Welcome to MontPhoto 2023
INTERNATIONAL NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Welcome to MontPhoto’s 2023 International Nature Photography Contest, open to amateurs and professional photographers and videographers from all over the world organised by the MontPhoto Association.
Our mission is to add value and help spread the art of photography in order to raise awareness and protect nature.
The contest rewards the photographic excellence of its participants. We seek innovative and inspiring images picturing original stories, unknown places, new perspectives, surprising behaviours or new interpretations of what is already known to us. We look for a glimpse that documents the diversity, the beauty, the mystery and the fragility of life on our planet.
MontPhoto is committed to respecting nature and that is why the work presented to this contest must show natural situations respecting the authenticity of the scenery, conserving the living beings in their habitat and by all means avoiding their suffering and the disruption or interference with their behaviour.
The MontPhoto Association is a non-profit organisation, in accordance with Spanish law, and can therefore not benefit financially from its activities. Any budgetary variation will always be used in that regard.
Contest sections:
INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
A. MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY
B1.MAMMALS
B2. BIRDS
B3. OTHER ANIMALS
B4. PLANT LIFE
B5. LANDSCAPE
C. UNDERWATER WORLD
D. ECOLOGICAL REPORT
E. ART IN NATURE
AWARDS:
· MontPhoto Award of Honor: 2.000€ + diploma (including category prize).
· First prize in each category: 500€ + diploma.
· Second prize in each category: 300€ + diploma.
· 5 Honorary Mentions in each category: Diploma.
Special Awards
· Special Award Natura in Catalunya: 300€ + diploma.
· Special Award 'Lloret de Mar': 300€ + diploma.
· Special Award MontPhoto Community: 300 € + diploma
Youth Awards
· 3 Awards in the youth category (15-17 years old) and 3 Awards in children's category (up to 14 years old)
Portfolio awards
· First prize: 1.000 € + diploma.
· 5 Honorary mentions: Diploma.
Every awarded Portfolio will have access to a commented review at the Festival and are elegible to be published in a magazine of great mass printing.
AEFONA Awards
· 2 awards in each category for the two best qualified AEFONA members.
Every awarded participant - honorary mentions included - will receive a copy of the book 'Inspired by Nature', an invitation to the Awards Ceremony.
ENTRY FEES:
PARTICIPATING WILL BE FREE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE MONTPHOTO COMMUNITY (CHECK TERMS BEFORE REGISTERING!)
Payment should be made through PayPal or credit card, following the instructions on our website.
- GENERAL: General registration fee is 25 €.
- YOUTH: Registration for photographers under 18 years old is free in every case.
Each participant can enter the contest with up to 25 images freely distributed in the general categories of the contest and one portfolio with 10 to 15 images.
Participation in the 'Changing Planet' contest is free.
Closing Date: April 30 2023:
Registration will be online through the web www.montphoto.com.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Participation is exclusively on-line.
We highly recommend a thorough read of the competition rules.
The contest organizers will contact you from the following e-mail address: [email protected]. Please, include it in your list of contacts to avoid any miscommunication.