FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2025 is Wolfgang Gangl!

After two consecutive years of Portuguese dominance, we have a new overall winner for the FEP Awards: Wolfgang Gangl from Austria is now the new European Professional Photographer of the Year.

Again the competition created great interest among European photographers; 340 European photographers submitted almost 3200 images for the FEP Awards. We are honoured and thankful that many of Europea’s finest photographer wish to take part, a heartfelt thank you to all.

FEP Awards chairman Johan Brouwers and his team of international judges have once again worked tirelessly to score this massive amount of images in order the find the best of the best we cannot thank you enough!

Chairman Brouwers comments: “Although this year marked the second consecutive time we conducted a thorough check of the raw files of the finalists’ entries, the number of disqualified photos still increased by 25%, reaching a total of 42. This was particularly evident in categories with strict editing limitations — such as Nature, Landscape, Reportage, and Wedding — where we had to reject several submissions. But perhaps the provision of numerous translations of the rules also ensured that certain types of infringements that were frequently identified in 2024, such as the use of stock photos, were now almost non-existent.

Ultimately, our goal remains clear: to uphold the values of pure photography by placing authenticity and integrity at the heart of the competition.

The Race for the Photographer of the Year title

Even though the race for the Overall Winner remained exciting right up until the very last vote was cast, Wolfgang Gangl’s victory came as no real surprise. His striking, personal style had already earned him one Gold and one Silver award in 2025, and this year he added another Gold and one Bronze to his tally— a truly worthy winner! However to claim that title, he had to fend off two double Gold Award winners — Martina Wärenfeldt and Arun Mohanraj — as well as Yuliy Vasilev, who not only won Gold in the Advertising and Commercial category but also took home one of the new Image of the Year awards.

Images of the Year

The new Image of the Year awards in some categories consist of several clearly distinct photographic specialties such as Architecture, Macro, Nude, New Born, Food, etc.

Top-scoring images that receive an individual Excellence Award may also qualify for an Image of the Year title. In addition to the previously mentioned Yuliy Vasilev from Bulgaria, who received an award in Food Photography, also Martina Wärenfeldt from Sweden was honoured with an Image of the Year Award in Creative Portrait.

You can see a gallery of the all 12 Golden Camera winners and well as other winners and awarded images below.

In addition to finalist position, also single images received awards and those you can see here

see the individual image awards for 2025

Advertising and Commercial

Golden Camera

Yuliy Vasilev ( Bulgaria )

Silver Camera

Mika Levälampi ( Finland )

Bronze Camera

Dušan Holovej ( Slovakia )

Fourth Place

Marc Sabat ( Finland )

Fifth Place

Narciso Rocha ( Portugal )

Sixth Place

Franklin Neto ( Portugal )

Seventh Place

Lief Keuppens ( Belgium )

Eighth Place

Franz G. Messenbäck ( Austria )

Ninth Place

Neil McKellar ( United Kingdom )

Ninth Place

David Taylor ( United Kingdom )

Digitally Created

Golden Camera

Assem Alsabban ( Czech Republic )

Silver Camera

Franck Lecrenay ( France )

Bronze Camera

Antti Karppinen ( Finland )

Fourth Place

Josu Izarra ( Spain )

Fifth Place

Jozef Danyi ( Czech Republic )

Sixth Place

Juline Armand ( France )

Seventh Place

Sonja Hietala ( Finland )

Eighth Place

Yann Faucher ( France )

Ninth Place

Wim Moortgat ( Belgium )

Tenth Place

Michael Schnabl ( Austria )

Domesticated Animals

Golden Camera

Martina Wärenfeldt ( Sweden )

Silver Camera

Marc Vandijck ( Belgium )

Bronze Camera

Elke Braet ( Belgium )

Fourth Place

Rosalind Phang ( France )

Fifth Place

Fleur Scholte ( Netherlands )

Sixth Place

Liv inger Monsen ( Norway )

Seventh Place

Nika Kuplenk Golobič ( Slovenia )

Eighth Place

Jessica McGovern ( United Kingdom )

Ninth Place

Kristi Vilmunen ( Finland )

Tenth Place

Rut Casanellas Cantos ( Spain )

Fashion and Beauty

Golden Camera

Therese Asplund ( Sweden )

Silver Camera

Giorgia Corniola ( Italy )

Bronze Camera

Wolfgang Gangl ( Austria )

Fourth Place

Tatya Lushchyk ( Belarus )

Fifth Place

Martina Wärenfeldt ( Sweden )

Sixth Place

Vadym Yatsun ( Ukraine )

Seventh Place

Michael Schnabl ( Austria )

Eighth Place

Iuri Akopov ( Georgia )

Ninth Place

Taylor Griffiths ( United Kingdom )

Tenth Place

Barrie Spence ( United Kingdom )

Illustration and Fine Art

FEP European Photographer of the Year 2025

Wolfgang Gangl ( Austria )

