Among the Thorns, photography by G. Vasey (age 11), 2023 Winner: Real-Life Diorama Under 18.
Thank you for submitting your photos! This year's contest is closed. We look forward to sharing the winners with you in the Fall issue of In The Field.
At the Field Museum we encourage everyone to get outside and connect with the natural world and the human story.
What better way than snapping a stunning photograph of the nature that’s all around us? Join the Field family in an exclusive photography contest for members this summer!
Categories:
Urban Wildlife: There’s wildlife everywhere you look! Discover and document the cooperation or lack thereof of nature in human-made environments.
- Real-life Diorama: Get outside and connect with nature through a camera lens. Take inspiration from the Field’s renowned taxidermy dioramas, and see if you can spot live animals and plants in their natural habitat. This category can also contain landscapes.
- Museum Moments: There’s so much to do and see at the Field Museum. Snap a photo of what inspires you about our collections, learning opportunities, and our historic lake-shore building. Portraits and candids of members and member families are encouraged with proper releases.
Kids can participate too! For each category we will select a winner who is under 18 in addition to an adult winner.
Contestant Eligibility Requirements
- All contestants must be a current member of the Field Museum or part of a current Member’s household.
- Children who wish to participate in the Under 18 categories must be at least 5 years of age or older. These categories are for K-12 students.
Rules and Ethics
- All photographs must be the original work of the submitter. The contestant must certify that he/she is the sole creator and copyright owner of the submitted photograph.
- Welfare of wildlife comes first. Contestants may not do anything to injure or distress an animal in their attempt to secure an image. Live baiting is not permitted.
- All photos must depict nature truthfully and ethically. Tampering with natural habitats is prohibited.
- Images may not show restrained, manipulated animals, animal models, and/or any other animal being exploited for profit.
- If captive animals (ie. living in a zoo, aquarium, sanctuary, or farm) are submitted, it must be specified in the caption that the animal is living in captivity and where.
- Caption information must be provided with each photo.
- Contestants are responsible for complying with local, state, and federal laws regarding protected and public areas.
- To be eligible for any category, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant since January 1, 2023. This date applies to all images in a composite.
- Original photos may not be altered except for minor adjustments–including the removal of sensor dust or scratches on scans of negatives, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast, toning, slight color adjustment and conversion to grayscale. The addition and subtraction of objects is not permitted.
- Any photographs containing recognizable persons or the copyrighted work of other individuals (such as sculptures, statues, paintings, and other copyrightable works) must provide the proper release forms.
- Photos that contain sexually explicit, nude, obscene, violent or other objectionable or inappropriate content, as determined by the Field Museum in its sole discretion, are ineligible for all categories of this contest.
- We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail. High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. Digital photographs should be taken at the highest resolution possible.