From November 15 to 18, meet in Montier-en-Der for the 22nd International Festival of Wildlife and Nature Photography of which Dive In! is a partner. On the program for this edition: over 100 photo exhibitions, 40 hours of conferences, forums on naturalist knowledge and photography, the presence of 4,000 schoolchildren, meetings with photographers, a bookstore area, and a major photo contest.
An unmissable event for wildlife and nature photography lovers for 22 years, the Montier-en-Der festival dedicates this year’s majority of its exhibitions to the theme of water.
From ocean floors to coral reefs, glaciers to mountains, rare in the desert and a source of life in temperate regions… water is everywhere, and photographers around the world capture it in all its forms.
A hundred exhibitions will be spread across 14 sites between Montier-en-Der, Ceffonds, Droyes, Giffaumont-Champaubert, and Vitry-Le-François. Among the exhibitors, find notable underwater photographers: Laurent Ballesta, Pascal Kobeh, Stéphane Granzotto, Alexis Rosenfeld… They will sit alongside big names in nature photography and video among them the two patrons of this edition: Jacques Perrin, director of Microcosmos, ofOceans ou Winged Migration, and wildlife photographer Vincent Munier, specialist of cold regions.
Seven major themes will be the connecting thread of these exhibitions:
- saltwater: unknown and threatened,
- above the waves,
- freshwater: rare and precious,
- from the roof of the world to polar ice,
- wealth of biodiversity,
- nearby wild nature,
- the nature of man.
A photo contest
The Montier festival also features a major photo contest open to two age groups of photographers: over 16 and under 16. For this edition, 1,288 photographers submitted their shots. The 2018 jury is presided by underwater photographer Alexis Rosenfeld, supported in this task by biologist Gilles Bœuf, photographer Thierry Vezon, photographer and naturalist Luca Melcarne, and the scientific director of Biosphoto, Jean-Philippe Anglade.
Find all the photos and videos selected to participate in the 2018 contest, results will be announced during the festival. 10 categories are represented:
Wild birds in nature
Wild mammals in nature
Other wild animals in nature
Wild plants in nature
Graphics, form and matter in nature
Natural landscapes of the world
Fixed image sequences
Man and nature
Revisited nature image
Filmed sequences
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.Find all information, exhibition venues, and ticketing on the festival site.
opening photo © Florian Ledoux. exhibition during the festival at the Chapiteau: « Observe, Witness, Protect: From Greenland to Nunavut ».
Margot Harty