2023-11-01 21:37:28
Today, The Nature Conservancy revealed the winners of its 2023 Photo Contest, featuring images that help connect us with the power and danger of the natural world, close-up photos of creatures great and small, painterly landscapes of all seasons, and Incredible scenes of exploration on land and sea.
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GRAND PRIZE // Tibor Litauszki, Hungary //
Underwater shot of an alpine newt feeding atop a mass of frog’s eggs
This year’s contest doubled the number of categories and saw a huge increase in the volume of entries, from a serene coral reef in Guatemala to a pair of tigers in the middle of a fight in India. A prestigious jury including photographers Javier Aznar, Smita Sharma, Morgan Heim and renowned natural history photographer Frans Lanting selected the winners from more than 80,000 individual photographers and more than 189,000 entries, a huge increase from just over 100,000 entries in 2022, from 191 countries and territories.
The 2023 grand prize will be awarded to Tibor Litauszki of Hungary for his underwater photograph of a salamander eating newly laid frog eggs.
“Our annual photography contest is an inspiration. Photographers from all walks of life helped give nature a voice, and showed us what was important to them,” said Alex Snyder, 2023 Global Photo Contest Director and Jury Coordinator. “The judges and I were taken on a visual journey as we examined thousands of images from amateurs and professionals. These impactful images highlighted not only the power of photography, but also the importance of The Nature Conservancy’s worldwide conservation efforts.”
The judges will award more than $25,000 in cash prizes. In addition to the Grand Prize winner, who will receive a camera kit worth US$5,000, the jury also selected a first, second and third place winner for each category, in addition to honorable mentions.
“Whether you are a scientist collecting data in the field or a photographer capturing the wonders of the natural world, we are all conservationists,” said Meg Goldthwaite, Director of Marketing and Communications at The Nature Conservancy. “Our land is full of beauty and danger, of power and risk, and these images illustrate how protecting and restoring nature must be a top priority for all of us. Each of us has a role to play in combating the crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.”
Additional awards in the following categories were awarded to:
Judge Awards
Escolha by famous jury, Cole Sprouse – Hermis Haridas, UAE (@Hermis.haridas)
Oceans
1st place – Estebane Rezkallah, France (@panchovilaaa)
2o lugar – Bambang Wirawan, Indonesia (@bro_matra)
3rd place – Giovanni Allievi, Italy
People and Nature
1st place – Michael Hegyi, EUA (@michaelhegyiphoto)
2nd place – Mano Aliczki, Hungary (@manoaliczkiphoto)
3rd place – Randall Hudson, USA (@kcstorys)
Honorable mention – Narayan Malu, India
Honorable mention – Fatih Yilmaz, Türkiye (@rotadefterim)
Menção honrosa – Md. Safayet Hossain Shanto, Bangladesh (@safayethossainshanto2017)
Plants and Fungi
1st place – Jose Pereyra Lucena, Argentina (@josepereyralucena)
2nd place – Vittorio Ricci, Italy
3rd place – Ashley Sykes, Australia (@Ausmashmash)
Honorable mention – Gero Heine, USA (@geroheinephotography)
Honorable mention – Mohammed Salman, India
Fresh Water
1st place – Jeanny Tang, Hong Kong
2nd place – Alan Taylor, USA (@alantaylorphotography)
3rd place – Rubens Rebouças, Brazil (@rubensreboucas)
Honorable mention – Jorge Castro Urbiola, Mexico (@thesantogrial)
Honorable mention – Gianluca Gianferrari, Italy (@camouflajj)
Lands
1st place – Alessandro Carboni, Italy (@alessandro_carboni)
2nd place – Roberto Valdez, Equador (@robinski__)
3rd place – Adam Mowery, USA (@adammoweryphoto)
Honorable mention – Cosmin Ovidiu Stan, Romania (@cosminstan.ro)
Honorable mention – Bruce Hogle, USA
Mammals
1st place – Siddhartha Ghosh, India
2o lugar – HJ Yang, EUA
3rd place – Luisa Pericoli, EUA (@vittoria_thecutestfrenchie)
Honorable mention – Bing Lin, USA (@earth.abloom)
Climate
1o lugar – Raphael Alves, Brasil (@photoraphaelalves)
2nd place – Mustafa Binolm Turkey (@mustafabinol)
3rd place – Luisa Lynch Harris, Spain
Honorable mention – Zhenhuan Zhou, Canada (@zzh_hiland)
Honorable mention – Adra Pallón, Spain
Aerial Views
1o lugar – Agnieszka Wieczorek, Polônia (@polatinaphotoandtravel)
2nd place – Neelutpaul Barua, India (@neel.barua.photograph)
3rd place – Derek Robertson, USA (@derekrobertsonphotography)
Honorable mention – Maman Sukirman, Indonesia
Honorable mention – Mostafijur Rahman Nasim, Indonesia
Insects and Arachnids
1st place – Benjamin Salb, USA (@bens_small_world)
2nd place – Soumya Ranjan Bhattacharyya, India
3rd place – Lei Bo, China
Honorable mention – Tibor Litauszki, Hungary (@tiborlitauszki_naturphtgrphy)
Honorable mention – Jaime Daniel Fajardo Torres, Ecuador (@Jaime.f.torres)
Underwater Life
1st place – Russell Laman, USA (@russlaman)
2nd place – Cai Jialing, China (@homoplankton)
3rd place – Daniel Nicholson, Australia (@barefoot.wandering)
Honorable mention – Juan Carlos Huitrón Baca, Mexico (@biton72023)
Aves
1o lugar – Grzegorz Długosz, Polônia (@gdlugosz_photography)
2nd place – Mike Krehbiel, USA (@krebbs28)
3rd place – Juan Jose Murillo, Colombia (@jjmurillorolon)
Honorable mention – Mario Labado, USA (@bobby_labado)
Honorable mention – Petr Bambousek, Czech Republic (@sulasulacom)
Reptiles and Amphibians
1st place – Irina Petrova Adamatzky, UK (@microcosmic_world)
2nd place – Petr Bambousek, Czech Republic (@sulasulacom)
3rd place – Joseph Mullica, USA (@Scarletkingcowboy)
Honorable mention – Sergio Emmanuel Comisso, Argentina (@emmanuelcomisso)
Honorable mention – Christian Passeri, Germany (@chrissparrows)
You can see all the winning images here.
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