Earth Photo 2023 winning image: Korczowa (c) Michal Siarek
Out of over 1,400 entries from photographers and filmmakers around the world, eight outstanding photography and film projects have been chosen to receive a range of prizes in the Earth Photo 2023 competition.
Michal Siarek, overall winner of Earth Photo 2023, was selected for his series War babies and Korczowa, documenting the rescue of exotic pets, lions and tigers abandoned during the conflict in Ukraine.
The Climate of Change Award was presented to Clare Hewitt, for her series Everything in the forest is the forest, in which she studied a group of 12 oak trees at The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research.
Filippo Ferraro won the Forest Ecosystem Award for his series Wooden Diamonds, which tells the story of the olive tree epidemic in Salento, Italy. More than 20 million trees have died in the region since 2013, due to the plant bacterium Xyllela fastidiosa.
Adam Sébire’s film AnthropoScene VIII: Escape Velocity was selected for the Moving Image Award. The video is a metaphor for the impact of human activity on the planet, a process transcending national boundaries and causing far-reaching effects.
The We the Forest Award was presented to Liv Milani, for her photo Beatriz, from the series Women and Trees, a collection of portraits of women worldwide who are standing for trees and the living Earth.
The David Wolf Kaye Future Potential Award–Film recipient was Jana Bednarova, for her film Wireless.
The David Wolf Kaye Future Potential Award–Photo went to Mae Macadam, for her series of photos of Iceland, including Retreating Glacier and Ice Waterfall.
Anna Sellen was awarded the Sidney Nolan Trust Residency Prize for her photograph Meadow Study, the image is part of the series Bees (and other Species), created with INKCollective, and is a local case study of meadow plants that reflects the state of meadow habitats countrywide.
The Earth Photo 2023 exhibition is on show at the Society until 23 August and then at various Forestry England sites.
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