ANZANG Nature and Landscape Photographer of the Year 2007
| Deadline: May 1st, 2007 |
ANZANG Nature is an organisation focused on the unique natural heritage of the bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea – continents and islands flung from the great southern continent of Gondwana Land over fifty million years ago in which, due to long periods of isolation, remarkable flora and fauna have evolved.
All photographs must be of natural fauna, flora or wilderness. Entries are to be submitted as prints. All photographs must have been taken in the bioregion.
Judges will consider the photographic technique, and the aesthetic, artistic and unique quality of all images when making their selections.
With the introduction for the 2007 competition of the section Our Impact, there are now ten sections to the competition. Black and White prints may be entered in the specific Black and White section or as an alternative to colour in the Junior section. In all other sections entries must be in colour.
(1) Animal Behaviour. The subject or subjects must be engaged in natural activity.
(2) Animal Portrait. The subject must be photographed close up, occupying at least 30 per cent of the frame.
(3) Botanical Subject. This may be a portrait or habitat shot.
(4) Underwater Subject. This may be a portrait or habitat shot.
(5) Wilderness Landscape. The landscape or seascape must have minimal evidence of human interference.
(6) Threatened Animals or Plants. The subject or subjects may be photographed in any of the following ways:
In portrait
Engaged in natural activity
In natural habitat.
All entries in this section must be accompanied by an official reference (valid for any of the previous five years prior to the date of close of entries) from the country’s state or federal government agency concerned with flora and fauna verifying the subject’s threatened, rare, vulnerable or endangered status.
(7) Black and White. A subject or subjects must be chosen that would qualify for any of the first six sections. This section includes all monochrome photography e.g. sepia-toned and infrared photographs.
(8) Interpretive Photography. A subject or subjects must be chosen that would qualify for any of the first six sections. This section is designed for those photographers who wish to experiment graphically with their images.
(9) Our Impact. The image must depict human impact on the natural environment, be it terrestrial, marine or atmospheric. This impact may be negative or positive. The choice of subjects is broad, including any subject that would qualify for the first six sections, or may extend beyond these to subjects relating to pollution and climate change.
(10) Junior Photography. The entrant must be under 18 years of age at the date of close of entries. Entries must otherwise qualify for any of the first nine sections.
Prizes
A prize of AUD$1000 plus a certificate will be awarded to each of the nine senior section winners with the runners-up receiving AUD$450 plus a certificate. The Junior Section winner will receive AUD$300 plus a certificate with the runner-up receiving AUD$100 plus a certificate. All Highly Commended entries will receive a certificate. In addition, a prize of AUD$1000 plus a certificate will be awarded to the photographer who enters the best portfolio of six or more entries. The ANZANG Nature and Landscape Photographer of the Year–2007 will receive AUD$5000 plus an inscribed award.
