Photo contests

gtö photo contest

Please find the finalists of previous photo contests here:

• Finalists 2025

gtö photo contest

We are happy to announce the annual photo competition of the Society for Tropical Ecology (gtoe)

3 categories:

1. Beauty of biodiversity

2. People and nature

3. Research applications and biodiversity solutions

Please send in your best photos to: photo@soctropecol.eu

The photos of the 3 finalists in each category will be printed and exhibited at the

forthcoming annual conference of the European Society for Tropical Ecology.

Rules:

• Participants of the competition must be members of gtoe.
• Call opens annually on September 1
• Deadline for submission of photos annually on December 23
• Maximum three photos for participant per category, makes nine photos maximum submitted per person.
• re-name the jpg (max size below 10 MB) with category, your name, numbering (e.g. Biodiv-NAME-1) – for jury: name will be deleted.
• Photo without signatures or water-marks, to avoid bias.
• The photos must be strictly coherent to the themes.
• We will be only accepting photos showing minimum ethical handling standards for the respective animal taxon.
• Ensure that consent is obtained from relevant persons in the photo.
• Award for the best photo of each category: 100 €. One person cannot win in more than one category.
• The 9 finalists will be announced online in January, the 3 winners will be announced “live” at the end of the annual gtoe meeting in the Award Ceremony.