Having recorded, codified and classified all the material we have received, the photograph are handed over to the jury in charge of declaring the prizes for the 2010 competition, to which 11.552 images from 49 countries compete. Experience from former editions makes us know that many long sessions will be necessary before the jury can arrive at a final compromise.


In order to hold sessions under the highest technique guarantees, the Net Computers classroom has been fitted out properly: such is the place where images are viewed and debates on them are held. All computer equipment to be used has also been calibrated suitably.
Please watch for your email, and by that means he will practice all notices and requirements.
On February 3th 2011 the verdict will be published. By now we have to wait and wish the best of luck to all contestants, also a very Happy Christmas and a good year 2011.
Kindest regards,

Yesterday was the deadline for submission of photographs for the competition. More than 11,000 images from photographers from 49 countries competing in 21 MML PHOTO 2010.

¡¡¡¡¡ ATTENTION!

As a result of numerous requests for participation in the MML are being received in recent days, and in order to facilitate sending their photographs to all interested photographers, it was decided to extend the deadline until next December 8. Furthermore, this coincided in time the immediate shipments are made on-line with those made in other CD andsent by post.


NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PHOTOS

December 8, 2010

All contestants must be concluded with the rise of their photos and "ending participation." We went into the last 48 hours ....

All photographers who have not yet sent their photographs even have time to do it, but without forgetting that we enter the last week.

Those already registered and have uploaded photos must go finalizing their participation.

No one should be overlooked, !time flies....!

The XXI competition of the Memorial enters its final stretch. The deadline for submission of photos ends on December 1. We encourage all participants to not stop until the last minute to send your photos and to sort these correctly within each of the nine categories this year are part of the competition.

A new category, Biodiversity 2010, has been added to the themes that traditionally have been part of this photographic contest to commemorate the International Year of Biologic Biodiversity, as it happened in former occasions with similar celebrations.

Animals, plants and their relationship with their natural environment will be the protagonists of this extraordinary category.

These are the nine photographic categories in which you can take part this year:

A/ Mountain Landscape: Captions showing mountains and their environment, in any of their forms.
B/ Alpinism: Captions showing alpinism, climbing on ice, mountain ski and the world of heights from a sports point of view.
C/ Mountain climbing: Captions showing rock climbing and the vertical world.
D/ Man and Mountain: Captions showing people from the mountains, their customs, traditions and ways of life.
E/ Animal World: Any animal photographed in their environment.
F/ Vegetal world: Any vegetal especies photographed in its environmet.
G/ Biodiversity 2010: captions in this category will show animals or plants in their natural habitat. Judges will take into account the link between the different specii and their environmet and, also, the image composition criteria on the environment.
H/ Nature landscapes: Rest of landscapes not included in the A Category.
I/ Mountain and Nature in abstract: Captions where forms, textures, colours, etc are determining in the composition. Abstract photography.

Info: www.memorialmarialuisa.com - www.facebook.com

ON-LINE PARTICIPATION - RULES 2010 - APPLICATION FILE

The present edition of the Memorial Maria Luisa was opened last September 1st and since then national & international media have been covering the opening announcement; at the same time contestants started sending their photographs to the organization.

While these events were happening, our Travelling Exhibition goes on, as in former years, visiting different regional & national locations sponsored by the Obra Social de Cajastur. News bulletins from the Principality of Asturias Television have covered these Itinerancy Exhibitions.

Once again, the Memorial María Luisa is inviting mountain and nature photographers to take part in the XXI edition - 2010. Photographs may be submitted until the first of December.

On this occasion, nine different thematic categories have been created. Each contestant may enter up to five photographs in each one. In addition to the overall prize, there will be a first prize for each category. Contestants may submit photographs for the contest via the WEB, www.memorialmarialuisa.com (preferred option), or on a CD or DVD by post.

The event has no other purpose or motivation than to advertise the artistic work of the photographers who take part each year, while, at the same time, promoting awareness of mountains, nature and mountain environments. It also wishes to promote significant events connected with nature, such as the commemoration of 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) in this case.

We would like to greet all the photographers who, from 60 different countries, have taken part in our contest over the past two decades and welcome all new contestants who will be competing in the Memorial Maria Luisa for the first time.

Good luck to all.


