2006 winners
photo competition winners announced
The judges have made their choices for the
first-ever Friends of the Earth International
photo competition and you can see the top
five winning photos below.
This year's theme was ‘climate justice’
Over 300 photos were received from 37
countries around the world, from both amateur
and professional photographers. We are
grateful to all of those who entered
photos!
The photos were judged in five categories,
and were judged both on technical merit and
on relevance to the theme of climate
justice.
The winners are the following:
Affected communities
Gabriel Tizon, Spain
First place: Gabriel Tizon, Spain
Second place (tied): G.M.B.Akash, Bangladesh
Second place (tied): G.M.B.Akash, Bangladesh
Third place (tied): Gunnar Album, Norway
Third place (tied): G.M.B.Akash, Bangladesh
Fourth place: Pip Starr, Australia
Fifth place: Boaz Rottem, United States
Threatened environments
First place: Theuns Botha, South Africa
Second place: Daryl Mulvihill, Ireland
Third place: G.M.B.Akash, Bangladesh
Fourth place: G.M.B.Akash, Bangladesh
Fifth place: Ahmed Zahid, Maldives
Culprits
First place: Philippa Reeves, United Kingdom
Second place: Tomasz Chmarra, Poland
Third place (tied): Gwendal Danguy des Deserts, France
Third place (tied): Mark Cole, Netherlands
Fourth place: Tano Pansino, Argentina
Fifth place: Rene Jakl, Czech Republic
Resistance
First place: Olmo Calvo Rodriguez, Argentina
Second place: Rene Jakl, Czech Republic
Third place: Juraj Rizman, Slovakia
Fourth place: Gwendal Danguy des Deserts, France
Fifth place: Sari Leinonen, Finland
Sustainable energy
First place: Rodney Dekker, Australia.
Second place: Chris Mole, United Kingdom
Third place: Nicolas Pousthomis, Argentina
Fourth place: Simon Coutts, Australia
Fifth place: Max Hogg, United Kingdom
The judges for the competition were:
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, France (see www.yannarthusbertrand.com)
Pal Hermansen, Norway (see www.palhermansen.com)
Tatiana Roa, Colombia (Friends of the Earth International Executive Committee)
Yuri Onodera, Japan (Friends of the Earth International Executive Committee)
Catherine Pearce, UK (Friends of the Earth International Climate Campaign Coordinator)
Roque Pedace, Argentina (Friends of the Earth International Climate Campaign Coordinator)
Josie Lee and Damian Sullivan (Friends of the Earth Australia Climate Justice campaigners)
The FoEI Secretariat Communications team
A selection of the photos (first and second place winners in each category) will be printed in our 2007 wall calendar, which will be available for order from www.foei.org in mid-September.
The winning photos and many of the other outstanding photos from the competition will become part of a virtual exhibition on the Friends of the Earth International website later this year.
If your photo has been selected for the exhibition, you will hear from us separately by e-mail in the coming weeks.
For details about the exhibition, keep checking www.foei.org
