Bird photographer of the year 2021 has been unveiled, with a photo of a roadrunner stopped in its tracks by the US-Mexico border wall taking the grand prize in this prestigious international competition
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A photo of a roadrunner stopped in its tracks by the US-Mexico border wall has won the top award in this year's Bird Photographer of the Year competition.
The picture was taken by Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto.
"The border wall crosses deserts, mountains, and even mangroves," says Prieto.
"I have watched many different animals reach the wall before turning around and heading back."
Themes of courage in the face of adversity, body positivity and trauma experienced by indigenous people in Australia feature on the shortlist for this year's Taylor Wessing Prize.
Photographers Katya Ilina, Pierre-Elie de Pibrac and David Prichard have all been recognised for the prestigious award, with the winner due to be announced on 8 November.
Dedicated to the art of monochrome and black-and-white photography in Australia and New Zealand, the Mono awards has announced its winners across three categories: people, places and animals
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What has ‘home’ meant during a pandemic? Security, companionship … and chickens, according to these photographers from across the world
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Less is more, for these stunning photography award winners
Sydney photographer Joel B Pratley’s photo of a lone farmer immersed in a dust storm in drought-stricken Australia has won the 2021 National Photographic Portrait prize. Titled Drought Story, the image shows David Kalisch captured amid a sudden dust storm on his 1,000-acre farm in Forbes, New South Wales. Pratley said his subject’s stance reflects the resilience of a man pushed to the limits by an unforgiving climate: ‘David’s composure during the storm was surreal, because he is just so used to it. For me, it was like being on Mars.’
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The iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) — the first and longest-running iPhone photography competition — has announced the winners of the 14th annual international competition. The photos show the incredible work that can be captured with just an iPhone and an eye for the extraordinary.
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https://petapixel.com/2021/07/22/these-are-the-winners-of-the-2021-iphone-photography-awards/
The finalists of the World Report award have been announced. The award aims for a new form of social commitment through photography. The award, open to professional and amateur photographers across the world, focuses on people and their social or cultural stories; public or private, minor or crucial, major human tragedies or smaller daily life stories. The shortlist is chosen from more than 800 submissions from 60 different countries.
The pictures are exhibited at the festival of Ethical Photography in Lodi, Italy, from 25 September to 24 October
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2021/jul/16/world-report-award-2021-shortlist-in-pictures
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (PA2F) has announced the winners of its 2021 Environmental Photography Award, which examines the relationship between people and the environment.
To mark the foundation's 15th anniversary, PA2F launched a new environmental photography award that judged entries in three categories: Incredible Wildlife, Wildlife in Crisis, and Reasons for Hope. The organization explains that "the choice of theme for this first edition is significant, reflecting one of the fundamental lessons to be learned when we come out of the current global crisis: that humankind’s future is closely tied to the future of the species we coexist with on Earth,"
The competition awarded winning, second-placed, and third-placed image winner in each category, as well as awarded a Public Vote winner, and a number of shortlisted images in each category. Also, "The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021" title was awarded based on the strength of a single entry to the awards.
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021 © Kathleen Ricker / PA2F Environmental Photography Award 2021
The grand prize and "The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021" title was awarded to Kathleen Ricker whose photograph, above, titled, Gorilla by the water, received recognition in the competition. The image depicts a young male gorilla with an endearing expression by the edge of a water stream in Uganda.
The photographer explains that the mountain gorilla is named Tabu, which, in Swahili, means trouble, and was full of energy and life when he was captured swinging from the trees and playing in the water during a trek in Bwindi National Park.
First place: © Lincoln MacGregor / PA2F Environmental Photography Award 2021
Photographer Lincoln MacGregor was awarded first place with his image, titled Enchanted Forest , taken in Australia. It is a photo of a wombat, wandering through a forest aglow with the light of bioluminescent mushrooms. The photographer explains that wildlife in this region experiences this phenomenon only at certain times of the year when Ghost Fungi glows in the dark.
First place: © Maxim Sayapin / PA2F Environmental Photography Award 2021
Titled Traces of life in the realm of death , Maxim Sayapin's image was awarded first place in this category. It shows an abandoned bird nest woven from pieces of garbage on the Mediterranean coast. This powerful image "denounces the imprint of man on nature, undermining a life that is about to be born."
First place: © Emmanuel Rondeau / PA2F Environmental Photography Award 2021
Emmanuel Rondeau was awarded the winning title for his photograph, The stag above the highway , which depicts a wildlife crossing in the Charente-Maritime region of France being used by a stag during nighttime. This type of structure allows animals to freely and safely travel without being interrupted by people and vehicles.
"Incredible Wildlife" Public Vote winner © Mitchell Lewis / PA2F Environmental Photography Award 2021
Hidden from sight , a photograph of a large Red Deer by Mitchell Lewis was awarded a Public Vote title in the Incredible Wildlife category. Taken in Richmond Park, London, United Kingdom, this image shows a stag hidden in some dead ferns as he watches over his herd of females.
"Wildlife in Crisis" Public Vote winner © Maxime Aliaga / PA2F Environmental Photography Award 2021
Maxime Aliaga received the Public Vote title in Wildlife in Crisis category with his thought-provoking photograph, titled Captif , above. It was shot in Malaysia, which is a location where young orangutans are often poached from their mothers and sold as pets on the black market. Although it is illegal to hold a wild animal in domestic captivity, the photographer explains that it still "is a mark of richness for some families to have a young orangutan."
"Reasons for Hope" Public Vote winner © Mathieu Courdesses / PA2F Environmental Photography Award 2021
Public Vote winner title in the Reasons for Hope category was awarded to photographer Mathieu Courdesses with Love in the Jungle. He documented an intimate moment between a female orangutan and her cub, in the jungles of Sumatra. In this region, the orangutan population is estimated at around 14,500, which has seen an increase from past estimated figures.
The over-arching aim of PA2F is to address critical environmental issues by limiting the effects of climate change, safeguarding biodiversity, managing water resources, and combating desertification, with its mission also present in its photography competition. Judges, consisting of professional photographers and representatives of entities committed to more sustainable development, received over 5,700 entries from photographers across the world. The grand prize winner was awarded €6,000, each of the three category winners received a €1,000 prize, while public vote winners received €500 each.
The full list of judges, category winners, and other finalists can be found on the PA2F Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021 website.
Image credits: All photos individually credited and provided courtesy of The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photographer of the Year Awards 2021.
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