{"id":22963,"date":"2026-04-28T12:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2026\/04\/28\/environmental-photo-competition-shows-devastating-impact-humans-can-have-on-wildlife\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:42:07","slug":"environmental-picture-pageant-displays-devastating-affect-people-can-have-on-natural-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2026\/04\/28\/environmental-picture-pageant-displays-devastating-affect-people-can-have-on-natural-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Picture Pageant Displays Devastating Affect People Can Have on Natural world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doug Gimesy, left, Britta Jachinski, proper. Scroll down for captions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The winners of the 2026 Environmental Images Award had been introduced, and photographer Britta Jaschinski has been introduced with the grand prize for her symbol, Handprint on Sea Turtle,<\/em> which additionally gained the \u201cChangemakers\u201d class.<\/p>\n

The award is arranged via the Prince Albert II of Monaco Basis. It shortlisted 36 pictures, and contains seven prize-winning photographs: 5 class winners \u2014 \u201cChangemakers\u201d, \u201cForests\u201d, \u201cHumanity vs Nature\u201d, \u201cOcean\u201d, and \u201cPolar Areas\u201d \u2014 every receiving a \u20ac1,000 ($1,170) money prize; a Public Award; and a Pupil\u2019s Selection Award, each receiving a \u20ac500 ($585) grant. The Grand Prize is chosen from a number of the 5 class winners and is supported via a \u20ac5,000 ($5,850) grant.<\/p>\n

Jaschinski\u2019s profitable picture presentations the sinister handprint made via a human who will have to now not had been touching a inexperienced sea turtle. She was once ready to seize the picture thru her paintings with flora and fauna forensics, who’re looking smugglers. <\/p>\n

The scene demonstrates one way for securing forensic proof that may lend a hand to catch poachers and animal traffickers. Particular fluorescent powder dyes, photographed below ultraviolet mild, divulge lines of handprints and fingerprints, blood and different physically fluids, and gunpowder residues, amongst others.<\/p>\n

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Environmental Photographer of the Yr 2026 and winner of the \u2018Changemakers\u2019 class. | \u00a9 Britta Jaschinski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI’m deeply thankful to HSH Prince Albert II and his Basis for bringing us in combination in improve of our treasured planet,\u201d says Jaschinski. \u201cThis is a true honor to be named Environmental Photographer of the Yr 2026, identified via an esteemed jury amongst such outstanding paintings.\u201d <\/p>\n

Class Winners and Runners-Up<\/h2>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Changemakers\u2019 class. | \u00a9 Morgan Heim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Changemakers\u2019 class. | \u00a9 Maud Delaflotte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Winner of the Public Award. Koalas in Australia pass roads at all times, however unfortunately it\u2019s a significant danger to the enduring species. Dashing drivers are accountable for now not simply deaths, however welfare because the marsupials additionally endure crippling accidents. The photographer urges drivers to decelerate. | \u00a9 Doug Gimesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Winner of the \u2018Forests\u2019 class. | \u00a9 Arnaud Farre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Forests\u2019 class. A feminine puma in Costa Rica. | \u00a9 Luca Eberle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Forests\u2019 class. A parakeet assaults a observe lizard. | \u00a9 Hira Punjabi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Winner of the \u2018Humanity Vs Nature\u2019 class. Shark fins that had been seized via government in Brazil are incinerated. | \u00a9 Fernando Faciole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Humanity Vs Nature\u2019 class. Flooding within the center of Java Island, Indonesia. | \u00a9 Alain Schroeder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Humanity Vs Nature\u2019 class. Whale shark vacationer web page within the Philippines. | \u00a9 Peter McGee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Winner of the \u2018Ocean\u2019 class. A wedge-tailed shearwater plunges right into a football-pitch-sized faculty of lanternfish, suffering to unmarried out a goal. The fish transfer as one, their training defence operating completely. The hen surfaced with out catching anything else and turned around again for every other dive. | \u00a9 Henley Spiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Ocean\u2019 class. A faculty of bigeye trevally, D\u2019Arros Island, Seychelles. | \u00a9 Shane Gross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up within the \u2018Ocean\u2019 class. Humpback whale and her calf. | \u00a9 Arnaud Farre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Winner of the \u2018Polar Areas\u2019 class. Pacific walruses on Ratmanov Island. | \u00a9 Vadim Makhorov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up of the \u2018Polar Areas\u2019 class. Polar endure mom and cub. | \u00a9 Panos Laskarakis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runner-up of the \u2018Polar Areas\u2019 class. Brown skuas, Antarctica. | \u00a9 Lucas Bustamante<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pictures shortlisted for the 2026 version will probably be exhibited at the Prom du Larvotto in Monaco from 28 Might to 30 July 2026, ahead of traveling across the world. As in earlier editions, a e-book that includes all decided on photographs and their accompanying texts will probably be revealed via Skira Paris.<\/p>\n

The decision for entries for subsequent 12 months\u2019s festival will start on September 1. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doug Gimesy, left, Britta Jachinski, proper. Scroll down for captions. The winners of the 2026 Environmental Images Award had been introduced, and photographer Britta Jaschinski has been introduced with the grand prize for her symbol, Handprint on Sea Turtle, which additionally gained the \u201cChangemakers\u201d class. The award is arranged via the Prince Albert II of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Environmental-Photogra-hy-Awards.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22964,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963\/revisions\/22964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}