Currently in its fourth year, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography Award is an annual competition designed to honour photographers who utilise their skills to promote environmental protection. Photographers are encouraged to consider how humans interact with the natural world and how human and planetary health are intertwined.
The prize includes the title of Environmental Photographer of the Year 2024, a prize fund of €11,000, and the presentation of 36 photographs in a high-caliber photography book as well as an international touring exhibition that will debut in the Principality of Monaco.
The jury will select 36 photographs from the thirty-six submitted in the five categories. These photos will be included in the Award book as well as the Environmental Photography Award 2024 exhibition. The jury will select a winning photograph as well as second- and third-placed “Jury’s Distinction” images for each of the five categories. One of those five category winners will get the Grand Prize and the title of Environmental Photographer of the Year 2024 from the jury. At the inauguration of the exhibition in the Principality of Monaco in June 2024, the Grand Prize winner, category winners, Public Award winner, and Students’ Choice winner will all be made public announcements.
An online public poll of all the shortlisted photos will determine which shot receives the Public Award. It will be open to everyone for two weeks starting on April 1, 2024. It will be available from this page and sent to all prize applicants through email. High school students in the Principality of Monaco cast their votes for the Students’ Choice award. Following a presentation to them by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation to promote awareness and discuss the important environmental concerns confronting us, they will be invited to take part in a dedicated online poll of the chosen photographs. The Foundation and its partners will heavily publicise the prizes in the international press and on social media, and all winners will get two free copies of the Environmental Photography Award 2024 book.
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation annually awards the Environmental Photography Award at a public display in the Principality of Monaco following the conclusion of the competition. In order to convey to the public the environmental principles held dear by the Sovereign and the Principality and to raise awareness of the challenges, large-format prints of the shortlisted and winning images are displayed in the centre of the tourism area. The show then makes an international tour, helping to raise awareness of both the Foundation and the Environmental Photography Award.
There are 5 categories this year for photographers to enter:
- Polar Wonders
- Ocean Worlds
- Into the Forest
- Humanity versus Nature
- Change makers: Reasons for Hope
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OnlineBenefits
Grand Prize Winner:
- The title “Environmental Photographer of the Year 2024”
- €5,000 grant
- Invitation (including travel and accommodation) to visit the Amazon Research Station of the University of Ecuador, and to do a photo documentary in the field, in the heart of the Ecuadorian jungle
- Invitation (including travel and accommodation) to the inauguration of the 2024 exhibition in the Principality of Monaco
- Public relations support of the Foundation through its communication channels, including social media, press, and newsletter
Category Winers:
- €1,000 grant for each of the 5 category winners
- Public relations support of the Foundation through its communication channels, including social media, press, and newsletter
Public Award & Student’s Choice: (to be chosen for each across all categories)
- €500 grant for the Public Award winning image
- €500 grant for the Students’ Choice winning image
Shortlisted Photographers:
- Featured in the Environmental Photography Award 2024 exhibition in Monaco and on its international tour
- Published in, and receiving two complimentary copies of the Environmental Photography Award 2024 catalogue
Eligibilities
- The award is open to photographers of all nationalities who will be aged 18 or over on 5th November 2023.
- Employees or agents of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Photocrowd, their families or other persons connected with this promotion (excluding the sponsors) are not eligible to enter.
- Also, ineligible to enter are any persons benefiting (on the day of the submission of the photograph(s)) from the Foundation’s support, either directly or indirectly.
Application Process
- All entries must be submitted via the Photocrowd online platform.
- Visit the apply link.
- Choose a category to enter.
- Click on the “JOIN PHOTOCROWD NOW TO ENTER” button.
- Create an account to continue.
Other requirements:
- Photographers can enter up to 5 images in each of the 5 categories, allowing therefore for a maximum of 25 images in total.
- Submitted images must have been shot within the past 5 years. The shoot date must be no earlier than 5th September 2018.
- All submitted images must be free of watermarks, text, copyright symbols, logos, and frames. Inclusion of any of these or similar additions to the image will invalidate the entry.
- There is a required minimum image size of 3000 pixels on the shortest side of the image. Images should be saved as jpegs at the highest quality available, at 300 dpi resolution, with a colour profile attached – preferably Adobe RGB(1998).
- All submitted images must contain the original camera metadata, showing the type of camera and lens used, and shot settings.
Application Deadline: November 5, 2023
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