ON-LINE PARTICIPATION    -    RULES 2010    -    APPLICATION FILE

It is possible to buy, from this website, the Catalogue of the 20th Edition 2009 of this contest. Its size is 20 x 20 cm; it has got 100 pages showing 104 photographs. It is sold for the symbolic price of €10 and it contains all the awarded photographs in the edition which has just finished.

You can buy the Catalogue from our on-line bookshop and we will send it to your place within the next 48 hours. In the same way, you can also buy the popular portfolio/book Los Senderos de la Luz.

Click to buy on-line

For the first time, all those who are unable to travel to Oviedo or obtain a ticket for the Cajastur Cultural Centre may enjoy our award giving event live via the competition’s web site, www.memorialmarialuisa.com


This idea has become a reality thanks to our technological partners from NetAsturias in Infiesto and to the Cajastur telecommunications experts.

Ha comenzado la cuenta atrás para la ceremonia de entrega de premios que tendrá lugar el próximo sábado día 27 de febrero a las diecinueve horas.
Un año más, el Centro Cultural Cajastur de Oviedo (entrada C/ Mendizabal, 3) es el escenario elegido para la gala de entrega de premios, y ya espera a galardonados y público, mientras el personal de la empresa GAM Eventos, los técnicos de telecomunicaciones de Cajastur y nuestros socios tecnológicos de la empresa NetAsturias Internet SL, han comenzado con las pruebas y puesta a punto todos los dispositivos a emplear para la iluminación, sonido e imagen, a fin de los actos puedan desarrollarse con la máxima calidad.

The jury in charge of marking the 20th edition of this contest has now made its final decisions, although the selection process has taken more time and effort than anyone could ever have imagined.

This edition has been hugely competitive with a significant amount of mountain action photographs & naturalist images now added to the traditional techniques and themes of this competition.

From thousands of photographs the Jury has selected 104, with the ones mentioned below being the most memorable of the 2009 edition.

You can view them now at www.memorialmarialuisa.com , although the real moment to enjoy them will be during the audiovisual presentation to be made at the prize giving ceremony in Oviedo on 27th February.

We must congratulate all the contestants on the quality of their photographs, and especially those who have been awarded prizes or distinctions.

List of prize winners:

WINNER XX MEMORIAL MARIA LUISA
GOLDEN ASTURCON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2009

ANDREW BURR – USA: «THE ZICICLE»



2nd PRIZE MOUNTAINS
JEAN FRANCOIS HAGENMULLER – FRANCIA: «DEUX CORDEES SUR L´ARETE MIDI-PLAN»



3rd PRIZE MOUNTAINS
RAUL ESTEBAN LERMA – VIZCAYA: «SOBREVIVIENDO AL INVIERNO»



2nd PRIZE NATURE
CRISTÓBAL SERRANO PÉREZ – ALICANTE: «KEEP AWAY»



3rd PRIZE NATURE
DINA BOVA – ISRAEL: «FISHING IN HITCHCOCKS STYLE»



SPECIAL PRIZE ROCK CLIMBING
DAVID MUNILLA FAURO – CÁDIZ: «DRY TOOLING»



SPECIAL PRIZE NATURE IN MOVEMENT
JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ ROBREDO – CANTABRIA: «BUEYES ALMIZCLEROS»



YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS PRIZE
FRANCESCO RIZZATO – ITALIA: «CROSSING 02»



EXTRAORDINARY COMMENDEDMENCION
JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ GONZALEZ – PONTEVEDRA: «LAGO DEL VALLE»



FINALISTAS MONTAÑA

JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ ROBREDO – CANTABRIA: «ERUPCION DEL STROMBOLI»

RAINER MIRAU – AUSTRIA: «GLEN COE»

JEAN FRANCOIS HAGENMULLER – FRANCIA: «TRAVERSEE DU GLACIER DU GEANT»

ROBERT BERDAN – CANADA: «SUNRISE IN TONQUIN VALLEY»

RICARDO LA PIETTRA – ARGENTINA: «LAGUNA DE LOS TRES»

GARY BRETTNACHER – CANADA: «CLIMBING UP CARIBOO MTS. »

JAVIER CAMACHO GIMENO – NAVARRA: «LA DIOSA TURQUESA BAJO LA LUZ DE LA LUNA»

RAFAEL RUIZ FUENTE – CACERES: «MOONRISE»

