Jugend fotografiert Deutschland

In May 2026, the award ceremony for the “Jugend fotografiert Deutschland” competition took place under the motto “Be you. Be seen. Be heard.” took place.
We invited young people from the most diverse social groups possible, aged between 10 and 18, to submit photo stories on a topic relevant to them. It is a new and particularly low-threshold journalistic format that promotes young people’s media skills and enables them to voice their concerns through their own actions. This motivates them to engage with new topics and opinions and to enter into an effective dialog with others.

The topic is open. The competition enables young people to put the idea of “living democracy” into practice. For the competition, a documentary photo series is to be created that represents a personal concern of the young people and points out a problem or a particularly positive aspect in the reality of their lives. Through this creative form of participation, young people can raise their voices and draw attention to social issues.