The theme for the 2019 ZEISS Photography Award is  “Seeing Beyond – The Unexpected”.

To be understood in its broadest sense, "The Unexpected" challenges photographers to submit a series of 5-10 images that look past the everyday and address something unforeseen or surprising – whether this is through the landscape and the physical environment, through human expression, emotion and interaction, through political or social causes or something more conceptual. 

Photographers are asked to submit a series of 5 - 10 images, including a description of the images, online.

To see pas winners, visit https://www.worldphoto.org/zeiss-camera-lenses/galleries