Today, May 29, a jury meeting was held at the Moscow Headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society.
Annual photo contest "The most beautiful country"is a large-scale media project of the Russian Geographical Society dedicated to the preservation wildlife Russia and fostering a caring attitude towards environment. There are no restrictions on the age and place of residence of participants in the rules of the competition. The main condition is that the pictures must be taken only on the territory of Russia.
Competitive works were evaluated by the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergey Shoigu, producer, CEO OJSC "Channel One" Konstantin Ernst, director Andrey Konchalovsky, art critic, general director of the Tretyakov Gallery Zelfira Tregulova, sculptor and artist Dashi Namdakov, famous photographers Ivan Kurinnoy, Denis Budkov, Andrey Narchuk. The chairman of the jury, as in previous years, was famous photographer wildlife Sergei Gorshkov.
The jury members chose the winners in the nominations "Indigenous and small peoples of Russia", "Russia in faces", "Landscape", "Wild animals", "Birds", " Undersea world", "Russia from a bird's eye view", "Cultural heritage", "The world is in our hands", "Caves", "Macroworld", "These funny animals". In addition, the best work of a young photographer under the age of 16 was determined .
“We chose three photos out of ten in each nomination, but often it was possible to choose the five best photos,” emphasized Konstantin Ernst. “It seems to me that having such high quality photographs, the Russian Geographical Society can distribute its annual photo album around the world so that not only residents of our country, but also foreigners can see the unique beauty of Russia."
"Photo - amazing view art, which allows those who have vision, a sense of taste and professionalism to isolate some interesting angles, moments, motives and put it all together in the camera window,” said Zelfira Tregulova. – This is a really rare form of realization of that creativity and that aesthetic feeling that so many people have. And when we are talking about shooting rare predators or diving under water, then this is also a kind of overcoming oneself, which not everyone is capable of."
Andrey Konchalovsky noted that the photographs, which managed to capture moments of life, inner world person, character, emotion of the situation, more interesting than just beautiful portraits or landscapes. The director also emphasized that, when evaluating children's photographs, he paid attention not so much to aesthetics, but to the child's ability to see the world from an unusual angle, inaccessible to an adult gaze.
“Someone runs through volcanoes, someone guards a bear at the exit from the den, someone practically does not rise from under the water for three years to take pictures of outlandish marine animals, something that no one has been able to do yet. And all this is dedicated to to show how beautiful nature, people, the history of our country are," summed up the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu.
Sergei Shoigu suggested holding a separate photo contest for children next year, as well as introducing a new nomination into the "Most Beautiful Country" contest - an amateur photo taken on mobile phone. This means that next year not only owners of professional photographic equipment, but also smartphone owners will be able to take part in the creative competition.
The awards ceremony will take place in the fall. Photos of the 2018 contest finalists can be seen at.
Recall that the IV photo contest "The most beautiful country" was held from December 19, 2017 to April 3, 2018. The portal received more than 45 thousand images. The jury meeting was preceded by the work of an expert commission, whose members selected the photos of the finalists for a month and a half.
The selection of the works of the finalists and winners was carried out anonymously - while evaluating the photos, the experts and jury members saw only the pictures themselves, but not the names of their authors.
Opening: October 14, 2019
Application date: until February 16, 2020
Contribution: is free
Awards: 250 000 ₽ in each nomination, valuable prizes
The photo contest "The most beautiful country" is a large-scale action of the Russian Geographical Society, uniting best photographers Russia.
The Russian Geographical Society at all times sought to tell about the nature, history and culture of our country. For this, the best writers, artists, journalists and, of course, photographers were involved.
The first photo contest took place in 2015. It was attended by 25,000 photographers from all over the world who uploaded about 200,000 pictures to the project website. The oldest participant in the first Photo Contest was 98 years old, and the youngest was only 4 years old.
In just five years of the competition's existence, participants have sent more than 440,000 photos to it.
The project caused a great public outcry and became an annual event, and exhibitions of the works of its finalists and winners are successfully exhibited all over the world.
Entries submitted to the Photo Contest are judged by a Jury composed of famous public figures, famous photographers and representatives of the art world. The primary selection of photographs is carried out Expert Commission, which involves authoritative photographers and heads of the country's largest photo services.
