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Nature Photo Contest

Collage of winning images from the 2022 Global Photo Contest.

The Nature Conservancy will not be hosting a Global Photo Contest this year.

Thank you to all the nature photographers who participated in our photo contest over the years! Please enjoy a recap of the winning photos from past years of the contest. We encourage you to learn about other ways you can get involved with TNC, from volunteering to becoming a member or visiting a TNC preserve.

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Past Global Photo Contest Winners

2023 Global Photo Contest

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A newt is silhouetted floating above a large mass of eggs. Light from above is diffused through the opaque eggs.
A bird in flight is silhouetted against a background of light and dark--the golden light of sunrise and a dark stripe of shadow.
A small community of boxy white building sits like an island surrounded by brilliant golden yellow farm fields.
Aerial view looking down on a lake. The water is red with a curling ripple of white through the center. Flamingos fly over the lake in a curving flock.
Looking down on a wide creek. The dark water splits the middle of the image, running between snow covered banks. View All
A newt is silhouetted floating above a large mass of eggs. Light from above is diffused through the opaque eggs.
A bird in flight is silhouetted against a background of light and dark--the golden light of sunrise and a dark stripe of shadow.
A small community of boxy white building sits like an island surrounded by brilliant golden yellow farm fields.
Aerial view looking down on a lake. The water is red with a curling ripple of white through the center. Flamingos fly over the lake in a curving flock.
Looking down on a wide creek. The dark water splits the middle of the image, running between snow covered banks.

2022 Global Photo Contest

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Aerial view of gullies that spread out in the shape of a tree, bisected by a highway.
A baby monkey clings to the carcass of its mother, which is being carried in the mouth of a leopard.
A polar bear nurses her cubs in a snowy landscape of an abandoned settlement with mountains in the background.
A mountain slope with frosted trees and a covering of light snow on the upper slopes.
A lightning bolt flashes above a volcanic landscape under thick, heavy clouds. View All
Aerial view of gullies that spread out in the shape of a tree, bisected by a highway.

Branching Out : On either side of a highway, gullies formed by rainwater erosion span out like a tree in Tibet, an autonomous region in southwest China. © Li Ping/TNC Photo Contest 2022

A baby monkey clings to the carcass of its mother, which is being carried in the mouth of a leopard.

An Unforgiving kingdom: A leopard known as Olimba carries the carcass of a female vervet monkey with its baby still hanging on for dear life. Picture taken in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. © Shafeeq Mulla/TNC Photo Contest

A polar bear nurses her cubs in a snowy landscape of an abandoned settlement with mountains in the background.
A mountain slope with frosted trees and a covering of light snow on the upper slopes.
A lightning bolt flashes above a volcanic landscape under thick, heavy clouds.

Mystical Bromo: Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS) is one of the 10 priority tourist destinations in Indonesia. © Hendy Wicaksono/TNC Photo Contest

2021 Global Photo Contest

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A gorilla walks through a cloud of butterflies in a grassy field.
A tree completely covered in millions of fireflies at night in India.
Overhead view of a carcass of an alligator on dry, deeply cracked soil.
An aerial view of a mountain range emerging above thick clouds.
Aerial view of colorful salt ponds near San Francisco Bay. View All
A gorilla walks through a cloud of butterflies in a grassy field.

Malui: Western lowland gorilla female 'Malui' walking through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed in a bai. Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011. © Anup Shah/TNC Photo Contest 2021

A tree completely covered in millions of fireflies at night in India.
Overhead view of a carcass of an alligator on dry, deeply cracked soil.
An aerial view of a mountain range emerging above thick clouds.
Aerial view of colorful salt ponds near San Francisco Bay.

2019 Global Photo Contest

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Silhouette of sea lion illuminated by rays of sunlight under water, framed by kelp beds.
A small waterfall and stream tumbles alongside mossy rocks.
A polar bear swimming in water.
Silhouette of a bird singing against a green-hued background.
A zebra looks toward the camera. View All
Silhouette of sea lion illuminated by rays of sunlight under water, framed by kelp beds.

Burst: California sea lion framed by kelp beds in Monterey Bay, California. Grand Prize Winner for 2019 TNC Global Photo Contest. © Tyler Schiffman/TNC Photo Contest 2019

A small waterfall and stream tumbles alongside mossy rocks.
A polar bear swimming in water.
Silhouette of a bird singing against a green-hued background.
A zebra looks toward the camera.

The Grevy's Illusion : A Grevy's zebra staring at the camera in Lewa, Kenya. © YARON SCHMID/TNC Photo Contest 2019

More Nature Photography

Three young people face Victoria Falls while their hair blows in the wind.

Nature In Your Words and Pictures

We asked what nature means to you—and you answered.

A leopard in South Africa.

Photos Can Save the World

The Nature Conservancy believes photography can help save the world. There’s a story to tell in anything and everything we want to protect. Through photography, we all have the power to tell it.

A close up of a baby gorilla among leaves.

Photos from TNC staff

The Nature Conservancy’s staff like to be outside and take a lot of pictures. Since they can’t enter TNC’s official photo contest, they held a little contest of their own.