Focus on Conservation Photography Contest

Catagory:  Fauna

Photographer:  George Andrejko

Three $250 awards will be presented for “Best of Show”, “Best Color”, and “Best Macro” as well as three winners (one for each division of professional, amateur and youth) in each of the following categories: Fauna, Flora, Landscape, and People.

Photos should be taken between April 1 and 30, 2008 and submitted by 5 p.m. on May 15, 2008.

A panel of experts will judge entries on both technical and artistic merit. Winning entries will be thosewhose overall impact best captures the McDowell Sonoran Preserve as a natural treasure to beprotected and preserved.

Winners will be announced June 1, 2008. Select entries will be exhibited at ArtSpace@ the Library, Civic Center, Scottsdale Center for the Arts in October as part of McDowell Sonoran Month.Sponsored by Scottsdale Public Art.

Catagory:  People

Photographer:  Marianne Wallace

Entry Guidelines
•  Participants must submit an 8"x10" print of an image from within the Preserve.
•  No date stamps please – they will be automatically eliminated from judging.
•  Prints will not be returned.
•  McDowell Sonoran Conservancy reserves the right to use all photos for any purpose.
•  Photo credit will be provided for each image use.
•  MSC will mount photos for public presentation.
•  There is no cost to enter.