The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society & Dungeness River Nature Center Hosts Traveling Exhibit Featuring 2022 Audubon Photography Awards Winners
Winning Images on Display at 30 Venues Across the Country
Sequim, WA – The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society & Dungeness River Nature Center will host the 2022 Audubon Photography Awards Traveling Exhibition at Dungeness River Nature Center between March 22, 2023 and April 16, 2023. Visitors can enjoy a display of the stunning winning images and videos. Reproductions of the winning photos will be available for sale.
In the 13th year of the contest, winning photos, videos and honorable mentions were selected from 2,416 entrants from all 50 states, Washington D.C. and 7 Canadian provinces and territories to appreciate the wonder of birds and the places they inhabit.
The competition continued to award the Female Bird Prize and Video Prize, which were successfully introduced last year. The Female Bird Prize highlights female birds, which are often overlooked and underappreciated in bird photography and conservation. The Video Prize recognizes the dynamic movement and behavior of birds and the ways we view and memorialize them.
All images of the winners and honorable mentions can be found here.
More information on the contest below.
2022 Contest Prizes
Grand Prize: $5,000 USD
Professional Prize: $2,500 USD
Amateur Prize: $2,500 USD
Plants for Birds Prize: $2,500 USD
Video Prize: $2,500 USD
Female Bird Prize: $1,000 USD
Fisher Prize: $1,000 USD
Youth Prize: Six days at Audubon’s Hog Island Audubon Camp during the 2023 season.
The 2022 panel of judges are:
Melissa Hafting, conservation photographer and youth nature educator
Tara Tanaka, bird photographer, videographer, and Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year (2011 and 2012)
Allen Murabayashi, co-founder, PhotoShelter
John Rowden, former senior director of bird-friendly communities, National Audubon Society
Sabine Meyer, photography director, National Audubon Society
Mike Fernandez, video producer, National Audubon Society
Sean Graesser, biologist and conservation photographer and videographer
Founders of the Galbatross Project:
Brooke Bateman, director of climate science, National Audubon Society
Stephanie Beilke, conservation manager, conservation science
Martha Harbison, senior network content editor, National Audubon Society
Purbita Saha, member, Bergen County Audubon Society, and former Audubon magazine editor
Joanna Wu, PhD student at the University of California, Los Angeles
All photos and videos are judged on the following criteria:
Technical quality
Originality
Artistic merit
All photographers must follow Audubon’s Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and Videography
For more information, please visit the official contest rules.
To learn more about Audubon’s Plants for Birds program and Native Plants Database, please visit https://www.audubon.org/native-plants.
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