awards
after 2021 I decided to stop entering photo contests (at least for now). Here are some awards of the time before:
2021
International Landscape Photographer of the Year - 4 images in book of top 101 (‘long to be’, ‘winter gestalt’, ‘intertwined 2’, ‘the flow’)
Gold Medal Trierenberg Super Circuit - category trees with image ‘a thousand dreams’
EPSON Pano Awards 2021 - 1 image Top 30, 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze awards
2020
Winner International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020 - photograph of the year (‘life stream’)
Sony World Photo Awards 2020 - 2 images shortlisted in landscapes category
EPSON Pano Awards 2020 - 2 images Top 50, 1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze awards
Moscow International Photo Awards 2020 - 2 Honorable Mentions, 3 silver, 1 bronze
The Motif Collective - 2nd place “sunrise and sunset”
2019
International Landscape Photographer of the Year - Top 101 (‘escape)
Germany´s top landscape photographer - One Eyeland 2019
World´s top 10 landscape photographers - One Eyeland 2019
Gold Award (aerial), silver award (waterfalls), bronze award (long exposure) - One Eyeland 2019
winner ‘sunrise and sunset’ contest - the motif collective - 2019
Winner f-stoppers ‘panoramas’ contest - 2019
honorable mention - nature aerial/drone category - International Photo Awards 2019
honorable mention - nature seasons category - International Photo Awards 2019
winner “that epic sunset”-contest - Photocrowd 2019
winner ‘HDR-photography’-contest - Photocrowd 2019
2018
1 gold award and 2 silver awards at 2018 EPSON Pano awards
First place people´s choice - Viewbug
winner ‘night sky’ contest - Photocrowd
2nd and 5th place f-stoppers ‘landscape’ contest
Photocrowd, 1st place - Landscape; commended - Explore light and land; commended twice - Land lovers
Digital Photo - Landschaftsfotografie, Platz 8 (September 2018)
Saxony Tourism Winner June 2018
2017
Bronze Award at 2017 EPSON Pano awards
I shot it, landscape competition, 2nd place
Podcasts and Interviews
2026
Pixels: Exploring the Heart and Art of Photography - Embrace Trust & Release Pressure to be a Happier Photographer
2025
Landscape Photography World - Unveiling Emotions Through Photography with Kai Hornung
Landschaftsfotografie Podcast - Folge 100 - Fokus Naturfotografie und fotografische Unterschiede
2024
Landschaftsfotografie Podcast - Weiterentwicklung, Inspiration und persönlicher Stil (in German)
2023
Pixelpeeper - Warum Wettbewerbe keinen Sinn ergeben (in German)
Interview in Culturamas ‘An intimate and silent landscape’
2022
Interview in the Bohnensack podcast with Radomir Jakubowski (in German)
Interview in the landscape hunter podcast with Stefan Schäfer (in German)
2021
Interview in the F-stop collaborate and listen podcast with Matt Payne
Interview in the Landscape photography podcast with David Johnston - The Radiohead of Landscape Photography
Interview in View Finders Photography Podcast - Photographs that sing with Graham Dargie
Interview in the Nicht glauben, ausprobieren! podcast with Stephan Wiesner (in German)
Interview in the Gate 7 podcast with Kai Behrmann - Kunstvoll intime Interpretationen von Landschaft und Natur (in German)
Interview in The Bernard Geraghty Photography Podcast
Interview in the Photographycourse.net podcast
4nature photographers - Interview Kai Hornung
Success stories (interview with Kai Hornung) - Photoclaim
2020
Talking landscape - Mads Peter Iversen and Kai Hornung - YouTube
Im Fokus: Kai Hornung - Interview und Porträt mit Stefan Schäfer und Felix Röser - YouTube und Spotify (in German)
xploring light - In Conversation with KAI HORNUNG - YouTube
2018
Poland in the lens, feature with live interview on YouTube
Landschaftsfotografie Podcast, feature and interview (in German)
Publications
2025
Zielfoto Magazin ‘Norwegen Fotospots’ - cover image, several articles and images (print)
26 Best Landscape Photographers to Follow for Inspiration - Great Big Photography World
Feature Portrait - 10Fotos
2024
Zielfoto Magazin ‘Landschaftsfotografie’ - several articles and images (print)
10 Landscape Photographers to Watch - The Independent Photographer
19 Best Landscape Photographers to Follow in 2024 - Great Big photography world
9 Tips to Display and Preserve Vinyl Records in Your Apartment - interviewed as an expert on ApartmentGuide
