering a fresh and unconventional perspective on modern finance. Oversized suits, bold colors, and exaggerated silhouettes dominate the visuals – a…

The question “What does peace look like?” is answered by the winning photographs of the Global Peace Photo Award on display at Madách Imre Square in Budapest. The competition honors photographers who, through their images, capture efforts toward a peaceful world as well as the search for beauty and goodness in life.

As part of the Festival La Gacilly–Baden Photo, the exhibition titled “What does Peace look like?” has already been shown in Paris, Bergen, Rome, Münster…

'Your trip - Our pleasure.' - To kick off the travel season, a new image campaign is taking off at Vienna Airport: “A Viennese Getaway” marks the beginning of a brand initiative by Heinemann Austria that aims to give Vienna Duty Free a distinct regional identity under the slogan “Your trip, our pleasure.”

This eye-catching campaign harmoniously blends Viennese charm with an international design aesthetic. The styling was developed by Making Of, under the direction of Martina…

The La Gacilly-Baden Photo Festival will take place for the eighth time from June 13 to October 12, 2025, in Baden near Vienna. With the theme of "Australia & the New World," around 1,500 photographs will be presented in 36 exhibitions in a vast, 7-kilometer-long open-air gallery in the historic center and the gardens and parks of the city of Baden.

For four months, admission is free, and the city will once again become an open-air museum where photography and garden art…

May 26th is Food Rescue Day. All food produced up to that date is mathematically uneaten. This corresponds to approximately 40% of all food produced worldwide. Dieter Bornemann uses impressive photographs to demonstrate food waste in private households in Austria. Isolde Bornemann provides the facts and offers solutions for reducing the mountain of culinary waste.

In an experiment, eleven families – with older and younger children, young and older couples, and a student…

SPEEDBALL PRODUCTIONS presents the results of its spring/summer production in Rome for GOLDNER. The women's fashion label's current color palette encompasses a broad spectrum, inspired by nature. Jens Schmidt photographed the looks in the Italian metropolis.

Rome as the backdrop – the Eternal City enchanted the entire team, and producer Vlens Mueller-Feller found the perfect location for every motif: be it the Spanish Steps, winding alleys, or magnificent squares. 'A big…

Kiera Chaplin, the granddaughter of Sir Charlie Chaplin and campaign face of the Vienna Awards 2024, was staged by Making Of for the high-profile event. Martina Cerny and her team designed Kiera's red carpet look with the utmost precision and creativity. The Vienna Awards 2024, presented by Glam Communications and Marjan Firouz in the legendary Vienna Hofburg, honored the beauty of collaboration and creativity.

"Special thanks go to Marjan Firouz, the founder and driving…

Since 2010, an international jury of experts has awarded the ICMA annually. The ICMA Award, launched by Norbert Küpper, is a global competition for corporate media, books, corporate design and magazines. It provides an overview of contemporary graphic design and is primarily intended to promote the exchange of creative ideas at an international level and reveal trends.

Dagmar Varady for PRISMA - Kunst.Werk.Buch and Luigi Caputo for SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE were delighted to…

Patrick Houi photographed for HANRO on the beach in St Peter-Ording, just outside Hamburg. The campaign was produced by SPEEDBALL PRODUCTIONS. Both the Hanro Basic Collection and the Hanro Icon Looks were photographed in timeless black and white.

HANRO has been producing high-quality underwear, nightwear and loungewear for 140 years. Since it was founded in 1884 by Albert HANdschin and Carl ROnus in Liestal, Switzerland, the company has stood for luxurious understatement…

Vienna Airport celebrated its 70th birthday on 1 January 2024. To mark the occasion, the airport invited eight photographers under the artistic direction of award-winning publisher and photographer Lois Lammerhuber to accompany and document the life of this very special place for 24 hours in order to honour those without whom this technical marvel would not function.

From 3 a.m. to 3 a.m., people were captured on camera in their hustle and bustle on the airport apron and the…

“Humanity has opened the gates to hell,” warned Secretary-General António Guterres in an impassioned speech on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September 2023. ”Our concern is that all climate action will be dwarfed by the scale of the challenge.”

The La Gacilly-Baden Photo Festival, which took place from June 13 to October 13, 2024 in Baden near Vienna and is considered the largest photography festival in Europe, took this theme into account under the motto…

320,461 visitors / 46 artist talks, workshops, and portfolio reviews / 97 art walks / 7.5 million euros in economic value creation / 723 reports in TV, radio, and newspapers.

A record number of visitors enjoyed photographic and garden art in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Baden near Vienna. Thus, the festival is not only the largest Franco-Austrian cultural event, but, in collaboration with exhibition partners La Gacilly in Brittany, Garten Tulln, and the Month of…