ANDREW BURR – USA: «NORWEGIAN GOAT»

JEAN FRANCOIS HAGENMULLER – FRANCIA: «LEVER DU JOUR SUR LES GENDARMES DU PLAN»

CRISTOBAL SERRANO PEREZ – ALICANTE: «IMAGITATION RED»

JESPER TONNING – DINAMARCA: «AUTOMN WILDERNESS»

ENRIQUE CABEZAS – ARGENTINA: «CAMINO AL CERRO TORRE»

BERNARDO GIMENEZ HAUSCARRIAGAUE – AUSTRIA: «LIBRE»

JEAN FRANCOIS HAGENMULLER – FRANCIA: «L´AIGUIILLE DU DRU»

ENRIQUE ALAEZ PEREZ – CANTABRIA: «PARAISOS CERCANOS»

JUAN PUELLES URRACA – PERU: «INMENSIDAD»

MARJAN ARTNAK – ESLOVENIA: «MORNINGS LIGHT»

FERRAN MARTINEZ ESCAMEZ – BARCELONA: «SOMBRA VORAZ»

FINALISTAS NATURALEZA

CINDY GEODDEL – USA: «LONE WOLF HOWLING»

FRANCISCO PULIDO CUADRADO – CACERES: «AGUILA PESCADORA EN VUELO»

REMO SAVISAAR – ESTONIA: «FLIGHT ACROSS THE MOON»

JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ ROBREDO – CANTABRIA: «FLAMENCOS EN EL VALLE DEL RIFT»

FRANCISCO MINGORANCE – GRANADA: «DANZANDO CON EL VIENTO»

LAURA ROSSI – USA: «DANCING EGRETS»

STANISLAO BASILEO – ITALIA: «FACOCERO»

ALFREDO MAIQUEZ NAVARRO – ALICANTE: «TAMBOPATA»

ILDIKO SZAKACS – HUNGRIA: «FROSTY MORNING»

LORENZO TASCON TASCON – LEON: «ELANIO AZUL»

FRANCISCO PULIDO CUADRADO – CACERES: «ICEBERG AL ATARDECER»

DARE TURNSEK – SLOVENIA: «SKY DANCERS»

BENITO CANTERO CAPEZ – GUIPUZCOA: «KORTAKOGAIN»

GÁBOR TAKÁCS – HUNGRIA: «MORNING GLOW»

FINALISTAS PREMIO ESPECIAL NATURALEZA EN MOVIMIENTO

FRANCISCO MINGORANCE – GRANADA: «EL ARCO IRIS ALADO»

EDUARDO BLANCO MENDIZABAL – NAVARRA: «HURACAN»

VITTORIO RICCI – ITALIA: «GHOST WOODS»

HIGHLY COMMENDED

BOULDER
JON BALSERA MONTAÑA – VIZCAYA: «LUZ Y BLOQUE EN ALBARRACIN – 1»

SKI MOUNTAIN
GARY BRETTNACHER – CANADA: «BACKCOUNTRY SKIING MONASHEES»

MTB
CARLOS GORBEA COVARRUBIAS – BURGOS: «CAMINO QUEBRADO»

VISION HUMANA DE LA MONTAÑA
NEDA RACKI – CROACIA: «MARMONT LISTEN TO FAIRY TALES»

PHOTO ABSTRACT
IOANNIS SCHINEZOS – ITALIA: «GREAT CRESTED GREBE (PODICEPS CRISTATUS)»

MICHAL BUDZYNSKI – POLONIA: «ICE-BOUND»

PHOTO REPORT

LUIS IGNACIO MARCHESI ULLASTRES – VALENCIA: «QUE VERGÜENZA»

FRIEDER JAN MOERMAN - BELGICA: «TRAFFIC CASUALTY»

ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT

MARJAN ARTNAK – ESLOVENIA: «CROSSING THE RIVER»

GARY BRETTNACHER –CANADA: «TRUMPETER SWANS IN FLIGHT»

CRISTOBAL SERRANO PEREZ – ALICANTE: «SQUADRON»

FRANCISCO MINGORANCE – GRANADA: «EL PEQUEÑO MATADOR»

SINISA SKENDERIJA - BOSNIA Y HERZEGOVINA: «GETAWAY»

