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Our next Hobby Photography Atelier will take place on
March 22, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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PARTICIPATION
Participation in all of our activities is always free of charge
Submission Requirements and ConDItions
(1) All photos that do not violate general ethical norms:
- Respect for human rights
- Respect for fauna and flora
- Respect for freedom
- Neutrality
- Justice
- And other general ethical norms and rules
(2) All photos that have a didactic, artistic or knowledge character.
(3) The photos can be submitted in color or black and white, as long as it is set to the camera before the photo is taken. If these contain black-and-white-photography or similar filters, then let us know when submitting that you have set it accordingly on your camera before taking the picture.
(1) For the WPH Photo of the Year, it does not matter which camera or lens you have used to take the submitted photo. Your submitted photo may have been taken with any camera, cell phone, Polaroid camera, or other device.
(2) The most important thing for WPH n.e.V. is that all photos were taken in their natural environment, without manipulation or alteration of the habitat of the photographed subjects.
(3) The submitted photo should accurately reflect their natural essence with their surroundings in nature, as captured by you.
(4) The submitted photo should show an emotional, informative, didactic-artistic representation of the photographed subjects in accordance with photographic ethics.
(5) The composition of your photo should highlight the beauty of the story you are telling through the photo or the History behind the photo itself.
(6) You can explain this in the accompanying descriptions of your photo.
(1) You submit your photo via the form for this purpose on the website.
(2) The photos will be submitted by December 31 of the current year at the latest.
(3) A maximum of 1 photo per person can be submitted.
(4) The person submitting the photo must have taken the submitted photo themselves.
(5) The photo should be submitted in JPEG format and should not be larger than 5 MB.
(6) You are welcome to reduce the size of the photo to 5 MB before submitting it.
(7) The photos must be taken in the current year of submission.
(8) The submitted photo must not be edited or manipulated.
(9) Participation in the WPH Photo of the Year and in our Hobby Photography Forum or in our Individual advice for Hobby Photographers is always free of charge, which means that every submission of photos is also free of charge.
(10 All photos must have been taken in their natural environment without manipulation or altering of the habitat of the photographed subjects.
(11) The photos of people or animals must not have been taken under duress or under manipulated conditions that violate generally recognized ethical standards
(12) Give the photo a descriptive short title.
(13) Write your first name and surname clearly.
(14) Please provide your website or homepage, if available, as well as your email address, which we will include below your submitted photo.
(15) By submitting your photo, you accept the submission requirements and conditions of the WPH Photo of the Year and you also indicate that you have taken note of our statutes.
(1) The description or comments on the photo should be in English.
(2) Briefly explain in a maximum of 1 sentence what interested you most during the recording.
(3) If you have more knowledge or a special experience about the photo taken, write in maximum 2 sentences what relevant knowledge or experience you associate with the photo.
(1) write when and where (country, place and date) exactly you took the photo.
(2) WPH will review the photos after submission and select the most convincing photo.
(3) The selected photo will be published no later than the 1st Saturday or Sunday of February.
(4) Your photo with your name as well as your description or comment will be published on the WPH Photo of the Year on our website: worldphotohistory.org.
(5) The selected photo and related information will remain on the website throughout the year until the next WPH Photo of the Year.
After the publication of your photo, you will be invited as a special guest to our first Forum Hobby Photography of the new year or to our WPH Workshops - Hobby Photography Atelier, where you can present your photographic art or talk about your techniques and experiences, possibly online. The WPH-Team will inform you about the date of the next Forum Hobby Photography or of the next WPH Workshops - Hobby Photography Atelier
(1) By participating in the WPH Photo of the Year, you transfer all rights to the Photo to World Photo History - The World in Progress! - (WPH n.e.V.)
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