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, Gerrit Nieberg, German show jumper and winner of the Rolex Grand Prix at the CHIO Aachen 2022, last year’s winner Pauline Roy Chowdhury, Andreas Müller (CEO Medienhaus Aachen) and ALRV Board Member Philip Erbers are responsible for selecting the winners and runners-up. “The quality of the photos is outstanding. Making the decision is a difficult task”, Philip Erbers said about the 166 submitted photographs. The following were nominated for the “Silver Camera” (in alphabetical order):

Jasmin Metzner

Danielle Smits

Rebecca Thamm

The winner will be announced at the CHIO Aachen in the Main Stadium on Saturday evening, July 6^th. The winner receives 2,500 Euros, second and are third place are endowed with 1,000 and 500 Euros, respectively.