The VIEW photo community provides ambitious amateur photographers, semi-professional and professional photographers with an attractive platform for presenting their own photos to a broad public. Users can subscribe to photos taken by their favourite photographers, share their views and suggest pictures for the VIEW photo gallery hosted by the editorial team. In addition to numerous community functions, premium users can access further functions and attractive presentation options for their own photos, such as the VIEW portfolio.

Each week, suggested images are rated and evaluated by the editorial team’s picture editors – thus an independent jury of experts ensures that the photo galleries maintain a premium level of photography. The picture editors of news portal, STERN.de, then select a weekly set of extraordinary photos for the VIEW photo series at STERN.de. This way, the photos achieve an above-average level of awareness with a target group that goes beyond the community users. An additional highlight is the cooperation with VIEW magazine: every month, photos by the VIEW community are presented on three double-page spreads of the print magazine.