Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography Award

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Environmental Photography Award was launched in 2021, in honour of the Foundation’s 15th anniversary. This annual award was created with the aim of rewarding photographers who put their creativity to good use in raising awareness on Earth protection.

It has the dual purpose of celebrating the incredible beauty of our planet and highlighting the environmental challenges we face through five categories: Polar Wonders, Into the Forest, Ocean Worlds, Humanity versus Nature, Change Makers: Reasons for Hope.

Photographic art, with its immediate and universal language, represents a formidable vehicle for raising awareness. It reinforces, in a virtuous way, the process of awareness on major environmental issues, such as biodiversity, climate and the ocean. Environmental photographers can encourage us to change, to innovate, to invent sustainable solutions in order to better rethink our lives and our economies. They reveal a real field of possibilities” for new generations who aspire to a more harmonious relationship with Nature.

The photographs – almost 11,000 images participated in the 3rd edition of the competition in 2024 – are carefully selected by a jury of internationally renowned professional photographers for their technical and aesthetic excellence but also, and above all, for the relevance and strength of their message.

Prizes of Prince Albert II

• A €1,000 (one thousand euros) grant is awarded to each of the 5 category winners.
• The €5,000 (five thousand euros) grant for the Environmental Photographer of the Year will be assigned to one of the 5 category winners in addition to the category grant.
• The Public Award and the Student’s Vote will award a €500 (five hundred euros) grant to each winner.

Eligibility for Prince Albert II

• The Award is global and open to photographers of all nationalities who will be aged 18 or over on November 3, 2024.
• Employees or agents of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Photocrowd, their families or other persons connected with this promotion (excluding the sponsors) are not eligible to enter. Also, ineligible to enter are any persons benefiting (on the day of the submission of the photograph(s)) from the Foundation’s support, either directly or indirectly.
• Proof of eligibility must be provided upon request. Use of a false name or other false details will result in disqualification.

It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that they have read and will abide by these rules and Photocrowd’s Terms and Conditions. By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to these rules, that their entry complies with these rules, and that they will be liable to the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Photocrowd and their licensees in respect of any damages or losses incurred as a breach of the rules.

Application

Entrants are required to create a Photocrowd account in order to facilitate entry to the Award and provide their contact details, but participation in, and engagement with the wider Photocrowd community is not a requirement of entry to the Award.