CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year is an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography and video. Honouring amateurs and professionals of all ages, it provides an opportunity for photographers to share images of environmental and social issues with international audiences, and to enhance our understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change and social inequality.

Michele Palazzi has been named CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2013 for his image entitled 'Gone with the Dust #02.'

Eleanor Bennett has been named the Young Environmental Photographer of the Year (under 18), with two works selected for exhibition. 

Jonathan Goldberg has been awarded the Environmental Video of the Year Award  for 'Shaking the Tree,' which shows how one man inspired an army of fruit harvesters in his local community. 
 

This year's award winners and exhibitors were selected from over 3,000 entries that were judged on impact, composition, originality and technical ability.

'These photographs and videos are some of the most powerful images anyone will ever see. They tell a breathtaking and compelling range of stories on the environment and on the condition in which we live. Shock and awe, beauty and despair - it's all there.' -CIWEM Executive Director, Nick Reeves OBE

Following an exhibition at  Royal Geographical Society  throughout April and May, the works are currently on display at  Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre, Cumbria until 1 September 2013, before culminating at CIWEM's new headquarters, conference and members' facility in Farringdon, London in Autumn 2013. Visit the Exhibitions & Events page for full details.

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Since its launch in 2007, CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year Award has steadily attracted an increasing number of photographers, of all ages and from all over the world, to submit thousands of images each year for consideration by an esteemed panel of selectors.

The rapid growth and success of the competition has been astonishing. Now in its sixth year, CIWEM has engaged the services of Parker Harris to manage and take the competition and exhibitions to a new level.