About the Contest

At Sanctuary, they combine still images and stirring words to sensitize human hearts and minds. They believe that powerful, evocative images have the power to draw out supportive human responses. Conservation photography is an art form that has helped protect wildernesses virtually from the time cameras were invented. It is a blend of technical skills, natural history knowledge, field experience, and an innate desire to protect wild nature. The Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards were instituted to showcase the contributions of India's best wildlife photographers. Every year they receive a vast pool of stunning photographs, which reinforces the urgent need to conserve India's wildlife.

Submission

Please do read the terms and conditions of the contest before submitting your photos here: https://forms.gle/omADqZ3auu4Gt6536

Judging

All entries go through a rigorous judging process, designed to distill the very best from thousands of hopefuls. The judges will be looking for originality, conservation value, technical quality, subject matter, aesthetics, rarity, mood and action and they reserve the right to shuffle images into their appropriate category. They would always place a premium on ethics.

Judges: 

Bittu Sahgal - Editor, Sanctuary Asia; 

Steve Winter - National Geographic conservation photographer; 

Dr. Anish Andheria - conservation photographer and President, Wildlife Conservation Trust;

Nayan Khanolkar - educationist, naturalist and wildlife photographer; 

Dr. Parvish Pandya - Head, Science, Natural History and Photography, Sanctuary Asia;

Lakshmy Raman - Executive Editor, Sanctuary Asia. 

Saurabh Sawant - Researcher, naturalist, wildlife photographer and filmmaker

Please contact Prachi Galange on prachi@sanctuaryasia.com or call on +91-9920949932 in case you have any queries.