The unequal distribution of wealth is increasing worldwide. The top ten percent of the population own around 85 percent of the wealth - and the trend is rising. The poorer people, on the other hand, only own around one percent of the wealth together. In Germany, too, the richest are getting richer - here the total wealth of the five richest Germans grew to around 155 billion US dollars in 2024. How can we overcome the gap between rich and poor? What does wealth actually mean to us humans?

The  Lagois Photo Competition 2025 is dedicated to the  topic of wealth and the question of how we can achieve social participation and distributive justice. We are looking for photo reports and portraits of people who are committed to reducing the growing gap between rich and poor. We are also looking for works that deal with what wealth can still mean - on a personal, cultural or social level. How are prosperity and happiness, abundance and greed connected to wealth? What other, new forms of wealth should we look at?