{"id":38725,"date":"2024-02-12T12:41:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?p=38725"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:34:45","slug":"tom-weller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/news-en\/awards\/tom-weller\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Weller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Sports photo of the year 2023.<\/h1>\n

Graduate Tom Weller wins in several categories simultaneously.<\/p>\n

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\n \"1st\n \n 1st place in the "Young Talent Award" category: Rhythmic gymnast Katharina Romanyuk jumps with a ribbon during her freestyle routine in the individual all-around final at the PSD Bank Dome in D\u00fcsseldorf on 07.07.2023. Photo: Tom Weller<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

Graduate Tom Weller<\/strong> can be proud of himself: He won four awards in the “Sports Photo of the Year 2023” competition. He came second in the main category “Sport in general: Action” and won first prize in the category “Special Olympics Berlin 2023 and Para Sport”. He was particularly successful in the junior category. There the 24-year-old<\/a> was represented twice: He won first and third place simultaneously. Tom Weller was already shortlisted last year in the “Young Talent Award” category <\/a>.

Tom Weller completed his photography studies<\/a> at Hanover University of Applied Science and Arts<\/a> in 2022. He now lives in southern Germany, in the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg town of S\u00fc\u00dfen. Since completing his bachelor’s degree, he has travelled internationally as a news and sports photographer, often for clients such as the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) or “24passion”. For example, he reported from the Football World Cup in Qatar, the Olympics in Beijing and the World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. “This diversity is simply great because you always have to reinvent yourself, you always have new challenges and that keeps you creative,” Tom Weller recently said in an interview with the local TV station Regio TV Stuttgart<\/a>.

The “Sports Photo of the Year” competition is organized every year by the sports magazine kicker <\/a>and the Association of German Sports Journalists<\/a> (VDS). The young talent category is supported by the camera manufacturer Nikon. Our graduate Marvin Ibo G\u00fcng\u00f6r<\/a> was also on the jury this year. He won first prize in the main category last year.
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\n \"3rd\n \n 3rd place in the "Young Talent Award" category: Simone Biles from the USA is in action on the uneven bars at the World Gymnastics Championships at the Sportpalais in Antwerp during the women's qualification on 01.10.2023. Photo: Tom Weller \n\n<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\n \"2nd\n \n 2nd place in the category "Sport in general: Action": Rhythmic gymnast Darja Varfolomeev throws a ball into the air during her routine in the individual all-around final at the PSD Bank Dome in D\u00fcsseldorf on 07.07.2023.\n\n<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\n \"1st\n \n 1st place in the "Special Olympics Berlin 2023 and Para Sport" category: Niko Kappel from Germany celebrates after his men's shot put competition in the F41 category. He won the silver medal at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris on July 12, 2023. Photo: Tom Weller\n\n<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n
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Young Perspectives on Old Conflicts.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

A picture editor, a satellite investigator, an XR producer and two photographers: on 10 November in Berlin, they\u2019ll discuss what kind of storytelling it takes for conflict reporting to be heard.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Award of Excellence for Jonathan Funk.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

The student has been recognised in the \u2018Portrait\u2019 category of College Photographer of the Year \u2013 for an image from north-eastern Syria.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Keeping the city clean.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Many waste workers wonder whether their bodies will last until they retire. HsH students photographed them at work, and ver.di is showing the pictures from 27 October.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Mats Hoff wins the VGH Photo Prize 2026.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

The HsH student receives the award for his essay \u2018Grey Grounds\u2019 about Munster, a small town shaped by the German armed forces.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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What are photojournalists allowed to photograph and publish? This guide explains the right to one\u2019s own image under German law, where press freedom ends and personality rights begin \u2013 and how to work on the right side of the law.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Thoughts on the temporality of photography \u2013 and what Roland Barthes might have said about Nina Hagen\u2019s pop hit \u2018Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen\u2019.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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From secret graffiti sprayers to late-night table tennis tournaments: twelve short videos about people who only come alive after dark.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Armina Ahmadinia returns to the Caspian Sea. Her photographic work tells of the retreating water, the loss of familiar places and a quiet longing for closeness and home.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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