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Nominations
- Landscape
Frames demonstrating the greatness, diversity and beauty of the landscapes of our country, its nature. - Wild animals
The photographs presented in the section reflect unique moments from the life of wild animals in natural environment a habitat. - Macroworld
Frames that convey in detail the elegance and complex organization of the world, which is difficult to see with the naked eye, but can be "caught" by professional macro equipment. - Undersea world
The life of underwater inhabitants, dangerous predators and harmless mollusks, a bewitching presentation of unusual angles, underwater landscapes. - These funny animals
Frames that capture funny and unusual moments from the life of wild animals. - Photo project
A series of photographs (from 4 to 10 works) united by a common theme or visual solution. It can be a photo essay on the subject of any of the nominations of the competition: shots from the life of a wild animal, visual research natural phenomenon etc. - Russia from a bird's eye view
Panoramic views taken in flight over the vast expanses of Russia. The subject of shooting can be landscapes, settlements, animals, etc. - Many-faced Russia
The diversity of the peoples inhabiting Russia, their cultures. Faces, characters, national flavor, expressed through rituals, way of life, clothes. - Living archive
Modern photographic compositions repeating archival photographs. On a special page of this nomination, the participants of the Photo Contest are provided with a set of photos of Russia late XIX- the first half of the 20th century from the archives of the Russian Geographical Society and the archives of the partners of the nomination. The Photo Contest accepts modern shots taken in the same place, if possible from the same angle as the corresponding archival photographs. Photo compositions based on archival photographs that are not presented on the nomination page are not accepted for participation in the Photo Contest. - Shot on a smartphone
Photos taken with a smartphone and reflecting any of the nominations of the competition. - Russian water energy
A special nomination dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the official partner of the competition PJSC RusHydro. The works presented in the nomination must reflect the work of a hydroelectric power plant (hereinafter referred to as HPP) and may contain: image appearance HPP "RusHydro"; landscape shots, which include the RusHydro HPP; image of the unique technical equipment of RusHydro HPP (units, control panels, machine rooms, etc.), image of power engineers during work (portrait and reportage photos) at RusHydro HPP. - People's Choice Award
The winner of the prize is determined by open voting on the website of the Photo Contest from among the finalists in all categories.
The winners of the photo contest "The most beautiful country - 2019"
Meeting of autumn and winter
© Elena Pakhalyuk
Landscape category winner
Cosmos Peak
© Trashin Alexander
Dusk Till Dawn Winner
At dusk
© Yuri Sorokin
Winner of the "Birds" nomination
in the fog
© Andrey Kuznetsov
Winner of the nomination "Macroworld"
Spawning
© Mikhail Korostelev
Winner of the "Underwater World" nomination
When your favorite track is on your headphones
© Pavel Vanifatov
Winner of the category "These funny animals"
On the border of two habitats
© Andrey Maksimov
Winner of the nomination "Russia from a bird's eye view"
Joy
© Pavel Smertin
Winner of the nomination "Many Faces of Russia"
Spring
© Sergey Zelenin
Winner of the nomination "Shot on a smartphone"
New moon among skyscrapers
© Igor Gorshkov
Winner of the nomination "Architecture"
Don't touch my baby!
© Vladimir Omelin
Winner of the category "Wild Animals"
Roerich's trends
© Vitaly Berkov
Wildlife Art (art photo) nomination winner
"The most beautiful country" 2017. For six months, Russian photographers, as well as amateur photographers from other countries, sent their work to participate in this competition. In total, about 50 thousand images were uploaded to the project website.
My heartbreaking portrait of a bear, which I called "There is no hope" won in the sad nomination "The world is in our hands." In this nomination, I submitted two pictures and twenty more in others. There were beautiful birds, huge whales and killer whales, bright landscapes of Kamchatka. I'll show you everything under the cut.
The photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society "The Most Beautiful Country" is dedicated to the preservation of the wild nature of Russia and the development of respect for the environment through the art of photography.
In the rules of the creative competition there are no restrictions on the age and place of residence of the participants. The works were evaluated by a professional jury, which included well-known Russian photo artists. The judges determined best work in 12 nominations, in another one the winner was chosen by Internet users by voting on the site.
This year, four new nominations appeared at the competition: "Russia from a bird's eye view", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Caves of Russia", "Cultural Heritage of Russia". Among the nominations there are well-known ones: "Peoples of Russia", "The Most Beautiful Country. Landscape", "The World in Our Hands", "Wild Animals", "Underwater World", "Birds", "Macroworld", "Young Photographer" and "People's Choice Award".
Showing what I sent.
Wild animals
It so happened that all my pictures sent to this nomination were taken in Kamchatka. I haven't gotten around to these posts yet. On the first two - brown bears on the Kuril Lake in the Kronotsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve.
This one is my favorite :)) This is how an animal should look in its habitat!
And then mom teaches the baby to fish
In this photo - a whole family of killer whales from the July trip with Misha korostelev
..and here is another gorgeous humpback whale tail. ⠀
The world is in our hands
Yes, yes, this is the most banal thing that can be sent from our region. But it is symbolic and fits the nomination perfectly. On the picture
The photo is the winner in the nomination "The world is in our hands". I was very worried about the photo with the bear - it hurts provocative and screaming. It seemed that there was no place for such stories in this competition.
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On August 26, 2015, a powerful typhoon Goni hit the Primorsky Territory. In the city of Ussuriysk, a mini-zoo with brown bears was flooded, which had the fate of facing the blow of the elements face to face. The animals were sent food on a motorboat. A few days later, thanks to activists, 18 small animals were taken out of the zoo, and 14 bears remained in the flooded area. At noon on September 2, the evacuation began. The bears, having swallowed the bed water, were taken out by boats and helicopters. I will remember this look for the rest of my life.
Birds
I sent eight photos here. I had high hopes for birds. Of course, there are six of them and they are from Vladivostok, one shot is about the Kamchatka hatchet.
