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Life in
Another Light

Infrared Photography Contest 2024

About the Contest

What changes when we switch to infrared, and which things remain constant? What beauty lies in the light that our eyes can’t see? What do new perspectives show us about our world that only photography can capture? We want to see what the best of infrared and regular photography can show us. We’re proud to announce our fourth official biannual infrared photography contest, Life In Another Light 2024!

Our contest isn’t just about capturing images; it’s about discovering new ways to see the world. Whether you’re a budding enthusiast or a seasoned pro, we want to see the best of what infrared and general photography can offer—your unique perspective can unveil the extraordinary!

Three Winners and Three honorable mentions will be chosen across thirteen categories for the chance to win over $60,000 in prizes!

Read the full contest rules here.

2024 Contest categories

Candy Chrome

Abstract

Portrait

Special Effect

Ultraviolet

Astro Landscape

Aerial

Landscape - Visible Light 

Black & White

IR Chrome

Long Exposure

Landscape - Infrared  

Infrared short film

Infrared Short Film

Previous CONTESTS

2022

Category — Aerial

First Place

Low Tide

Dani Kangu

Second Place

Waterlily harvesting

shibasish Saha

Third Place

Untitled

muhammad amdad hossain

Honorable Mention

Eid Prayer

Dibakar Roy

honorable mention

the early bird gets the view

lindsey mccutchan

honorable mention

chapmans peak derive

steven cheadle

Category — Astro Landscape

First Place

Yosemite Starry Night Reflections

David Swainson

Second Place

Momos House

Tim Liscum

Third Place

Logans Rock

John Harrison

Honorable Mention

Castle of Dotia

George Ntekas

honorable mention

milkyway and its reflection

jitendra S. Katre

Category — Black & White

First Place

Towards Win

pranab basak

Second Place

Covid Economy

mithail Afrige Chowdhury

Third Place

portrait of a highland cow

George Baker

Honorable Mention

Working together

jiben xu

honorable mention

clematis poof

rain hayes

honorable mention

mushroom beauty

north kaplan

Category — IR Chrome

First Place

IR Sequenz

Marco Dullnig

Second Place

throne

sean jones

Third Place

la Pierre Saint Martin

Mariano Royo

Honorable Mention

Jungle 7-eleven

Dani kangu

honorable mention

waiting for the karelian train

alexandr korolev

honorable mention

point state park

joey gannon

Category — Landscape — Visible Light

First Place

Rhythm

zhang yue

Second Place

mount bromo

yohan raintung

Third Place

blue diamonds

pierre-louis ferrer

Honorable Mention

badwater basin sunset

david swainson

honorable mention

beavertail lighthouse

dan waterman

honorable mention

glacier bay

susannah sofaer kramer

Category — Landscape — Infrared

First Place

Santa Magdalena

mohamed fakhrdine

Second Place

valley ridge with waxing gibbous moon

rain hayes

Third Place

prince charming

yann philippe

Honorable Mention

devils valley road

diane porter

honorable mention

marina bay singapore

xiaoyi chen

honorable mention

lemon tree

yookwanghyun

Category — Long Exposure

First Place

Posts and gulls

lars michael

Second Place

inferno

florent serfati

Third Place

H

yuri pritisk

Honorable Mention

High tide

xiaoyi chen

honorable mention

urban motion

rob shea

honorable mention

somewhere in karelia

alexandr korolev

Category — Portrait

First Place

The artist

Hermine Lecucq jouan

Second Place

untitled

muhammad amdad hossain

Third Place

Untold tears

pranab basak

Honorable Mention

the eyes of truth

mithail afrige chowdhury

honorable mention

marena

florent serfati

honorable mention

innocence

sean jones

Category — Photo Essay — Visible Light

First Place

Sisters

yuri pritisk

Second Place

look up

pierre-louis ferrer

Third Place

learning to speak in black & white

sennen powell

Honorable Mention

London (2001)

