Photo Competition - « La Montagne en images » - 8th Edition

Organized by Les amis de la montagne, this annual contest aims to capture the richness of Mount Royal landscapes and perspectives through photography. This year's theme was “Celebrate Mount Royal!” and the competition attracted both professional and amateur photographers who submitted entries in the following categories:

• Category 1: Mount Royal, its heritage and history (buildings, monuments, personal archives, etc.)
• Category 2: Nature at its microscopic or macroscopic level.
• Category 3: Active on the mountain (sports, leisure, celebrations, etc.)
• Category 4: The mountain in black and white.
• Category 5: Youth vision of the mountain (for participants under 18 years old).

Winning photos

Competition was fierce! Les amis de la montagne received more than 400 photos during our contest. We wish to thank all the participants who were able to highlight Mount Royal's beauty through their photos again this year. The Grand Prize was awarded to Raimonda Bieliauskaite for her photo Un reflet dans une porte du Chalet du Mont Royal.

Many other prizes were awarded in different categories. All the winners of the 2017 edition are listed below.

You can see all the winning photos in our Flickr gallery.
 

Les Amis Prize

Le départ
Richard st jean
 

Mount Royal, its heritage and history

1st prize
View of Mount Royal and Skyline
Michi Trauth

2nd prize
Bain solaire du Carrousel sauvage
Pierre Alarie
 

Nature at its microscopic or macroscopic level

1st prize
L'amour - Couple de Bleu commun d'Europe Sylvain Messier

2nd prize ex aequo
Bouquet d'octobre
Pierre Brisson

2nd prize ex aequo
Vireo aux yeux rouges
Christian Fritschi
 

Active on the mountain

1st prize
Marcheurs déterminés
Richard Duret

2nd prize
Sunset
Vito DeFilippo
 

The mountain in black and white

1st prize
Par ici
Michèle Carrier

2nd prize
L'ange
James Brady
 

Youth vision of the mountain

1st prize
untitled
Rebekka Daniels

2nd prize ex aequo
Cracked Leaf
Dulat Karina

2nd prize ex aequo
Untitled
Nicole Frankel
 

$2,000 in Prizes!

Participants in this photo competition won great prizes including:

• A two-night package for two with views of Mount Royal at the Sheraton Centre Montréal ($560 value).
• Publication of the winning photo in Journal Métro.
• One-year membership to L’imprimerie, Centre d’artistes.
• A two-night package for up to 6 people (up to 4 adults) in an Hékipia or Huttopia tent in one of the Sépaq locations.
• An annual pass providing free access to all walking tours organized by Les amis de la montagne and free equipment rentals (snowshoes, skates, skis, boats and tubes) on Mount Royal.
• A meal at the Café des Amis at Beaver Lake Pavilion and many other great prizes!

All the winning photos are presented in an exhibition at the Mount Royal Chalet until May 2018.