Submissions are invited for 35th Memorial Maria Luisa Photo and Video Contest. The last date of submission is December 1, 2024.
Contest Details
The “Memorial María Luisa International Mountain and Nature Photo Contest” is created as a means of remembering María Luisa Alvarez Alvarez, as a mountaineer who lived friendship intensely in the mountains and everywhere.
The Maria Luisa Memorial is calling, one more time, photographers and filmmakers, both amateurs and professionals, to the thirty-fifth edition of their contest. We start a new decade and we do it with the same initial purpose of trying to meet new, innovative and suggestive images that allow us to continue with the promotion of the artistic work of the work of the contestants, at the same time as with the diffusion of the natural environment and its necessary protection.
Mountain, nature, wildlife, mountaineering, climbing, landscape, underwater world, biodiversity, flora, extreme and adventure sports, etc. will be the reference of the edition in this contest one more year, not only in the photography categories but in the section dedicated to videos, films and documentaries as well. In addition, on this occasion, a thematic category dedicated exclusively to portrait photography is also being convened.
Eligibility
All photographers and filmmakers who so desire, amateur or professional, may take part. All contestants will be able to submit a free first photograph to the contest; for the rest of the photos and videos, the participation fee for this year will be €22 (VAT included) for adult photographers, a single payment will allow competing in all categories including videos and films; for the novice under 19 photographers, participation is free.
Categories
- Mountain Landscape.
- Alpinism.
- Climbing.
- Adventure and extreme sports.
- Man in the Mountain and/or Nature.
- Animal World.
- The world of birds.
- Vegetal world.
- Submerged World.
- Biodiversity.
- Nature landscapes.
- Topic of the year: Portrait photography.
- Videos, films or documentaries.
Guidelines
Photographs: Irrespective of the support employed in their execution, the works will be presented as digital archives in JPEG format, preferably with colour profile Adobe RGB 1998 and must be 1,920 pixels wide in its largest side, and a maximum weight of 2 MB (72ppp), no addings such as frames, borders or foot notes allowed.
Each author may submit photographs in as many categories as he or she wishes, with a maximum limit of five photos for each category (5×14).
Videos, films and documentaries: Likewise, the works will be presented only as digital files, preferably in H.264 codec.
Prizes
- The Overall Winner of the “XXXV Memorial Maria Luisa” will be awarded a cash prize of €4.000 *, a Trophy, a Diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala. The Overall Winner will be chosen from the fourteen category winners; the Jury will give the Prize to the most memorable & shocking caption. The overall winner will receive a cash prize €4.000, including the amount corresponding to his/her category.
- Winner Prize of each Category of photos: € 300, Trophy, Diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
- Young Photographers Prize: It will be awarded to the best photograph submitted by contestants not having reached the age of nineteen years on 1stDecember 2024. It will consist of a Samsung 4G tablet, trophy, diploma, book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
- Special award for the theme of the year: it will be a Citizen BN0151Watch, trophy, diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
- Award for best video, film, documentary of 35 MML. This prize will be endowed with a voucher worth €3000 *, which can be exchanged, directly and at the request of the winner, for products marketed by Foto Ruano, trophy, diploma, book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
The Judges Panel will also grant the consolation prizes or honorable mentions as it deems pertinent in each of the thematic categories.
How to Submit?
Interested participants can submit online via this link.
Submission Deadline
The last date of submission is December 1, 2024.
Contact
Email: mml-photo[at]memorialmarialuisa[dot]com
Click here to view the official notification of 35th Memorial Maria Luisa Photo and Video Contest.
