A picture is worth a thousand words.
Earth Photo is an international competition developed by Forestry England and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
It rewards photographs celebrating the natural world, its beauty, and its ever-growing fragility. The main objective of Earth Photo is to reveal the story behind the pictures: encouraging conversations about the environment, biodiversity, natural resources, climate change, and human resilience.
Jose Luis Rodriguez, ‘Hostile Territory’ (2018) 
Mark Benham, ‘Forest of the Crosses #4’ (2018)
Alastair Fothergill, Series Producer of Blue Planet and Planet Earth tells us;
“Never has it been more urgent to capture the changing beauties of the natural world. We need these images to inspire people to protect what remains and as a record for future generations.”
This year, Earth Photo will focus on photographs or films describing People, Place, Nature and Changing Forests. Additionally, a new category, Climate Change, has been created to mark COP26, the 2020 UN climate change summit in Glasgow.
Sebastian Voltmer, ‘Line Up Milky Over Stonehenge’ (2018) 
Sue Flood, ‘Big Blue Berg’ (2018)
Selected pictures will be shown in the Earth Photo exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London from June to August 2020, and on a national tour to Forestry England forests: Dalby Forest, Grizedale Forest and Moors Valley.
Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each of the five categories and to a short film entry. One image will be selected as the overall winner. The winners will be announced at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in June 2020.
Greg Funnell, ‘Oyster Harvesting, Sherbro River Delta’ (2018) 
David Green, ‘Old Hedge, Venton Wood, Devon’ (2018)
The shortlisted photographs and the winners will be selected by an expert panel of photographers, curators, geographers, environmentalists and writers, chaired by award-winning photographer Marissa Roth.
- Marissa Roth, Photographer and Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
- Matthew Arnold, Photographer
- Katie Burton, Editor of Geographical Magazine, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
- Tim Flach, Photographer
- Vron Harris, Lecturer and artist
- Magdalena Herrera, Director of Photography, Geo Magazine France
- Simon Norfolk, Photographer
- Michael Pritchard, Director, Education and Public affairs, Royal Photographic Society
The competition is open to photographers of all ages, professional or amateur, national or international. They are invited to submit up to 10 photographs or films online on earthphoto.artopps.co.uk by 10am (BST) on Tuesday 7 April 2020.
