The Winners of the DNRF Photo Competition 2025
The panels review:
The judges were captivated by this stunning and poignant image from the caves of the Algarve region in Portugal. The accompanying caption tells us that it has been designated a biodiversity hotspot: an environment unchanged for millennia, but with signs that climate change is beginning to intrude. The combination of text and image left us with a sense of awe about these mysterious but all too fragile natural environments.
Read the interview with Luka Civa
The panels review:
An arresting picture of an architectural edifice: an enormous mosque under construction. The judges enjoyed the fact that at its center is a single human figure, small enough to be missed on first view. But through the accompanying text, this detail is established as the photograph’s punctum, providing a subtle visual metaphor for the photographer’s research project: an investigation into queer activism in nearby Jordan.
Read the interview with Marie Odgaard
The panels review:
The colorful ‘field pattern’ across this metallograph is pleasing to the eye. But in the explanatory caption, the researcher draws out from it a number of intriguing insights: about the Bronze Age techniques and skills used to make the belt plate of which this is part, about a hundred-and-fifty-year-old archaeological dispute, and about a pioneer in the study of Scandinavian prehistoric artefacts who settled it. The image is rich in both visual impact and narrative detail.
