For the third consecutive year, the International Press Institute (IPI) has partnered with the Photographische Gesellschaft (PHG) and Edition Lammerhuber to present the 2016 Alfred Fried Photography Award.

Named for Austrian pacifist, author and 1911 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Alfred Hermann Fried, the Award recognises the year’s best photograph signifying the theme of peace. The Award’s organisers seek to honour those photographs that best express the idea that our future lies in peaceful coexistence.

The Award was first established in 2013 by the Photographische Gesellschaft and Edition Lammerhuber, and is given annually in partnership with IPI, UNESCO, the Austrian Parliament and the Austrian Parliamentary Reporting Association.

PROGRAM

Welcome – Doris Bures, President of Austria’s National Council

Opening Remarks – Lois Lammerhuber, organiser of the Alfred Fried Photography Award

Speakers:

Rolf Nobel, Chairman of the Jury of the 2016 Alfred Fried Photography Award

Mazen Darwish, Syrian journalist and human rights activist; 2015 UNESCO / Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honouree; 2015 IPI World Press Freedom Hero

Abdessattar Ben Moussa, 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureate; President of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH)

2016 Alfred Fried Photography Award Ceremony

  • Date: Award Ceremony held on September 20, 2016
  • Read more about awarded photographer here 
  • Location: Austrian Parliament