 |
 |
Nature Photojournalist of the Year 201128/03/2011 17:18:12 IUCN photography awardsMarch 2011. Photojournalists, both professional and amateur, are invited to enter the first ever Nature Images Awards organised by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and French nature magazine Terre Sauvage. Judges will be looking for entries which use inspirational images of nature to demonstrate the unique relationship between people and the natural world. The competition is divided into nine categories, ranging from ‘People and Places' and ‘Year of the Forest' to ‘Nature and Society' and ‘Life of a Species'. Prizes range from €500 up to €2000. Aiming to encourage new talent, three awards of up to €5000 will be made to fund further photojournalism projects, one of which is to highlight the work of IUCN's conservation projects. Prize - Botswana Safari "Nature is a source of wonder, inspiration and happiness for people of all generations in all parts of our planet. But in order to continue to benefit from nature, we need to behave responsibly towards the world we live in. And because nature photography encompasses all of these values, IUCN is delighted to support this challenge," says Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of IUCN. To participate in Nature Images Awards 2011 go to : www.natureimagesawards.com The number of entries is limited to five per person. Entries close at midnight on Friday 15 July 2011. Applications are invited in English and French.
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Read the comments about this article and leave your own comment
PLEASE BE AWARE of all the rules of this "contest" : - By entering, all photographers agree to give FULL usage rights of their images (including all commercial use) to the contest organizers and their partners (one of the largest media groups in France, as well as a nature book editor, ...) - for free ! So basically, you pay to give them your best work for 2 years for free !!!! - The IUCN has a proven track record of using photographer's work without paying for it. - The top prizes include a trip - great, but the rules specify you agree to freely give your work made during this trip to the press group ... - The media group is also trying to impose ridiculously low payment for all their contributors, who refuse this new contract. The contest is a way for them to get a large number of free images and articles, thus squeezing the contributors even more. - They also associated with a nature travel agency, organizing trips where all participants agree to give them all their images of the trip for free !!! All this made many, many French, Belgian & Swiss photographers (amateurs and pros alike) react by boycotting both the contest, and the magazine Terre Sauvage. By joining this boycott, we want to help saving quality nature & wildlife photography, and put pressure on the organizers so that the usage of the images would be limited to the promotion of the contest (fair use). So now the organizers try to get free images from other sources - like you ... Please don't help them ! some links (in french I'm afraid) : www.beneluxnaturephoto.net/forumf/index.php/topic,119156.0.html www.humanite.fr/12_04_2011-snj-cgt-ne-dites-pas-que-vous-%C3%AAtes-journaliste-le-groupe-bayard-ne-le-supporte-pas-469998 www.naturapics.com/843-appel-au-boycott-du-magazine-terre-sauvage.html blog.aube-nature.com/concours-photo-terre-sauvage-2011/ ...
Posted by: | 23 Apr 2011 12:25:11