Awards Award of Excellence for Jonathan Funk. The student has been recognised in the ‘Portrait’ category of College Photographer of the Year – for an image from north-eastern Syria.
Awards Mats Hoff wins the VGH Photo Prize 2026. The HsH student receives the award for his essay ‘Grey Grounds’ about Munster, a small town shaped by the German armed forces.
Awards Deutscher Jugendfotopreis 2026. Pha Croissant, Josefin Pilar Junge, Anna Lotta Maria Schulze and Jasper Hill are among this year’s winners. Their work is on show in Düsseldorf until mid-November.
Awards TruePicture Awards 2026. Four of the five grants go to alumni of our programme: Hannah Aders, Nerea Lakuntza, Julius Schien and Florian Sulzer each receive 15,000 Swiss francs for their photo projects.
Awards World Press Photo 2025. Two current and two former students of the Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography programme have been awarded.
Awards Julius Schien honoured as FUTURES Talent 2025. With his long-term project "Rechtes Land", the documentary photographer exposes hidden aspects of right-wing violence – and is honoured with a prestigious award.
Awards Student Anton Vester wins the 2024 VGH Photo Award. His winning series focuses on the topic of organ donation.
Awards Nanna Heitmann shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. The photographer and HsH student is honored for her Russia coverage on behalf of the New York Times.
Awards Graduate Daniel Chatard wins at World Press Photo 2024. The photojournalist documented German coal mining for several years.
Awards Student Finn Winkler wins at CPOY. The traditional competition is one of the best-known awards for photography students worldwide. Finn Winkler wins in the Multimedia category.
Awards Franziska Gilli was honoured in South Tyrol. The graduate receives the Walther-von-der-Vogelweide Award, endowed with €4,000.
Awards Former student Jana Mai wins VGH Photo Award 2023. For her photo series “Because I've always been James,” she accompanied a young trans man for several months.
Awards Inge Morath Award for Shirin Abedi. The HsH alumna is the second German photographer to receive the prestigious Magnum Foundation Award.
Awards Ex-students Maria Klenner and Axel Javier Sulzbacher win TruePicture Promotion Award 2023. One current and one former HsH student receive Honorable Mention.
Awards C/O Berlin Talent Award 2023: New Approaches in Documentary Photography. Elias Holzknecht, Malte Uchtmann and Jan Staiger on the shortlist.
Awards STERN magazine honours students at Hochschule Hannover. Nanna Heitmann wins “Photo Story of the Year”, Jana Mai receives STERN scholarship.
Awards TruePicture enters the second round: Top-class nominations from Hannover. The grant is committed to promoting democracy and shaping opinion through photojournalism.
Awards World Press Photo 2023. Student Jonas Kakó wins with an image about the consequences of water scarcity in North America.
Awards Hansel-Mieth Award 2023. Helena Lea Manhartsberger wins Gabriel Gruener scholarship—three alumni on the shortlist.
Awards Alumni win at the “Sports Photo of the Year” contest. Marvin Ibo Güngör and Tom Weller are honored for their work.
Awards TruePicture grant launched. The Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography programme supports young photographers as part of the €50,000 mentoring project.
Awards Awards for students at the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Valentin Goppel best newcomer, Nanna Heitmann on the shortlist.
Awards "The war is somehow there and yet habitually far away.". Ludwig Nikulski wins at the Willi Münzenberg Forum art competition.
