CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 address social and climate change issues
Last updated 26/08/2008 23:56:59
Illegal Tannery by Alex Masi, won the Quality of Life Runner Up award
“The woman in my picture is returning home from the paddy field after a long day at work. She never thought that a village woman could be the subject of a photograph, so when I told her that I would like to take a picture of her, she just laughed.”
The moment that was captured by Abhijit Nandi titled Happy in her Own World bagged the CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 award.
CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 Exhibition, supported by Oxford Scientific (OSF), shares images of environmental and social issues with international audiences, enhancing our understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change.
Over 1,400 pictures were entered into the competition, examining issues such as poverty, climate change, human rights, leisure, culture, biodiversity and natural beauty.
The categories were Changing Climates, Black & Vetch’s World of Difference, Quality of Life, The Natural World and a special Under 21 category, which had no thematic boundaries.