International Year of Biodiversity photo competition
Biodiversity captured in photos
Over 130 people attended an event at Wellington's ZEALANDIA during Conservation Week 2010 to recognise the winners of the national Biodiversity Captured photo competition.
Mandy Hague and Merryn Giblin stand in
front of their winning photos
The competition, run by DOC, NZ National Commission for UNESCO, NIWA, and Forest & Bird, was to celebrate New Zealand's unique plant and animal life and to mark the 2010 UN International Year of Biodiversity.
Photographers were asked to 'get clicking' and take photos that captured different elements of New Zealand's biodiversity.
More than 350 photos were received, from amateur and professional photographers from a wide range of age groups. The photographs were judged both on technical merit and on relevance to the theme of the competition.
Wildlife photographers Craig Potton, Kim Westerskov, and Norman Heke from Te Papa judged the competition. The competition had sections for 'Land and Sky', 'Water' and 'People and Biodiversity', with an adult and youth category for each section.
Dr Andrew Matthews of UNESCO, presents
Merryn Giblin with her award
"There was wide diversity among the entries, both in subject matter and approach. It reinforced the idea behind the contest of biodiversity," says judge Kim Westerskov.
The winners of each theme, under both young and adult categories, won a cash prize of $300.The overall winner received a $1000 cash prize, and runner-up $500.
View the winning photos and honourable mentions.
Biodiversity Captured exhibition
The photos have been on display at ZEALANDIA and Te PAPA National Museum in Wellington. We hope to travel the Biodiversity Captured exhibition to other parts of the country in the future and we'll update this page with locations as the information becomes available.
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