HELIOS DALMAU MORAGO – CACERES: «MACACO EN EL ATLAS»

ROBERT BERDAN – CANADA: «EAGLE IN SNOW SQUALL»

JORGE SALAS CID – ASTURIAS: «OSO EN ROBLE»

GORAN STAMENKOVIC – SERBIA: «FLIGHT»

TOM MURPHY – USA: «COYOTE IN GROUND BLIZZARD»

MARIUSZ OSZUSTOWICZ - POLONIA: «GRUSS GRUSS»

ENRIQUE LOPEZ-TAPIA DE INES – MADRID: «AMANECER EN KAKADU»

ANIMAL PORTRAITS

ANDRES MAGAI SEIBT – BARCELONA: «LA MIRADA»

LAURA ROSSI – USA: «MATING EGRET»

EDUARDO BLANCO MENDIZABAL – NAVARRA: «ZORRO ESCARCHEADO»

FELIPE FONCUEVA RODRIGUEZ – MADRID: «BUHO NIVAL»

FERNANDO MAS CIGES – CASTELLON: «FLAMENCO»

ROBERT BERDAN – CANADA: «GREAT HORNED OWL»

JOSE GORDILLO CABALLERO – BADAJOZ: «LA LLEGADA DEL ELANIO»

JOSE MANUEL GRANDIO VAZQUEZ – GUIPUZCOA: «QUEBRANTAHUESOS»

REMO SAVISAAR – ESTONIA: «HI THERE!»

MANUEL LOPEZ LAZARO – MADRID: «EL GRAN MONJE BAJO LA GRAN NEVADA»

JUAN ANDRES ALBARRAN CALVO – SALAMANCA: «UNA MIRADA ATRÁS»

DANIEL T. JARA – MADRID: «RETRATO DE UN FRAILECILLO»

IÑAKI BERGERA SERRANO – NAVARRA: «DE RELIGIOSA, NADA»

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

JONATHAN DIAZ MARBA – ZARAGOZA: «ARPON VIVIENTE»

PIERLUIGI RIZZATO – ITALIA: «CHEETAH HUMING»

JERZY GRZESIAK – POLONIA: «CRANES FIGHT»

JORGE RUIZ DEL OLMO – HUESCA: «COMENOS ENSEGUIDA»

PIOTR CHARA – POLONIA: «CORMORANT CONSTRUCTING»

ILKKA NISKANEN – FINLANDIA: «TACE WING»

ZSOLT PALANKAI – HUNGRIA: «AIR- ATTACK»

ESPACIOS NATURALES

ALBERTO CORUJO FERNANDEZ – ALAVA: «DANAKIL»

MARC BERGA MULLOL – BARCELONA: «HAYEDO»

SERGEY MELNIKOFF – USA: «GAMES OF NOMADAS»

VERENA AND GREORG POPP – AUSTRIA: «SNOWBEECHES»

ANTONIO SAEZ CAMBIELO – GERONA: «GALLOCANTA»

EMIL KHALILOV – AZERBAIYAN: «MUD VOLCANO»

MANUEL SORIA GUERRERO – BARCELONA: «LA VÍA LÁCTEA EN EL DESFILADERO»

FLORES Y PLANTAS

RAOUL SLATER – AUSTRALIA: «LILY AND REFLECTION»

JAVIER CAMACHO GIMENO – NAVARRA: «LIRIOS»

IOSU GARAI IBABE – GUIPUZCOA: «ESPARTOA»

ILDIKO SZAKACS – HUNGRIA: «SUNSET»

JAVIER GOMEZ FERNANDEZ – CORDOBA: «PROTEJIDA»

FORMAS, TEXTURAS Y COLORES

MARJAN ARTNAK – ESLOVENIA: «GREENNY»

SANDRA PETROWITZ – ALEMANIA: «TRACES»

VASJA DOBERLET – ESLOVENIA: «CARAT»

HANS-PETER SCHAUB – ALEMANIA: «SPIDER WEB AT SUNRISE AT LIPPE RIVER»

LUIS ANTONIO GIL PELLIN – VALENCIA: «LAS ARTERIAS DE NEILA»

FRANCISCO GAMEZ GOMEZ – NAVARRA: «BOLOS DE NIEVE»

ADELAIDA CERECEDA URIBE – MADRID: «ABSTRACTION MUD»