From 6 to 8 October Lloret de Mar will once again host the Montphoto Festival, consolidating its commitment to sustainability and the preservation of nature through this event that has become an international benchmark for nature photography. For its 2023 edition, the MontPhoto international nature photography competition has received more than 11,000 photos taken by the more than one thousand participants who entered the competition.
Participants from all over the world maintain the growing internationalisation of a project that is becoming increasingly popular and diverse worldwide.
By country, in fact, behind Spain, with less than 40% participation, are Italy, China, Germany and the United States, followed by other European countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Hungary.
The winners of the competition will be announced during the 27th edition of the MontPhoto International Festival, which will be held, as every year, in the town of Lloret del Mar. As a major novelty, the festival will now be held entirely in mixed format: online and in person.
Among the speakers already announced for this edition of the festival are Milos Prelevic, committed and passionate Serbian underwater photographer; Isabel Díez San Vicente, renowned and unique artist photographer and member of the MontPhoto Community; Anna Surinyach, independent human rights photojournalist and editor of the magazine 5W; and Evelyn Segura, a communicator with great media impact in the field of nature conservation.
In addition, as part of MontPhoto’s environmental commitment, during the festival you will be able to visit exhibitions on environmental education and a sound exhibition of one of the best nature sound sources in our country.
All the information about the festival, as well as access to purchase tickets, will be available soon on the website fest.montphoto.com
Gallery of the finalist images
For the photography competition, the honorary winner will receive a cash prize of 2,000 euros and a diploma, while the winner in each of the 10 categories will receive 500 euros and a diploma. In addition, during the MontPhoto festival, the work of the selected entries will be presented in the Changing Planet programme.
MontPhoto, as a preview, has already offered a selection of the finalist photographs in each of these categories, which are as follows:
In the Mountain category: the Solo photograph by Javier Camacho Gimeno, from Spain
In the Mammals category: the photograph Embrace of the Golden Monkey by Qiang Zhang from China (cover of the next catalogue)
In the Birds category: the photograph Portrait by Radomir Jakubowski, Germany
In the category Other Animals: the image Dancing on the water by Norbert Kaszás from Hungary
In the category Plant World: Russian photographer Alexey Korolyov, with his image Snowfall laces
In the Landscape category: the photograph Dreamy waterfall by Joan de la Malla, from Spain
In the category Underwater World: the photograph Mayan cichlid by Franco Banfi from Switzerland
In the category of Ecological Denunciation: the image Sombra de concreto by Mexican Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar
In the category of Art in Nature: the image The Creatures by Gheorghe Popa from Romania
In the Portfolio category: the collection of works presented as Lynx pardinus – The quest for ghost, of which we present Cimplicity by Ricardo José Salgueiro Lourenço, from Portugal
And finally, in the YOUTH category, the work Golden hour by 17-year-old Trexler Anton, from Germany
About MontPhoto
MontPhoto is an ENTITY whose mission is to value, promote and disseminate the art of nature photography, and to contribute to environmental defence, conservationism and ecology.
It is an international nature and mountain photography COMPETITION of reference, which highlights both the images submitted and their authors.
It is a FESTIVAL, a meeting point for amateurs and professionals from all over the world, which takes place every October in Lloret de Mar.
It is a travelling EXHIBITION, present on national and international circuits. It is a PUBLICATION, ‘Inspired by Nature’, containing the most beautiful images submitted to the competition and reflections by great personalities.
It is an open, friendly and authentic CHARACTER, which has been winning over many photography and nature enthusiasts for 25 years.
Further information: https://montphoto.com/
