Photo Contest 2024-2025

14th Annual ENVS Undergraduate Photography Contest (2024-2025)

This year, we received 178 photos. View all contestant submissions on our public photo album.

Congratulations to the winners of our 14th Annual Environmental Photography Contest

1st prize ($150): Forest Gill, Environmental Science

spoonbill in flight over a river, with others perched in treetops nearby

Roseate Spoonbill

Location: Florida

I was standing on an elevated pathway with my camera on a tripod looking out across a gator-infested river. A bowl of spoonbills landed in the treetops surrounding me, croaking and preening as they settled down. Some flew across the river at eye level, as this one did, allowing me to capture its beauty in flight.

2nd prize ($100): Alexander Hadig, Economics and International Relations

Ancient dead trees standing on salt flats in the Namib Desert

Deadvlei

Location: Deadvlei, Namibia

Created when water drained from a basin in the Namib Basin, these trees have remained preserved in these salt flats for over 700
years due to the scorching Namibian heat.

3rd prize ($50): Joshua Levy, Biology

Namibian translucent gecko with skin that contrasts against the sandy environment

Prismatic Explorer

Location: Sossusvlei, Namibia

The gecko's translucent skin contrasts the sandy environment.