What distinguishes a good photo? The motif? The technical quality? The moment? The atmosphere? A star-studded jury have to answer this question every year, because the organisers of the CHIO Aachen, the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V. (ALRV), confer the “Silver Camera” for the best international equestrian sport photo of the year.

This year the German show-jumper, Jana Wargers; last year’s winner, Mirka Nilkens; Andreas Müller, CEO Medienhaus Aachen and ALRV Board member, Birgit Rosenberg are responsible for selecting the winners and runners-up. “The quality of the photos is outstanding. Making the decision is a difficult task,” Birgit Rosenberg said about the 133 photographs submitted. The following were nominated for the “Silver Camera” (in alphabetical order):

Pauline Roy Chowdhury

Andreas Steindl

Diana Wahl

The winner will be announced at the CHIO Aachen in the Main Stadium on Saturday evening, July 1^st . The winner receives 2,500 Euros, second and are third place are endowed with 1,000 and 500 Euros, respectively.