The winner will receive a Leica camera equipment and photo assignment from German
GEO magazin. This prize is donated by Leica Camera AG and
GEO from Gruner + Jahr AG und Co.KG, Publishing. Honorable mentions will be awarded with a certificate. This contest is made possible thanks to the friendly support of Leica Camera AG, Germany.
The winners will be selected in November 2012 in Cologne by an independent jury. Chairman of the jury will be Prof. Klaus Honnef, art and photography academic. Expected members of the jury will be: Reinhardt Schlagintweit, Committee UNICEF Germany, Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography GEO, GER, Bernd von Jutrczenka, Picture Editor in chief, dpa, Lutz Fischmann, Secretary Freelens e.V. C. – M. Pohlert, Picture Editor in chief, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Karin Rehn-Kaufmann Creative Director of Leica Gallery in Salzburg, Austria
The winner will be informed immediately after the jury decision
by telephone, E-mail or fax. The finalists will be published
simultaneously with our press conference in December 18,
2012 at www.unicef.de/photo with their photographs.