2020 Montier Photo Competition in France
Abbas Al Asmar ???? ??????
EY Entrepreneur of the Year | Jordan 30 Under 30 | Winner of the Sheikha Fatima Award for excellence | Entrepreneurship World cup National Winner | TEDx Speaker | Specialist in Brand Strategy and Visual Identity
? Location: France
? Sections
Categories 1 to 9 will present photos or a video of wilderness – original raw or video rush required.
Are allowed: single-shot images that conform to the original, excluding HDR, focus stacking or overprint.
The editing is limited to slight modifications to give a realistic view of the scene photographed and without distorting the spirit of the original shooting with the improvement of brightness, contrast or color, recovery, correction optical defects, a reversal of reading direction, cropping, black and white processing, and localized retouching.
- Wild birds in nature (3 photos maximum)
- Wild mammals in nature (3 photos maximum)
- Other wild animals in nature (3 photos maximum)
- Wild plants (maximum 3 photos)
- Graphics, form, and matter of nature (3 photos maximum)
- Natural landscapes of the world (3 photos maximum)
- Still image sequences representing a homogeneous sequence, chronological or harmonious of 3 to 5 images on the previous themes
- Film sequence showing a short video of nature (see article 6)
- Man and nature (militant or documentary images, 3 photos maximum)
- Nature revisited (3 photos maximum)
Will be featured in the “Nature Revisited” category, images using techniques that modify the perception of the original image, such as could not have been achieved in a single shot, software assembly, special technique or effect in the context of aesthetic or creative photographic work that respects the aims and spirit of the competition.
? Benefits
- Award winners will be invited to discover the winning images and receive their prizes at the award ceremony during the Festival.
- Uncollected prizes will be kept at AFPAN ? l’Or Vert ? for 4 months and put back into play afterward.
? Eligibilities
- Entrants must be able to supply the original image (RAW files or files from the same series or film rushes), explain their work truthfully and accurately and make sure IPTC fields (caption, shooting location …) are filled in.
- The competition is open to any individual photographer except the technical committee, staff and members of the board of directors of AFPAN ? l’Or Vert ? – the association organizing the Festival – and the judges.
- A distinct “junior” category is available for participants aged under 16 at the closing date of the competition. Each young participant must obtain the permission of a parent or guardian to enter the competition.