Photocompete

• Copyright: Awarded and runner-up works can be reproduced in books, catalogues, posters or any other printed or digital platform, as well as distributing it to press and/or magazines in order to promote MontPhoto. MontPhoto may also used them for training and educational projects organized by the entity itself. The name of the author will always be mentioned and the author will grant the reproduction rights to the organization of the contest for this purpose. This grant is non-exclusive but it is extended to any future editions. The use of these pictures cannot be used with lucrative purposes.
• Entry fee: 25€, (under the age of 18 - free)
• Entry deadline: 30th April 2023
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

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

PHOTOGRAPHY:

F. NATURE PORTFOLIO

ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: CHANGING PLANET (up to 25 years old)

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.

You can enter a maximum of 25 photographs, which can be distributed across the different contest categories. Domestic and farm animals, as well as cultivated plants, are not admitted.

Image requirements: JPEG, converted to the colour space sRGB with the profile embedded; 1920 pixels on its longer side. The organization will request the raw file of ALL the photographs that reach the final stage of the contest on June 11, 2021. No manipulation or digital alteration of the pictures is permitted. Only minor adjustments allowed. No frames, edges, watermarks nor captions.

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