By the way, this photo not so long ago brought me first place in a photo contest nikon official
I am l at the heart of the image. So I got my first AF-S mikro nikkor 105mm 1:2.8G ED macro lens.
Toporok
The battle of the white-tailed and Steller's sea eagles. Golden Horn Bay.
Russia from a bird's eye view
In the nomination "Russia from a bird's eye view", including footage taken by a drone. I sent four photos with the hope of a picture of the reserved Petrov Island in the Primorsky Territory. It probably doesn't look like Russian places at all, more like Thailand.
The other three photos show a pair of killer whales and a gray whale, which I was lucky to meet during a summer expedition to Kamchatka
The most beautiful country. Landscape
All the landscapes that were sent to the photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society "The Most Beautiful Country - 2017" were made in Kamchatka, and during just one day, at the foot of the Avachinsky volcano;)) ⠀ ⠀On this day, Volcano Day was celebrated on the peninsula. Submit four pictures.
In the first photo, the dog enjoys the view of the Koryakskaya Sopka volcano from the height of Avachinsky volcano. Altitude 1600 m.
And this is Mount Camel, which is located between the Koryaksky and Avachinsky volcanoes. Sunset and fog did their job. 
..also Mount Verulyud. A loving couple who happened to be in the right place at the right time got into the frame. I found them a little later on instagram by geotag!
For the first time I had a chance to see such a phenomenon while shooting the night sky! This is the Moon rising from behind the shoulder of the Avachinsky volcano. The beam in the photo was moving. I have in
The reception of works for the IV photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society "The Most Beautiful Country" has begun.
This large-scale media project is aimed at preserving the natural and cultural heritage of Russia and fostering respect for the environment through the art of photography.
There are no restrictions on the age and place of residence of participants in the rules of the competition. The main condition is that the photographs must be taken only on the territory of our country.
"I hid."
The first photo contest took place in 2015. It was attended by 25,000 photographers from all over the world who uploaded about 200,000 pictures to the project website. The oldest participant in the first photo contest was 98 years old, and the youngest was only 4 years old.
The project caused a great public outcry and became an annual event, and exhibitions of the works of its finalists and winners are successfully exhibited all over the world.
Yes, in 2017 the best photos according to the Russian Geographical Society, one could admire it at international airports and Russian cultural centers abroad, on Moscow boulevards and the main streets of our country, as well as in 15 countries of the world. In total, the exhibition was watched by about seven million people. In addition, the program "Morning of Russia" of the channel "Russia 1" told about the progress of the project.
Exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society on the Arbat. Photo: Nikolay Razuvaev
Every year, new nominations appear in the photo contest, allowing photographers to express themselves and show the multifaceted beauty of our country. At the same time, the well-established categories "Landscape", "Underwater World", "Cultural Heritage" and a number of others are preserved.
In pursuit of unique personnel, many project participants organized special expeditions, which, in their own words, became a real adventure for them and the most significant story of the year.
For example, the pictures for the nomination "Caves of Russia" were mined in the truest sense of the word from the ground.
"Ice River"
And in order to take amazing shots of sea lions, sea lions and spotted seals, the photographers went to the hard-to-reach Moneron Island, which is a natural phenomenon of the Far East.
"Beach Season" Photo: Andrey Sidorov, finalist of the II photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society “The Most Beautiful Country”
However, as the experience of our photographers shows, you can take a good shot at home. So, the author of this beautiful and tender picture was going to capture the flight of sakura petals in his native Grozny, lay down under a tree and pointed the lens up. And suddenly in the viewfinder I saw an owl sitting on a branch and looking straight into the camera.
"The owl is the mistress of the sakura."
The jury of the photo contest included the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, Russian wildlife photographer Sergei Gorshkov, sculptor and artist Dashi Namdakov, and other famous people.
Meeting of the jury of the photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society "The Most Beautiful Country". Photo: Vadim Grishankin
The primary selection of photographs will be carried out by independent experts, including well-known photographers and heads of the largest photo services in the country.
Expert commission of the photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society "The most beautiful country". Photo: Nikolai Razuvaev
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PHOTO COMPETITION WEBSITE(here you will find detailed description nominations, information about the stages of the competition and other necessary information about the project).
The Russian Geographical Society announced the start of accepting works for the IV photo contest "The Most Beautiful Country". You can apply to participate. The main rule of the competition is that photographs must be taken only on the territory of our country, there are no restrictions on the age and place of residence of participants.
Every year, new nominations appear in the photo contest, allowing photographers to express themselves and show the multifaceted beauty of our country. At the same time, the well-established categories "Landscape", "Underwater World", "Cultural Heritage" and a number of others are preserved.
The jury of the photo contest included the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, Russian wildlife photographer Sergei Gorshkov, sculptor and artist Dashi Namdakov, and other famous people. The primary selection of photographs will be carried out by independent experts, including well-known photographers and heads of the largest photo services in the country. Acceptance of works will last until March 31, 2018, the winners will receive valuable prizes. All this time we will keep you up to date and publish the best submissions.
The photo contest "The Most Beautiful Country" is aimed at preserving the natural and cultural heritage of Russia and fostering respect for the environment through the art of photography.
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