3rd edition MARE Competition 2022
We present the winning images of the third edition of MARE competition. Between 15 May and 15 September 2022, digital photographs related to the Balearic Sea were submitted in four participant profiles: Expert Adults, Amateur Adults, Young Adults and Children.
Enredats
Juvenil
Conexión
Juvenil
Intenses mirades
Juvenil
Reflexes vermells
Infantil
Arrecifes de posidonia
Infantil
Lurking in the sea
Infantil
Summary
In the second edition of the MARE competition, 1,000 digital photographs were submitted, taken between 2019 and 2020 in the Balearic Sea. The jury selected 23 winning photographs according to criteria of photographic quality, originality, faithful representation of reality and the ability to connect with the general public.
· Four participant profiles: for the Adult participants (> 18 years old) AMATEUR and EXPERT levels and for the Young participants, CHILDREN (< 14 years) and YOUNG ADULT (14-17 years).
· Five categories: 1. MARE Animalia; 2. MARE Plantae; 3. MARE Magna; 4. MARE Nostrum; 5. MARE Denounces.
· Three Honourable Mentions: 1. Honourable Mention: Marine Protected Areas; 2. Honourable Mention: Empathy; 3. Honourable Mention: Conservation Message.
23 prizes distributed for a total of €10,000 - cash prizes for Adult participants and underwater equipment for Young participants.
AWARD CEREMONY
Cristina Bugallo presented the 23 awards of the 2nd edition of MARE (22 photographic awards and 1 award for best marine documentary).
The ceremony was broadcast in October 2021 from the Albert Camus theatre in Sant Lluís (Menorca), alongside Menorca Doc Fest.
There were more than 1,000 entries among 115 participants (98 Adults and 17 Young people).
Jury
Jordi Chias
Born in Barcelona, Jordi’s greatest passion is the sea. Since 1998, he has worked as a freelance photographer specialising in underwater subjects, capturing both wildlife and human activity. For the last four years, he has been part of the film crew for Laurent Ballesta's Gombessa Expeditions. Jordi’s work has been published in many different media (books, magazines, websites, etc.) and some of his pictures have received special commendations in various competitions, among them the 10 times BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year award winner.
Fiona Tomas
Fiona is a researcher at IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), where she investigates the processes and mechanisms that regulate the structure and functioning of coastal benthic systems, with special emphasis on human impacts, conservation, and restoration. She has worked extensively in the Mediterranean and maintains an extensive collaborative network with researchers around the world (through her research in Australia, Mexico, and the USA). They jointly address big questions about how biodiversity, climate change, and natural variability influence the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems globally.
Francis de Andrés
Francis is a self-taught photographer who, after 30 years in the financial world, decided to turn his life around to focus on his family and nature photography. He is a founding member of IRCC Photo and collaborates with various organisations dedicated to nature conservation, as well as with different national and international media. He is a professional juror in photography contests and winner of multiple international nature photography awards such as Wildlife Photographer of the Year, GDT, Glanzlichter, and Montphoto.
Ai Futaki
Marine photographer, freediver, and sea ambassador of the Ministry of Environment in Japan, Ai highlights the meaning and expression of the human-water connection. Her stories, films, and images appear in television programmes, commercials, and exhibitions around the world. She has spoken at TEDxTokyo, appeared on TV programmes for the NHK series Precious Blue, and collaborated with photographers and designers such as Issey Miyake and Isabel Muñoz. As a photographer, Ai has had two solo exhibitions in Madrid and Tokyo: Naka-Ima (Here and Now) and Coexistence.
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