The Prince's Rainforests Project & the World Photography Awards
Posted 12th November 2008 13:33pm by Yalda Davis
The Prince’s Rainforests Project (PRP) has announced its partnership with Sony Europe and the World Photography Awards (SWPA) to create an exciting new prize category – The Prince’s Rainforests Project Award.
There are two categories for the PRP Award; professional and amateur. Photograph submissions for both categories are open on the World Photography Awards website. Entries to the amateur category should fit one of two themes: what the rainforest means to you – its splendour, animals and plants, destruction and loss; or the enjoyment you get out of the forests where you live and the direct and indirect effects of deforestation on your life.
Here at PRP, we’re very excited about this competition as it is the largest international photographic competition in the world. Not only will it help us to reach a wider audience with our message about rainforests and their importance in combatting climate change, but also the prize for the professional category - a three month trip photographing rainforests and the impacts of deforestation around the world - will provide us with an exciting portfolio of new images which are so crucial in communicating our message.
We plan to turn this portfolio of images into a book highlighting the plight of the world’s rainforests in time for Christmas 2009, and the photos will also be displayed in galleries around the world. A selection of the best images by amateur photographers will be displayed in Cannes during the Awards in April 2009 and these images will also be used by the PRP on various initiatives throughout the year to help communicate our important message.
There are already a lot of amateur entries to the competition which you can view at The World Photography Awards website.
To find out more about our other current projects, visit our website, The Prince's Rainforests Project.
