2025 YCN Photo Contest

The result of the 2025 YCN Photo Contest was announced by the YCN Committee on September 2nd during the 2025 YCN Evening in Dresden, Germany. There were 26 pictures submitted from 15 Countries.

The 3 winners of this photo contest are:

1. “The Reef” by Marco Lorenzo D'Agostini & Anna De Marzi (Italy).

2. “A thousand rainbow shards” by Anna Paulik (Austria).

3. “Twin lights under one heart” by Alireza (Kourosh) Charmforoushan (Finland)

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