The Nature Conservancy is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 photo contest.
Your images gave voice to nature and showed us the power and peril of the natural world.
The following photos submitted to our 2023 photo contest captivated our judges the most.
Celebrity Judge Choice
Hermis Haridas, United Arab Emirates
@Hermis.haridas
This image is a clear display of the patience, coincidence, technical adaptability and composition that earns top choice in the competition. Well-constructed and simply beautiful. The outward simplicity of the photo almost makes it easy to forget how much waiting is required to get a shot like this. The high-speed nature of the subject means you have to be dialed in perfectly when the shot arrives.
— Cole Sprouse, Celebrity Guest Judge
First Place, Aerials
Agnieszka Wieczorek, Poland
@polatinaphotoandtravel
Honorable Mention, Aerials
Maman Sukirman, Indonesia
Honorable Mention, Aerials
Mostafijur Rahman Nasim, Indonesia
First Place, Birds
Grzegorz Długosz, Poland
@gdlugosz_photography
Honorable Mention, Birds
Petr Bambousek, Czech Republic
First Place, Climate
Raphael Alves, Brazil
@photoraphaelalves
Third Place, Climate
Luisa Lynch Harris, Spain
A helicopter drops a bucket of water on a wildfire. A second helicopter turns and flies in the opposite direction. A bird flies in the air between them.
Honorable Mention, Climate
Adra Pallón, Spain
First Place, Freshwater
Jeanny Tang, Hong Kong
First Place, Insects & Arachnids
Benjamin Salb, United States
@bens_small_world
Second Place, Insects & Arachnids
Soumya Ranjan Bhattacharyya, India
Third Place, Insects & Arachnids
雷 波 / Lei Bo, China
First Place, Lands
Alessandro Carboni, Italy
@alessandro_carboni
A column of steam rises from the snow capped dome of a volcano. Clouds fill the valley between the volcano and the the snow covered glacier in the foreground.
Honorable Mention, Lands
Bruce Hogle, United States
First Place, Mammals
Siddhartha Ghosh, India
Second Place, Mammals
HJ Yang, United States
First Place, Oceans
Estebane Rezkallah, France
@panchovilaaa
Third Place, Oceans
Giovanni Allievi, Italy
First Place, People & Nature
Michael Hegyi, United States
@michaelhegyiphoto
Honorable Mention, People & Nature
Narayan Malu, India
First Place, Plants & Fungi
Jose Pereyra Lucena, Argentina
@josepereyralucena
Second Place, Plants & Fungi
Vittorio Ricci, Italy
Honorable Mention, Plants & Fungi
Mohammed Salman, India
First Place, Reptiles & Amphibians
Irina Petrova Adamatzky, United Kingdom
@microcosmic_world
First Place, Underwater Life
Russell Laman, United States
@russlaman