Polar Wonders
Images depicting landscapes, wildlife and local communities in the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions.
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edition 2024
ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
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Intro
The Environmental Photography Award
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Environmental Photography Award was launched in 2021, in honour of the Foundation’s 15th anniversary. This annual award was created with the aim of rewarding photographers who put their creativity to good use in raising awareness on Earth protection. It has the dual purpose of celebrating the incredible beauty of our planet and highlighting the environmental challenges we face through five categories: Polar Wonders, Into the Forest, Ocean Worlds, Humanity versus Nature, Change Makers: Reasons for Hope.
Photographic art, with its immediate and universal language, represents a formidable vehicle for raising awareness. It reinforces, in a virtuous way, the process of awareness on major environmental issues, such as biodiversity, climate and the ocean.
Environmental photographers can encourage us to change, to innovate, to invent sustainable solutions in order to better rethink our lives and our economies. They reveal a real “field of possibilities” for new generations who aspire to a more harmonious relationship with Nature.
The photographs – almost 10,000 images participated in the 3rd edition of the competition in 2023 – are carefully selected by a jury of internationally renowned professional photographers for their technical and aesthetic excellence but also, and above all, for the relevance and strength of their message.
The exhibitions of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Environmental Photography Award have already travelled to Italy, San Marino, Spain, the United States and France.
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Categories
The 5 categories
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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.
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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 the boreal, temperate and tropical forests.
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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…), the loss of biodiversity (endangered species, disastrous interactions between humans and wildlife…), as well as the depletion of the world’s water resources.
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Change Makers: Reasons for Hope
Images that highlight the efforts and actions implemented globally by communities and organisations that help build a more sustainable world and more harmonious relationship between man and nature. It aims to demonstrate hope for Humanity and for the Planet.
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Prizing
Award Prizing
The Environmental Photographer of the Year
(chosen by the jury among the 5 category winners)
- The title “Environmental Photographer of the Year 2024”
- 5,000 € grant
- Invitation (including travel and accommodation) to visit the Amazon Research Station of the International University SEK, and to do a photo documentary in the field, in the heart of the Ecuadorian jungle
- Invitation (including travel and accommodation) to the opening ceremony of the 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 & Students’ Choice
(to be chosen for each across all categories)
- 500 € grant for the Public Award winning image
- 500 € grant for the Student’s Choice winning image
Shortlisted Photographers
- Featured in the Environmental Photography Award 2024 exhibition in Monaco and on its international tour
- Published in the Environmental Photography Award 2024 book
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The Jury
The 2024 Judges
Our prestigious jury of professional photographers select the shortlisted and winning images for each category. From the category winners they select the Environmental Photographer of the Year.
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Gallery
2024 Edition
Atzmon Dagan
Asleep
Magnus Lundgren
Jellifish Mimicry
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar
Face to Face
Vladimir Cech Jr.
Sumatran serow
Aaron Gekoski
See No Evil
Marcus Westberg
Arctic Love
Aaron Gekoski
Substitute Rhinos
Daniel Valverde Fernández
Shaking Off the Snow
Jo-Anne McArthur
Millions of animals in the city
Ivan Pedretti
The Eye
Catherine Holmes
Hidden jewel
Ivan Pedretti
Rainbow glacier
Andrew Pollard
Gentoo Flying High
Bambang Wirawan
Guardian of the Ocean
Jaime Rojo
Future Environmentalists
Fernando Faciole
Rainy Release
Magnus Lundgren
Inner Space Hitchhicker
Daniel E. Nicholson
The Hunt
Gillian Evans
Ice angel
Sirachai Arunrugstichai
Hornet Hunters
Mateusz Piesiak
Sunflower Paradise
Nataya Chonecadeedumrongkul
Barrel Sponge Symphony Orchestra
Soumya Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Galaxies at my feet
Shibasish Saha
For Protection
Mehdi Mohebi Pour
The Bitter Death of Birds
Tom Shlesinger
Underwater colorful snowstorm
Alvaro Herrero Lopez-Bletran
Hopeless
Thomas Vijayan
Parenting Goals
Julien Morand
Russian Dolls
Douglas Gimesy
A Cool Drink from a Helping Hand
Marcus Westberg
Seeds of Hope
Jaime Rojo
Explosion of Monarchs
Rob G. Green
Emerging Grizzly
Federica Cordero
A Hammock in the Jungle
Florian Ledoux
On the Thin Ice
Jaime Rojo
Forest of the Monarchs
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Book
2024 Edition
A book is published for each edition (bilingual French-English version), including all the shortlisted photographs, accompanied by explanatory texts or photographers’ testimonials.
2024 Edition
Hardcover, 28.5 x 25 cm, 104 pages
