In the wonderful setting of the Auditorium Parco della Musica “Ennio Morricone” in Rome, on Sunday 24 April, the prize-giving ceremony was held, aimed at awarding the authors of the absolute and category winning-photographs, as well as the images considered worthy of mention during the 15th edition of the contest “Fotografare il Parco”.

The ceremony was part of the rich calendar of events organised for celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Gran Paradiso National Park and the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, co-organisers of the contest together with Stelvio and de la Vanoise National Parks.

The award ceremony of the fifteenth edition will take place on Sunday the 24 of April at 10 am at Foyer of Auditorium Parco della Musica “Ennio Morricone”, Via De Coubertin 30, Rome.

Bormio, Torino, Pescasseroli, Chambéry, 5^th avril 2022

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First place	Second place	Third place
Bufera	Spawning - Calopteryx splendens	Neige estivale - Dent Parrachée  PNV
Stanislao Basileo	Marco Antonini	Véronique André

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The success of the initiative is confirmed by its numbers:almost 3,500 images have taken part in the 2021 selection
 
The 15th edition of the international contest "Fotografare il Parco", organised by the National Parks of Stelvio, Gran Paradiso, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, and de la Vanoise, with the patronage of Alparc, Federparchi, and the participation of the media partner La Rivista della Natura, has come to an end.
 
The great participation of photography enthusiasts and the high technical, artistic, and naturalistic value of the images presented, confirmed the important role that "Fotografare il Parco" has taken on in the panorama of photography contests.
 
The three absolute winners well represent the different approaches and "disciplines" of nature photography.
 
First place went to the highly evocative image of an ibex facing the force of a storm by Stanislao Basileo; second place was taken by Marco Antonini's photo of the "dance of life" of a couple of demoiselle cranes in the delicate moment of egg laying. Third place went to the dramatic black and white, enhanced by the range of chiaroscuros, taken by Véronique Andre's photo showing the effects of a summer snowfall on the steep faces of the Dent Parrachée in the Vanoise massif.
 
The categories dedicated to the individual protected areas saw the success of Maurizio Trifilidis' "Autumn on Lake Barrea" (for the Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park), the "Fairy tale of a night – Leonessa Bivouac" by Giacomo Baffetti (Gran Paradiso National Park), the "Dosegù at sunset " by Matteo Berbenni (Stelvio National Park) and the photo "Les Gliéres - Pralognan-la-Vanoise" by Jacky Deleurence (Parc National de la Vanoise).
 

The jury of the 15th edition of the international photo contest “Fotografare il Parco” met yesterday in videoconference.

Even the edition 2021 had had a massive participation: almost 3,500 photographs had entered the contest.