The shortlist was selected on the basis of the proposals submitted by around 80 photography expertsfrom the international photography scene from around 50 countries, from which this year’s jury determined the LOBA Shortlist 2024 and the winnersin the main and newcomer categories.
Following the award ceremony in October, all LOBA series will be presented at the Ernst Leitz Museum in a large exhibition – courtesy of WhiteWall – and in an accompanying extensive catalogue. After the exhibition in Wetzlar, the LOBA 2024 will be shown in other Leica galleries and at photo festivals worldwide.
The series of the LOBA shortlist 2024 (main and newcomer category) at a glance (in alphabetical order):
- Forough Alaei: The Underneath of the Calm Streets of Iran
- Anush Babajanyan: Nagorno-Karabakh War and Exodus
- Emily Garthwaite: Tears of the Tigris
- Maria Gutu: Homeland
- Ksenia Ivanova: Between the Trees of the South Caucasus
- Lucas Lenci: Inattention Era
- Adriana Loureiro Fernández: Paradise Lost
- Sara Meneses Cuapio: Raízhambre
- Davide Monteleone: Critical Minerals – Geography of Energy
- Tong Niu: Express Delivery
- Ingmar Björn Nolting: An Anthology of Changing Climate
- Etinosa Yvonne: It’s All in My Head
About the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA)
The LOBA is one of the most highly endowed and prestigious awards in the field of photography: the winner of the LOBA receives 40,000 euros and Leica camera equipment worth 10,000 euros, the winner of the Newcomer Award 10,000 euros and a Leica Q3.
