SIYU Award 2025

Ten Swiss artists will be presented in an exhibition which is organized as a major venue in Zurich/Switzerland. One winner receives a cash prize of CHF 3,000.

Overview

The SIYU AWARD, formerly «vfg Young Talent Award for Photography» is a competition organized by SIYU professional photography Switzerland, honouring ten projects to be presented and shown at basically in Switzerland. The winner receives a cash prize of CHF 3,000 sponsored by SIYU and its partners.

The award is organized by a non-profit-association under the name of SIYU AWARD. They stand for creative professional photography. Their primary goal is to stimulate the discussion about the photographic image and to promote the professional photography in all areas. Eligible for the SIYU AWARD are participants with Swiss citizenship and/or with residence in Switzerland at the time of submission. The jury is looking forward to seeing well edited authentic work from all fields of photography.

Practical Info

All photographers with Swiss citizenship and all photographers of other nationalities living in Switzerland at the time of submission are eligible to enter the competition. The age is limited to 38 years. Applicants are allowed to enter until the day before their 39th birthday.

There is no theme, the subject can be chosen freely. An entry consists of a series of at least 3 to a maximum of 8 individual images, a brief project statement and a presentation plan showing your intent how to present your work on the wall. The entry must remain anonymous to the jury. Applicants first and last name may not appear anywhere in the file name, image, text or presentation plan. If AI is used, this must be mentioned in the project description. Please also read the regulations on the siyu-award.ch homepage carefully.

The top ten projects are going to be exhibited and presented to a wide audience in a major venue in Switzerland. One selected winner will receive CHF 3,000 cash prize. The ten finalists will be notified by telephone immediately after the final jurying. The names of the ten finalists are being published at a small presentation at Photo Basel 2025, all works are exhibited and the winner announced to press and public during the award ceremony at the exhibition opening.

The jury is composed of Lisa Schneider (Managing Director 13PHOTO), Virginie Rebetez (Artist/Photographer), and Dominic Nahr (Photographer NZZ - Neue Zürcher Zeitung).

About SIYU

SIYU Professional Photography Switzerland is a photography-based professional association. As such it is its task to realise and represent the common interests of its members. SIYU distinguishes itself with professionalism, expertise, a sense of responsibility, a willingness to innovate and the photography of its members.