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| Winners of the XXII edition of the María Luisa Memorial Photo contests | 02/02/2012 |
| | | | The prize-winners for the World Mountains and Nature Photography Competition held annually from the Piloña town of Infiesto, Asturias are now known. On February 2nd, the date set in the competition rules to that effect, the jury set with the task of judging the twenty-second edition of the competition made public their decision, selecting from the 16,837 photographs presented by 1,590 competitors from 54 different countries those which were technically the boldest and visually the most impressive, obtaining a set of one hundred and two truly memorable photographs. | |
| Ten major prizes and nine finalists were selected for each of the ten categories making up the competition. From among them stands out the work called "The Ladies of the Sea" by the Granada naturalist Francisco Mingorance, winner of the Biodiversity category in 2011 and in addition honoured with the absolute prize, the Golden Asturcon for Photography 2011, also the winner in the Plant World and Natural Landscapes categories. The other big winner of this edition is the German mountaineer and photographer Klaus Fengler, who with the works called "Patagonie-Poincenot" and “Climbing the cave" won the categories of Mountaineering and Climbing.
The remaining winners are: in the category Mountain Landscape, Christian Dr. Klepp; in Man on the Mountain, Samuel Bitton; in Animal World, Cristóbal Serrano; in Abstract photo, Manuel Subirats Roca, and in Woodland and its Ecosystem, Vittorio Ricci. The prize for new competitors (under 20 years old) goes to Schaul Marton.
Not all the initially selected photographs passed the phase comparing them with the original capture files (Raw) and had to be rejected by the jury as a consequence of not meeting the competition requirements. Various photographs were also rejected because, while being technically correct, they clearly digressed from the spirit of the competition by having been taken in the studio.
It is now possible to take a look at this highly particular collection of photographs through the Web www.memorialmarialuisa.com and on Facebook, and Video. Although the true moment to enjoy them will be in the audiovisual presentation which the organizers will show during the prize-giving which will take place in Oviedo on March 10th at 19:00, in the Cajastur Cultural Centre; entrance is open to all and free.
Winners and Finalist
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| | The Jury has just finished its work | 26/01/2012 |
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Foto: Daniel Alamo | | The Jury, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of the contest, will make public its decision on February 2nd.... | | | More Info | |
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| | The jury’s deliberations have already started | 21/12/2011 |
|  | | Having recorded, codified and classified all the material we have received, the photograph are handed over to the jury in charge of declaring the prizes for the 2011 competition, to which 17.000 images from 54 countries compete. Experience from former editions makes us know that many long sessions will be necessary bef... | | | More Info | |
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| | THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A PHOTO CONTEST HAS FINISHED | 07/12/2011 |
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| 22th COMPETITION - 2011 |
| 01/09/2011: Presentation of 21th COMPETITION and opening of the period to send photographs. |
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| 01/12/2011: Closing of the period to send photographs to the competition. |
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| 05/12/2011: Classification of received photographs begins. |
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| 10/12/2011: Jury meetings start. |
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| 02/02/2012: Awards are published and all contestants are notified. |
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| 10/03/2012: Prize winning ceremony in the city of Oviedo. |
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| 12/03/2012: Sending catalogs to contestants who have booked. Beginning period to return all slides to their authors and to destroy CDs and DVDs. |
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| 31/03/2012: End of 22th edition – 2011. |
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| Memorial Maria Luisa travelling exhibitions. |
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| See past years' winners. |
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