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Grand Prize

Fritz Mueller

Adventure

Rainer Eder

Culture

François Portmann

Environment

François Portmann

Flora & Fauna

Jeff Friesen

Landscape

Fritz Mueller

Special Mention

Chris Atkinson
Gary Brettnacher

Keoki Flagg

Paul Harris

John G. Kelley

Cameron Lawson

Sergey Melnikoff

Nicole Morgenthau

Dan Rafla

Kennan Ward

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Banff Mountain Photography Competition 2003
Special Mention
"Annual Run to the Summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland, U.K." photo copyright Paul Harris

 

"Ben Nevis (4410 ft.) is the highest mountain in Great Britain and receives thousands of visitors every year. The annual run up to the summit now attracts several hundred hardy fell runners. I had been waiting for a few days of clear weather to photograph on the west coast of Scotland and decided to cover the run in less than ideal conditions. Low on the mountain, the runners are still close together, and I liked the effect of using a slow shutter speed to create a flowing river of humanity as the runners begin to catch their second breath and find their pace."

Paul Harris has long held a passionate interest for adventure travel and indigenous cultures. He trained as a documentary photographer and has been published worldwide. In 1990, Paul photographed ancient courier routes across the steppes of Mongolia for a book. Subsequent projects involved journeys through far eastern Russia, through Vietnam, the Malay Archipelago and Iran, along India's northwestern frontiers and, most recently, in Niger, Tibet and Honduras. His portraits of British explorers are part of the permanent collection of the Royal Geographical Society, of which he is a fellow. Paul is also a recipient of the Society's Cherry Kearton Medal (1995) for photography of "peoples and the natural world".
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