Jb Liautard's photo "The Dune" wins the 10th edition of CVCEPHOTO
The second prize goes to Yhabril Moro's "White Fang" and the third prize goes to Jb Liautard's "Fuego."
Jb Liautard has won the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia poster award for his photo titled "Fuego", in addition to the third prize.
The award for the best photography in Euskal Herria (Basque Country) goes to “White Fang” by Yhabril Moro, coinciding with the second prize of the contest.
Tenth edition of CVCEPHOTO
The Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea of San Sebastian celebrates a decade yearly holding the International Mountain Photography Competition CVCEPHOTO. This year, as in previous editions, has brought together the best photographers in the field, professionals and amateurs alike, from all over the world.
Among the more than a thousand photographs presented to the competition, the jury has selected 20 award-winning photographs, with authors from France, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, China and Canada, among the more than 50 countries represented in this edition.
The winning photos
The jury of the contest has awarded the first prize and 1400 € to the photo titled "The Dune" by French photographer Jb Liautard, a spectacular aerial photograph of a cyclist at the highest dunes in Peru. "The wind simply shaped that giant dune with a perfect pattern, the same pattern we can see on a much smaller scale", the author recalls.
The Spanish photographer Yhabril Moro, also awarded in previous editions of CVCEPHOTO, has won the second prize and 700 € with the photo titled "White Fang", in which he captures a slackliner or tightrope walker in a special, almost eerie atmosphere.
Jb Liautard has also won the third prize and 300 € for his photo "Fuego" on the Volcano of Fire in Guatemala, capturing the silhouette of a cyclist in front of a volcanic eruption right behind him.
The rest of the 17 photographs have been awarded Honorable Mentions, in which, in addition to skiing or climbing, other mountain activities such as hiking, boulder or paragliding have been captured.
The gallery with all the award-winning photos both this year and in previous editions can be viewed online at www.cvcephoto.com
BBK Mendifilm Bilbao-Bizkaia Poster Prize
As every year, CVCEPHOTO awards among its participants the photograph will serve as the main poster of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia festival, included in the calendar of the International Alliance for Mountain Cinema (IAMF):
This year, the winner of the BBK Mendifilm Bilbao-Bizkaia Poster Prize and 700 € goes to Jb Liautard, who, thanks to his spectacular photo "Fuego", has had the honour of being the image of the Bilbao Mountain Festival. In addition to this award, Liautard has also won the first and third prizes in this edition of CVCEPHOTO.
Partnership agreement with EITB Media
EiTB sponsors the EITB AWARD TO THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY IN EUSKAL HERRIA, awarded to the best photography obtained in the Basque Autonomous Community, the Foral Community of Navarre and the French Basque Country, and which is selected by the jury of the CVCEPHOTO contest.
CVCEPHOTO and EITB Media have established a sponsorship contract whereby the sponsoring entity will display the finalist photos in the Eguraldia/El Tiempo section of ETB and in the portal www.eitb.eus/eguraldia, before 19 October, when the award ceremony will take place.
This year, the winner of the EITB Award and €700 goes to Yhabril Moro for his photography “White Fang”, also second prize in this edition of CVCEPHOTO.
Exhibition on Boulevard and ceremony at the Aquarium
The 20 award-winning photographs will be displayed in large format in the gardens of the Boulevard on October, before the CVCEPHOTO 2024 awards ceremony. The event will take place at the Aquarium of San Sebastian on Saturday, October 19th at 6:00 p.m. The winners will participate in the event and, in addition to the award-winning photographs and finalists, we will be able to enjoy the screening of a film.
The indoors exhibition with high-quality prints will be hosted at the headquarters of the Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea, located at 35th Prim Street, from Friday, September 13th until the end of November.
Workshop "TOPO photo encounters"
Prior to the award ceremony, a new edition of the workshop "TOPO Photo encounters" will be held in the morning at the headquarters of the Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea. There, award-winning photographers will talk about their work. The entrance will be free upon registration. This workshop is sponsored by Eusko Trenbide Sarea in collaboration with CVCE club.