Golden Camera

Wolfgang Gangl ( Austria )

Silver Camera

Alvaro Ruiz ( Spain )

Bronze Camera

Pavel Ziegler ( Czech Republic )

Fourth Place

Yevhen Kostiuk ( Ukraine )

Fifth Place

Hanna Neret ( Sweden )

Sixth Place

Annemiek Muller-Rijnaard ( Netherlands )

Seventh Place

Dee O'Keeffe ( Ireland )

Eighth Place

Barrie Spence ( United Kingdom )

Ninth Place

Ulla Jensen ( Denmark )

Tenth Place

Iuri Akopov ( Georgia )

Landscape

Golden Camera

Paul Reiffer ( United Kingdom )

Silver Camera

Jan Šmíd ( Czech Republic )

Bronze Camera

Roksolana Baran ( Ukraine )

Fourth Place

Philipp Jakesch ( Austria )

Fifth Place

Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove ( Iceland )

Sixth Place

Marc Vandijck ( Belgium )

Seventh Place

Matthieu Leroux ( France )

Eighth Place

Markus van Hauten ( Germany )

Ninth Place

Ina Vrinssen ( Netherlands )

Tenth Place

Robert Bilos ( Germany )

Nature

Golden Camera

Arun Mohanraj ( United Kingdom )

Silver Camera

Rán Bjargardóttir ( Iceland )

Bronze Camera

Philipp Jakesch ( Austria )

Fourth Place

Marc Vandijck ( Belgium )

Fifth Place

Stefan Brenner ( Austria )

Sixth Place

Tatu Tainio ( Finland )

Sixth Place

Markus van Hauten ( Germany )

Eighth Place

Matthieu Leroux ( France )

Ninth Place

Simo Niiranen ( Finland )

Tenth Place

Robert Bilos ( Germany )

People and Portrait

Golden Camera

Martina Wärenfeldt ( Sweden )

Silver Camera

Pia Maria Rautio ( Finland )

Bronze Camera

Therese Asplund ( Sweden )

Bronze Camera

Natalia Pipkina ( Norway )

Fifth Place

Madelief de Korte ( Netherlands )

Sixth Place

Anna Arvidsson ( Sweden )

Seventh Place

Carina Heed ( Sweden )

Seventh Place

Ulla Jensen ( Denmark )

Ninth Place

Barrie Spence ( United Kingdom )

Tenth Place

Pia Rothmann ( Norway )

Reportage / Photojournalism

Golden Camera

Hiwa (Hiva) Naghshi ( Austria )

Silver Camera

Luís Godinho ( Portugal )

Bronze Camera

Mary Guillén ( Spain )

Fourth Place

Jesús Jiménez ( Spain )

Fifth Place

Ragnar Visage ( Iceland )

Sixth Place

Gunhild Arnekleiv Norvik ( Norway )

Seventh Place

Verena Panzitt ( Austria )

Eighth Place

Mário Monteiro ( Portugal )

Ninth Place

Joachim Blomme ( Belgium )

Tenth Place

Ramón Fernández ( Spain )

Sports

Golden Camera

Pedro Luís Ajuriaguerra Saiz ( Spain )

Silver Camera

Arun Mohanraj ( United Kingdom )

Bronze Camera

Hannu Rainamo ( Finland )

Fourth Place

Huub Keulers ( Netherlands )

Fifth Place

Hannes Mautner ( Austria )

Sixth Place

Nurlan Tahirli ( Azerbaijan )

Seventh Place

Manuel Kokseder ( Austria )

Eighth Place

Yves Nevens ( Belgium )

Ninth Place

Tuomas Tenho ( Finland )

Tenth Place

William Moureaux ( France )

Wedding

Golden Camera

Ivan Schirmenti ( Italy )

Silver Camera

Manuel Iglesias ( Spain )

Bronze Camera

Lucy Nuzum ( Ireland )

Fourth Place

Giuseppe Riccobono ( Italy )

Fifth Place

Paulo Pinto ( Portugal )

Sixth Place

Christin Eide ( Norway )

Sixth Place

Lea Torrieri ( France )

Eighth Place

Flora Iglesias Vázquez ( Spain )

Eighth Place

Heljo Hakulinen ( Finland )

Tenth Place

Raïs De Weirdt ( Belgium )

Wildlife

Golden Camera

Arun Mohanraj ( United Kingdom )

Silver Camera

Mia Surakka ( Finland )

Bronze Camera

Colin Brister ( United Kingdom )

Fourth Place

Massimo Giorgetta ( Italy )

Fifth Place

Frankie Adamson ( United Kingdom )

Sixth Place

Philipp Malli ( Austria )

Seventh Place

Seppo Tuomaala ( Finland )

Eighth Place

Giacomo Marchione ( Italy )

Ninth Place

Kateřina Hoffman ( Czech Republic )

Tenth Place

David Taylor ( United Kingdom )