Discover the 2025 Photo Awards winners—selected by our jury for creativity and impact. These images showcase the best across all categories. Explore the winning photos with its photographers.
Below you’ll find the winning photograph for each of our six categories. Each winner has been rewarded with a Saal Digital voucher worth €2.000.
Discover the most outstanding images from the Saal Digital European Photo Awards 2025 in one exclusive layflat 28 x 28 Photo Book. This special edition brings together the winning and finalist photographs – a powerful, curated summary of the year’s best work in Sustainability, Nature, People, Architecture, Macro and Long Exposure.
Perfect for participants, photography lovers and collectors, this book not only showcases exceptional visual stories, it also gives back: 100% of the profit from every copy sold will be donated to a good cause.
Submit your best image to the Saal Digital European Photo Awards 2026 from 1 September to 31 October 2026 via the Saal Photo Awards platform. Simply choose the category that best matches your work and complete the upload in just a few clicks. After the submission period ends, a jury will review all entries and select one winner per category. Each category winner will receive €1.000 voucher for Saal Digital products and €1.000 voucher for Hahnemühle products printed by Saal Digital. The winners will be announced in November 2026.
Each category winner of the Saal Digital European Photo Awards 2026 will receive prizes worth €2.000 in total:
In addition, selected winning images may be produced as FineArt prints on Hahnemühle paper and showcased in exhibitions, at trade shows, and in campaign communication, with full credit to the photographer.
By sharing your creativity, you’re also helping the planet. For every photo you submit to the Saal Digital European Photo Awards, we will plant one deciduous tree in Germany – up to a maximum of 3,000 trees. Your participation not only celebrates photography, but also supports reforestation and biodiversity for future generations. Together, we can make a difference – one image, one tree at a time.
Saal Digital is granted the right to publish a curated selection of approved photos submitted for the competition solely for competition‑related purposes. If your photo is selected for publication, it will be shared on our official social media channels with your photographer name credited. All participants will receive an automatic confirmation email acknowledging receipt of their photo submission; this confirmation does not guarantee publication.
No other use will be made without your explicit consent.
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