JugendBildredaktion
Jugend Bildredaktion
The JugendBildredaktion is a great pilot project for everyone between the ages of 14 and 21. From September 2025, young people from various Hamburg schools and other institutions will meet approximately once a week. Together, they will research, develop topics and create their own photo reportages on local issues that are important to them – all with the support of professional photojournalists and in a relaxed atmosphere. No previous experience is required.
The results are presented to a wide audience as a public photo panorama in exhibitions, workshops and dialog events in order to bring people into exchange and discourse and to make new, young perspectives visible.
If you would like to secure a place in the youth photo editorial team, please send us a short application by e-mail by September 18, telling us who you are and why you would like to take part in the youth photo editorial team.
And also write to us if you already have an initial topic idea for a report that you would like to do. You don’t have to send any photos and it’s not so important that your email is perfectly worded.
Because we can only offer 15 – 20 places, we first want to understand what interests you, what makes you tick and whether you really want to get involved in this exciting project with us.
If you don’t speak German very well yet, that’s no problem at all. Feel free to write to us in English or simply use deepl.com as a translation tool.
Our address for registration or questions is: team@laif-foundation.org
Best regards
Your laif foundation team
BildBotschaft Hamburg project
What others say
We've been together as a class for six months now. And I was looking for something where I had the feeling that the students already brought a lot to the table, i.e. skills in photography. I have the feeling that they can already do a lot. And at the same time, I think a competition like this is a totally motivating framework. Because there's something to win. There is a deadline. There are guidelines. There are other schools and students who take part. And that's why I found it really good as an introduction to a new learning group. And a great topic too. Somehow very low-threshold, very easy for us to grasp.
My group and I chose the topic of procrastination... a very personal topic for all of us... I thought it was also exciting to share individual things that I've never seen in a wider context in reporting or in the media or anywhere in general and that are really represented.
We took part because we are in the art section and our teacher suggested it. And it seemed like a really cool idea and initiative to show a bit of what we can do. And we were really pleased that we made it in.