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A child is collecting coal for her family from brick field in Bangladesh.
A man gathers wood after a wildfire on the Shan mountain range, Myanmar. Farmers used to start wildfires to make paddy lands.
Air pollution is one of the major problems of Tehran, Iran.
This is a stitched aerial photo of the world's largest pit gold mine in Colorado, USA.
A family collects their remaining possessions from their house, demolished by an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
Half farmland, half solar power in Zejiang Province, China.
A worker makes straw from the reeds.
For every 1kg of shrimp we eat, up to 9kgs of other marine life may have been killed. Up to 40% of global catch is bycatch.
Water sustains life in Uganda, and everyone plays a part. Especially the children who are typically tasked with hauling the daily water supply each morning.
Chinese fishing nets are used in Kerala, India.
Grace Candirus' crops have been impacted by irregular rainfall patterns in the last four years. This double exposure combines her portrait with her crops, which she burnt off after a failed harvest.
On the right is the sea at Beirut (Lebanon), on the left is an artificial lake. The change in color is due to an underground waste landfill, ca. 100mt away from the airport.
The Brahmmaputra river is situated beside Mymensingh City, Bangladesh. Day by day the river is drying up because of misuse.
A child is sitting on dry land where it is cracked and scaled due to lack of water.
In La Mosquitia (Honduras) lobster divers dive up to 15 times a day to a depth of 30mt. Many of them die or face paralysis. Brown Angel Bermudez got sick and is paralysed with decubitus ulcers.
The ship is sitting in salt at Urmia Lake, Iran.
A little tribal child and her pet parrot just escaped from a forest fire. These fires usually start from lightning or spontaneous combustion of dry fuel, as a result of less rain.
Burigongga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A boy is transferring food from his flooded home.
Bangladesh's children are fond of a rainy day. They love to bath and play in rain.
West Bank Village of Ain AlHilwe. Girl collecting water during the weekly distribution from humanitarian aid: for Palestinian Bedouin water is a rare commodity.
A malnourished tribal boy standing outside his home and covering himself with a leaf made curtain.
People are collecting rubbish for resale in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dhaka is one of the most polluted cities in the world.
A lonely refugee in an abandoned space filled with waste.
A mother protecting her daughter from the smoke of a factory.
This photo highlights how big and far-reaching our plastic pollution problem has become and how this is affecting the wildlife in our Arctic Regions.
A bird's eye view of Rohingya people crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh. In 2017 more than 750,000 Rohingya people crossed the border.
A southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) clutches a plastic bottle in its otherwise pristine natural habitat in Borneo, Malaysia.
Large swamp of Santa Marta the Palafito Village in Nueva Venecia, Colombia.
When glaciers retreat they leave dangerous proglacial lakes that can drain catastrophically. Here water is removed artificially to keep the lake levels lower.
Myanmar summers tend to be dry, especially in the villages that rely on natural resources. Drinking water is reached by drilling to 500ft deep, but the water does not taste good.
Two children are playing in the layers of rubbish clogging a creek flowing in between their makeshift houses in Tondo, Manila (The Philippines).
We found a young turtle caught in a net when we were searching for whales in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
A freediver saves the turtle.
The turtle swims into the deep blue.
Lack of effective protection and management of forests or responsible deforestation for agricultural development leads to consequences such as floods droughts.
Instead of a snow-covered landscape, a polar bear is stuck on this muddy island in Svalbard. Without sea ice, polar bears can't hunt and face an uncertain future.
Two young men each transport a 15kg bowl of stone on their heads at the polluted Boulmigou quarry.
A group of girls collect old tires that will burn to warm the rock and make it more brittle for mining at the polluted Boulmigou quarry.
A baby sleeps peacefully in a bowl while his mother crushes rock in the polluted Boulmigou quarry.
Children playing on old tires that will burn to warm the rock and make it more brittle for mining in the polluted quarry of Boulmigou.
This photograph was taken on a bright February day at Horsey Beach in Norfolk, the UK. Snared by a discarded plastic fishing net, I managed to capture the seal looking directly at the camera.
Local cattle raisers leave their cows in the landfill area so they can eat from the garbage. Milk from these cows is sold in the market.
About 80 percent of the people in Singapore live in highrise apartment buildings. Air pollution and health facilities remain a significant problem.
The drainage system needs to be better prepared for the heavy rainfall during the monsoon season.
A walrus is looking at the last pieces of sea ice.
Widows of Vrindaban celebrate Holi with gulal (colored powder). Gulal can contain metal and powdered glass, which can cause environmental pollution and health issues.
Himalayan nomads survive in an arid landscape on an old tradition of trading goat yarn. Their region faces the most dramatic temperature rise on the planet.
Aerial view of aquaculture pens of Kingfish in South Australia.
All photos were selected and approved in line with the 2018 competition’s rules and selection criteria.
Before entering, please read the Rules and Guidelines and Digital Specifications & Digital Adjustment Guidelines carefully as all entrants have to acknowledge acceptance of them during the online registration process.
· Entries must be received by 16.00 BST on Tuesday 31 July 2018 (‘the Closing Date’).
· Each entrant may enter up to ten (10) still photographs.
· All photographs entered must have been completed since 01 January 2017.
· Entries must be submitted as digital files only. For initial entry, all still photography images must be submitted as JPEGs, saved at a high quality level, with a maximum file size of 5MB. SEE DIGITAL SPECIFICATIONS SECTION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
· If shortlisted, entrants must be able to supply images as RAW files or original JPEGs. SEE DIGITAL SPECIFICATIONS BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
· Entrants must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all the entries they submit, or they must have obtained permission from the copyright holder to submit the entries on their behalf. A copy of any such written permission must be supplied to the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) on request.