2023
Digital Foto (Scandinavia) - cover artist, 8- page interview and feature (print)
Zielfoto Magazin ‘Island’ - several articles and images (print)
Outdoor Magazyn (Poland) - feature (print)
Shotkit - feature
19 Best Landscape Photographers to Follow in 2023 - PhotographyCourse
2022
“Voice of the Eyes” book - one of 30 featured artists
The Independent Photographer - Profile Kai Hornung
My Modern Met - Incredible Winners of the 2021 Landscape Photographer of the Year Contest
Cultura Inquieta - La arrebatadora belleza del planeta en las fotografías del International Landscape Photographer of the Year
2021
Elements Photo Magazin, issue 3 - How it was shot
Photo Presse, print issue 03.2021 - Fotograf als Nebenjob (4 page article)
Foto Magazin, print issue 03.2021 - Malerisch (Gewinner ILPOTY)
COOPH - Feature Abstracts, Aerials & Minimals
Chip Foto Video, print issue 02.2021 (2 page international landscape photograph of the year, 4-page article about earning money with photography)
Condé Nast Traveller magazine - Print and Digital issue March 2021
Australian ProPhoto magazine, print issue 230 - international landscape photographer of the year 2020
Fotohits, print issue 02.2021 (international landscape photograph of the year)
Photographycourse.net - 19 Best Landscape Photographers to Follow in 2021
2020Top inspirational landscape photographers of 2020 - Capture Landscapes
Kai Hornung gewinnt mit Island-Bild internationalen Landschaftsfotowettbewerb - Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (Digital and print)
international press about winning photograph of the year in the international landscape photographer of the year awards:
Australia, England, Poland, Spain, Greece, South Africa, Vietnam, South China, Denmark, Sputnik, Switzerland, Belgium, Asia, Ecuador, France
Geo Magazin - die besten Landschaftsbilder des Jahres
Peta Pixel - international landscape photograph of the year
The weather channel - landscape photographer of the year awards
DIY Photography - international landscape photograph of the year 2020
Digital Camera World - the world’s most stunning landscape images
Bored Panda - international landscape photographer
SLR Lounge - 20 Best Landscape Photographers to Follow in 2020 - international landscape photographer of the year
Spiderweb - international landscape photographer of the year
Photo Presse, Print issue 01.2021
photography week, issue 427 - international landscape photographer of the year
Sony Bibel, Print issue 01.2021 - Sony World Photo Awards 2020
Amateur Photographer, print issues Nov. 30 and Dec. 5
Foto Hits, print issue 7-8 2020 - Sony World Photo Awards 2020
Chip Foto-Video, print issue 06 2020 (4-page article about aerial/plane photography)
Outdoor Photography magazine issue 258 - Sony World Photo Awards 2020
shades of color magazine No 13. - Sony World Photography Awards 2020
Spiegel Online - Sony World Photo Awards Winners
International press for Winners Sony World Photo Awards 2020 - UK, Poland, Italy, France, DIY Photography, My Modern Met, DPreview, Daily Mail
National Geographic - Winners International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Chip Foto-Video, print issue 04 2020 (winners International Landscape Photographer of the year)
Spiegel Online - Landschaftsfotograf des Jahres
International press for Winners International Landscape Photographer of the Year - Persia, Belgium, France, Bored Panda
Scott Kelby Jan. 2020 - 5 INSPIRING LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHERS
Digital Borneo - 5 inspiring landscape photographers
2019
PetaPixel Dec. 2019 - 15 Inspiring Landscape Photographers
Chip Foto-Video, print issue 06 2019 (4-page article about drone photography)
Capture the atlas - the 25 best northern lights images
Digital Photo, print issue 11 2019 (2 page image and article; Seceda sunrise)
Chip Foto-Video, print issue 02 2019 (cover and 2-page article about preparing images for instagram)
National Geographic ‘photo of the day’, April 2019
Bayern´s Beste Magazin, print issue 03 2019
2018
Light & Landscape Magazine, cover image and article
Capture Landscapes - article 'how to work light in post processing'
Digital Photo, print issue No. 9 2018
Amateur Photographer of the year competition poster
2017
Amateur Photographer magazine, Dec. 2017