Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography Award 2024

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography Award 2024 is now accepting applications. In honor of the foundation’s 15th anniversary, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation established the Environmental Photography Award in 2021.

This yearly prize was designed to recognize photographers who utilize their artistry to raise awareness about environmental conservation. Its twin objective is to celebrate our planet’s tremendous beauty while also emphasizing the environmental concerns we face through five categories: Polar Wonders, Into the Forest, Ocean Worlds, Humanity vs. Nature, and Change Makers: Reasons for Hope are all included.

Categories:

• Into the Forest: Images that highlight the beauty of the flora and fauna that make up the forest ecosystem and the lives of native communities in boreal, temperate, and tropical forests
• Ocean Worlds: images that illustrate the richness of our seas and oceans, whether on or under the surface, and showcase the diversity of marine wildlife.
• Polar Wonders: images depicting landscapes, wildlife, and local communities in the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions.
• Humanity Versus Nature: Images that depict the conflicting relationship between humans and nature and the negative impact of human activities on the environment: issues related to the consequences of climate change (droughts, wildfires, extreme climate events, etc.), the loss of biodiversity (endangered species, disastrous interactions between humans and wildlife, etc.), as well as the depletion of the world’s water resources.
• Change Makers: Reasons for Hope: Images that highlight the efforts and actions implemented globally by communities and organizations that help build a more sustainable world and a more harmonious relationship between man and nature. It aims to demonstrate hope for humanity and for the planet.

Prizes:

• 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 Winners
  • €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 and Students’ 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

Eligibility:

• The award is global and open to photographers of all nationalities who will be aged 18 or over on November 5, 2023.
• Photographers can enter up to 5 images in each of the 5 categories, allowing a maximum of 25 images in total. Entry is free of charge. If any photographer is found to have entered more than five images into a category, all their entries will be invalidated and removed from judging.
• Images (including similar images taken from the same series of photographs) are eligible for entry even if they have previously won a national or international photography award (including winner, runner-up, highly commended, or equivalent) or are entered into a competition where the results are pending.
• Submitted images must have been shot within the past 5 years. The shoot date must be no earlier than September 5, 2018.
• The same image cannot be entered into multiple categories. Where this is found to have happened, that image submission will be invalidated in all the categories it has been entered into.
• 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.

Application:

All entries must be submitted via the Photocrowd online platform before the closing date of November 5, 2023, at 23:59 (CET) or 22:59 (UTC).

Click here to apply