Photo competition winners announced
22 April, 2009
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22 April, 2009
April 22, 2009 (Earth Day) -- The judges have made their choices for the 2009 Friends of the Earth International photo competition on the theme "Biodiversity Lost, Biodiversity Preserved."
More than 1,200 photos were received from 79 countries around the world, from amateur and professional photographers ranging in age from 11 to 73 years old.
The photos were organized into two categories – Biodiversity Lost, and biodiversity Preserved – and were judged both on technical merit and on relevance to the theme of the competition.
See the winners gallery here [add link in new website]
and THE WINNERS are...
Category "Biodiversity Lost"
Category "Biodiversity Preserved"
A selection of the photos will be printed in our 2010 wall calendar, which will be available for order from this website in August.
The judges for the competition were:
Friends of the Earth members from around the world also participated in the "popular choice" judging to choose the photos that fit best with their vision of a better future. Please visit the gallery of winners to see these choices!
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