· The photographer retains the copyright to all their entries into the Environmental Photographer of the Year. The photographer will be credited. The photographer agrees that CIWEM will not be liable to the photographer in the event of inadvertent omission of the credit.
· Do not add a signature to any entry as judging is done anonymously and entries with overlay signatures will be rejected.
· It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that all the necessary permissions are obtained from people featured in the entry.
· All entries, should be a faithful representation of the original scene and localised adjustments should be used appropriately. Some digital adjustment or editing is allowed, but entrants should understand that the objective is to remain faithful to the original experience, and to never deceive the viewer or misrepresent reality. SEE DIGITAL ADJUSTMENT GUIDELINES SECTION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
· Each entrant agrees to participate in related publicity and to the use of their name and entry for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity of the competition and exhibition without additional compensation.
· By entering the Competition, you grant CIWEM a non-exclusive licence to reproduce, publish and communicate your entry to the public by exhibiting your entry through all media throughout the world in relation to the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition and CIWEM’s charitable activities. This includes but is not limited to: the competition judging process; an exhibition and tour; inclusion in an Environmental Photographer of the Year Exhibition catalogue or book; online galleries; promotional, press and marketing materials associated with the Environmental Photographer of the Year and CIWEM’s charitable activities and public benefit remit; and associated merchandising. CIWEM is allowed to pass on any entry to online and print publications to be used either for editorial or image based promotion only in relation to the Environmental Photographer of the Year, with full credit given to the photographer. CIWEM’s use of the photographs may include third party licensing to generate revenue which will be used for the promotion of the Environmental Photographer of The Year and other charitable activities undertaken by CIWEM. Commercial opportunities, such as third-party licensing, may exist for photographers to benefit from the use of any selected entry. Where such a commercial benefit is likely to arise, permission will be sought by CIWEM in advance.
· By entering the competition you accept that your entry may be exhibited by CIWEM or other exhibitions organised or attended by CIWEM as part of the Environmental Photographer of the Year. CIWEM reserves the right to reproduce any entry for exhibition purposes.
· CIWEM cannot accept liability for the misuse of entries and or failure of any third party to comply with the Environmental Photographer of the Year’s credit guidelines.
· The sponsors of the Environmental Photographer of the Year (detailed on this website) reserve the right to reproduce any entry from the exhibition in their own marketing and publications, in relation to the competition and exhibition only.
· Judges appointed by CIWEM will choose the exhibition and winners. The judges’ decision on all matters relating to the competition is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into. During judging the judges reserve the right to move entries from one category to another where appropriate and not award any entry within a category.
· CIWEM reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage.
· CIWEM reserves the right to amend, remove or introduce additional judging categories at any stage during the competition.
· The competition is open to all international photographers, both amateur and professional, and of all ages.
· It is the responsibility of each entrant into the competition to ensure they have read and abide by the General Rules. By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to the General Rules, that their entry complies with the General Rules, and that they will be liable to the Owners and their licensees in respect of any damages or losses incurred as a breach of the General Rules by the entrant.
· Any entrant found to not comply with the General Rules at any stage of the competition will be disqualified and any prizes will be forfeited.
· The decision of CIWEM on all matters relating to the Competition is final and binding.
· Anyone born on or before 31st July 1997 can enter this category. Only photographs taken by photographers within this age range can enter this category.
· Proof of date of birth may be required upon request.
· For entrants under 18 parental written permission must be received from the parent or guardian of the photographer upon request from CIWEM.
The following guidelines explain the required specifications for each category at the different stages of the competition. Please ensure that your entries adhere to these guidelines. If any further queries, please check the HELP & FAQs section or contact CIWEM by email.
· Initial entry: all still photographs must be submitted as JPEGs, saved at a high quality level with a maximum file size of 5MB. Each image file must be named with your surname, first name and brief title e.g. SmithJohn_Title.jpeg. Whilst image titles may be too long to be used as image names, a section of your title would be adequate.
· Proof of authenticity: original digital camera RAW files will be required if your image is shortlisted. Digital images captured as JPEG are allowed, providing the original un-retouched JPEG is available for inspection. Any work created from more than one original (e.g. stitched images), must be declared as such,
and the original captured images should be available for inspection when requested.
· Printing: for printing in all media and for inclusion in an exhibition, a high-resolution image (preferably TIFF) will be requested if your image is selected.
· Mobile Category: This includes images shot on any mobile phone or tablet. Images should still be no smaller than 1MB in order to enter them, and a higher resolution version may still be required.
The following digital adjustments are not allowed:
· adding or removing animals, parts of animals, plants, distractions, people etc.
· composites and sandwich shots that add elements.
· images that have been digitally manipulated outside of the allowed adjustments.
The following digital adjustments are allowed:
· removal of sensor dust spots and chromatic aberration
· levels (in moderation)
· curves (in moderation)
· colour (in moderation)
· saturation (in moderation)
· contrast work (in moderation)
· shadow and highlights (in moderation)
· sharpening (including selective sharpening) in moderation
· cropping in moderation and as long as a suitable high-res TIFF file can be supplied for printing a large exhibition display
· dodging, burning and toning (in moderation)
· neutral density gradients (in moderation)
· removing lens vignetting
· panoramas i.e. panoramas created from several images that have been taken from the same location and at the same time, and then combined or stitched using digital techniques, and resulting in a wider view than can be achieved with most wide-angle lenses. (NB: stitched panoramas must be declared in caption information.)
· multiple exposures are only allowed if this is a feature of the camera and the result is one single file. Entrants must state in the caption if their image is a multiple exposure
· The personal data of entrants will be managed by CIWEM in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018
· CIWEM will collect personal data about entrants (and when applicable parents/guardians) at the time of entry, and as otherwise provided in order to administer the competition and its associated activities only