The Environment&Me Photo Competition 2025, organized by the European Environment Agency (EEA), is a call to action for photographers across Europe to document the challenges and transformations shaping our planet. This year’s theme, “Environment&Me”, encourages participants to reflect on their personal connection to environmental change, highlighting both challenges and solutions. The competition is open to citizens of EU Member States and partner countries, and the winning images will be featured in EEA publications and media campaigns.
🏆 3 x Best Category Winners: €1,000 each (for the best photo in each category: Blue, Green, Orange).
🎖 Public Choice Award: €500 (Selected through public voting.)
🎖 Youth Prize (Ages 18-24): €500
🏅 Winning photos featured in EEA publications, exhibitions, and communication campaigns.
Entrants retain the copyright to the materials they submit for this competition.
“Entrants retain the copyright to the materials they submit for this competition. However, as a condition of participation, each entrant grants the EEA a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to showcase any or all submitted materials across various media channels for publicity and wider environmental communication purposes.”
“The EEA reserves the right to feature entries or elements from the entries at future events, subject to its discretion.”
“Additionally, in potential collaborations with other institutions related to the photo competition, the EEA reserves the right to share entries—either partially or wholly—with partner institutions.”
“Images will not be used for commercial purposes, and copyright owners will always be credited (e.g., ‘Copyright: NAME, photo competition name/EEA’).”
“By participating in the competition, entrants acknowledge that their entries may be used in publicity efforts without any additional payment.”
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