Tamara Rose

honorable mention

Planks, pylons, and piers

Brent eanes

Category — Photo Essay — Infrared

First Place

Marvels and wonders of eastern switzerland

antoine mobile

Second Place

citta eterna - Rome in infrared

peter pelosi

Third Place

Taman Festival - Abandoned Theme Park in Bali

Martynas Charevicius

Honorable Mention

mexico city under the invisible light

florent serfati

honorable mention

great western divide sequoia national park

jeff stovall

honorable mention

upside-down in the northwest passage

kiliii Yuyan

2020

Category — Photo Essay — Infrared

First Place

touching the sublime

tomas jirku

Second Place

IR-chitecture

antoine mobile

Third place

Fairy Tale of prague

vladimir migutin

Honorable Mention

Nordic landscapes and northern lights

christian obermeier

Honorable Mention

Madrid in IR

Yann Philippe

Honorable Mention

Road lines

dan waterman

Honorable Mention

dreams of the misty mountain huangshan

lin fan

Honorable Mention

hegemony

hermine jouan

Honorable Mention

Saigon in red

dzung tran

Category — Photo Essay — Visible Light

First place

From my window

violeta milutinovic

second place

Everyday life in india

sebastian gra

Third place

aftermath of the magnum fire

shirley smith

Honorable mention

survival

zoran milutinovic

Honorable mention

moments in india

sebastian gra

Category — Aerial

First place

derelict boat from above in infrared, 550nm

ewan j. richards

second place

blood of the earth, ir chrome

paolo pettigiani

Third place

promised island, visible light

yuri pritisk

honorable mention

a glance through the clouds, 590nm

vladimir migutin

honorable mention

colorful view, visible light

melvin guante

honorable mention

cyber city, full-spectrum

siu pik kam olivia

honorable mention

flying over mars, 665nm

rigoberto costa

Category — Black & White

First place

caney fork in between storms

john maclean

second place

cypress tree tunnel

rob shea

Third place

succulents

beamie young

honorable mention

Kirkjufell

hermine jouan

honorable mention

vertical forest

arian yousefi javan

honorable mention

rock of holy phenomenon

yuri pritisk

honorable mention

aloe polyphylla

rob shea

Category — IR Chrome

First place

Life on mars

katie farr

second place

innsjoren

hermine lecucq jouan

Third place

Dani Kangu

Sunken Boat

honorable mention

Cleveland Dam

reilly lievers

honorable mention

lights and shadows in the dolomites III

tomasz Grzyb

honorable mention

norway's dream house

yann philippe

honorable mention

untitled

jesse rossman

Category — Landscape IR

First place

Nature's fury

ken sklute

second place

lights and shadows in the dolomites

tomasz grzyb

Third place

home

lys olsen

honorable mention

half dome reflection

rob shea

honorable mention

socotra yemen

ziryab alghabri

honorable mention

kodak cow

augustin cross

honorable mention

multnomah falls

miles b. jordan

Category — Landscape Color

First place

Opening

Muhammad hary

second place

superstition mountains glow

Tim liscum

Third place

hintersee

yohan raintung

honorable mention

the last anchorage

yuri pritisk

honorable mention

golden gate bridge engulfed in forest fire smoke

rain hayes

honorable mention

early morning

zoran milutinovic

honorable mention

rural life and nature

amirual islam

Category — Long Exposure

First place

Mashes sands

michael s. riffle

second place

borneo rainforest

muhammad hary

Third place

redfoss

hermine jouan

honorable mention

katsiveli

yuri pritisk

honorable mention

kirlian leaf

yann philippe

honorable mention

arpenaz waterfall

pierre-louis ferrer

honorable mention

roberto clemente bridge

joey gannon

Category — Portrait

First place

A worker

muhammad amdad hossain

second place

water spirit

sean p. jones

Third place

beauty

shubhodeep Roy

honorable mention

mentawai

marc ressang

honorable mention

adrift

beamie young

honorable mention

classic car

tim weaver

honorable mention

the son helps his father

abdo tahoon

Category — Kolari Pocket

First place

Golden Hills

rob shea

second place

tropical ice

lance schroeder

Third place

panama city, panama from cerro ancon

mark a. mauerman

honorable mention

symmetrical depth

lance schroeder

honorable mention

garden between the city

kelsey j. hockenberger

honorable mention

spring day at memorial park

mark a. mauerman

honorable mention

lone tree hill

rob shea

2019

Category — Photo Essay

First place

Imagining and then making paradise visible: wonders from utah and the role of chaos

luciano demasi

second place

Hong kong: the golden city

tran minh dung

Third place

Invisible paris

pierre-Louis ferrer

Honorable mention

Trees are life

basuzilon

Honorable mention

california foothills

david nilsen

honorable mention

one year on mt. wendelstein

christian obermeier

Honorable mention

desert southwest

klaus priebe

Honorable mention

storm warriors

gabor hegyi-kovacs

Category — Infrared Landscape

First place

Lonely tree

david hall

second place

morning fog

david hochleitner

Third place

home sweet home

matteo dalle feste

honorable mention

Manhattan

Rodney bowes

honorable mention

under the moon

sayou

honorable mention

celestial

nick spiker

honorable mention

the old shack

ralph a. croning

Category — Infrared Color

First place

The watchman

blake rudis

second place

red velvet

helen bradshaw

Third place

tectonic

matthew stuart piper

honorable mention

Flowers

kate adler

honorable mention

city in full-spectrum

basuzilon

honorable mention

island beach

david nilsen

honorable mention

blue suns

henry h. smith

Category — Infrared Portrait

First place

Girl

pierre-louis ferrer

second place

eddie

vladimir migutin

Third place

tropical wonderland

dave tree

Honorable mention

boys

brendan e. kahn

honorable mention

listening to the rustle

mindaugas grybauskas

honorable mention

female portrait

vladimir proshin

Category — Infrared Black & White

First place

zabriskie

beamie young

second place

touch

ivan kulikov

third place

life in the desert

klaus priebe

honorable mention

The sierra nevada

lincoln castricone

honorable mention

long forgotten

murray rudd

honorable mention

on the way home

ken sklute

honorable mention

in the shadow

tatiana aleynikova