ABOUT
Our Mission
• To harness the potential of amateur and professional photographers around the world who are not yet involved in environmental and cultural conservation.
• To recognize and reward excellence in conservation photography.
• To educate, inspire and motivate the public through a photographic exhibition that will create a sense of urgency and move people to take action.
History and Purpose
Known for his passionate advocacy of the environment, nature photographer Art Wolfe created a conservation-themed photo contest in 1997 as “an event for the advancement of photography as a unique medium capable of bringing awareness and preservation to our environment through art.”
The 2010 International Conservation Photography Awards is a continuation of Art Wolfe’s vision and has become a biennial (every two years) international event. Each year the ICP Awards strives to increase its reach and influence to photographers from around the world as well as to diverse audiences who will be inspired by the work.
More than just a competition, 75+ of the juried photographs will be exhibited in 2010 via a new partnership with The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, a development that continues to raise the bar for this program. ICP Awards organizers are also exploring ways to travel the exhibit in the interim year before the next program in 2012 – please let us know if you have ideas about venues that would be interested in hosting the exhibit during the 2011 year.
The ICP Awards are open to all photographers worldwide.
On June 19, the date of the opening of the 2010 Exhibit at the Burke Museum, we will be posting the category winners for 2010. Stay tuned for the new galleries.
IMPORTANT DATES
Opening Day - June 19
Exhibit tours with Cynthia Hall
and two talks by Art Wolfe
Web Galleries of Winners
will post here on June 19.
With appreciation to all the photographers who submitted
their outstanding photos for consideration this year.
Juried Exhibit
June 19 - September 6, 2010
at The Burke Museum of
Natural History and Culture
at the University of
Washington, in Seattle.
