Luca Chiarabini Memorial Contest 2024, FINALE 2024. Info & updates. Stay tuned!

Luca Chiarabini
MEMORIAL

Photo Contest
2025

Worldwide Edition
(Free participation)

FINALE 2024

📣 Announcements concluded 21 February 2025

📣 Announcements started 10 February 2025:

Announcements started 10 February 2024:
at 18:00 Central European Time:

You can participate uploading your photos 👉🏻 here 👈🏻

The deadline to send photos to participate in the FINALE 2024 has expired:
January 12, 2025 
23:59 Paris Time

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NOMINATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED starting 10th February 2025

ANNOUNCEMENT IN PROGRESS
until 20th September

FINALE 2024 'within the ‘Luca Memorial Contest 2024’.

In the GRAND FINALE, photos will be evaluated by …
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👉🏻 The FINALE⚖️JURY :
An extended Jury will score the Finalist electing: .
🙌🏻' PHOTO of YEAR'🙌🏻, awarded with 🏆$3'000 USD🏆 for #1 ranked Photo
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👉🏻The🌟BRANDS:
In January 2024 an internal team of the worldwide known brands Korda's, Seland, Bestard Boots & Outex will pick by their own criteria which are the BEST PHOTOS among the resulting Finalist photos in Luca Memorial Contest FINALE 2024.
For each brand, the one winner photo will be rewarded with a pack consisting of its best products*.
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🏆'KORDA'S Award 2024' pack of Caving & Canyoning ropes:
🔹DANA 10 Canyoning 50m
Semistatic rope type A: excelent durability & the Stability system
🔹IRIS 9 Canyoning 50m
Semistatic rope type B: with Summum system,offering maximum safety to rope users
🔹FINA 8,5 Caving 100m
A light rope certified as Type A: with Titan system,offering more safety in case of damage
💵 pack valued at approx. 670 USD
ℹ️ More info here: Korda's Brand Award
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🏆'SELAND Award 2024', Double-lined canyoning steamer with hood, two-pieces 5/4mm neoprene couple suit pack:
🔹GORBEA (man/kid)
🔹RONDA (lady)
💵 pack valued at approx. 475USD
ℹ️ More info here: Seland Brand Award
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🏆‘BESTARD Award 2024’ pack of boots for swift water activities:
🔹CANYON GUIDE high-cut 
🔹WILDWATER PRO mid-cut 
💵 pack valued at 450USD
ℹ️ More info here: Bestard Brand Award
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🏆‘OUTEX Award 2024’:
🔹the Pro Kit! Underwater camera housing for professional photographers.
💵 valued at 369USD
ℹ️ More info here: Outex Brand Award

(*duties for delivery outside the EU to be covered by winners)
 
TOP50 photos and Winner photos during each of the three Rounds of 2024 will enter directly the final stage of the Finale 2024.

🗓️🗓️🗓️ Winners will be announced in February 2025.
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February 2025

Product packs given by each Brand:

Product packs given by each Brand:

'PHOTO of the YEAR' Award 2024 'within the ‘Luca Memorial Contest 2024’.

Each member of the @LucaMemorial.Contest FINALE ⚖ JURY has selected and scored their best photos from all submissions to FINALE 2024.

👉🏻FINALE ⚖ JURY criteria:
All jury members were asked to evaluate the submitted photos based on a combination of their personal criteria, including beauty, technicality, creativity, impact, and innovation. Focusing strictly on the scene and not on the authors or locations (if known to them).
Each member selected and scored their best 15 photos. Photos are then ranked by:
· Number of jury members selecting them
· Highest total score (tie-breaker)
✅ This scoring system ensures the most widely impressive photo wins.
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🎫NOMINATED opting to be the one 'PHOTO of the YEAR 2024' winner (in ascending photo Nº):
Nº00102 : Romain_VENOT (FRANCE)
Nº00247 : Fynt Carey (AUSTRALIA)
Nº00452 : Daniel Menin (BRAZIL)
Nº05265 : Johan Berthet (FRANCE)
Nº05300 : Alex Cantrell (UNITED STATES)

💠 JURY⚖️MEMBERS: 💠
· John ALDANA (COLOMBIA)
· Jean Francois DELHOM (SWITZERLAND)
· Peter GEDEI (SLOVENIA)
· Chris HOWES (UK )
· Ertuğrul KULAKSIZOGLU (TURKEY)
· Rajendra LAMA (NEPAL)
· Jody MACDONALD (CANADA )
· Willy MONTENEGRO (CHILE)
· Jean - François PERNETTE (FRANCE)
· Enrique SALAZAR (COSTA RICA)
· Isabella TABACCHI (ITALY)
· Bardia TUPY (BRAZIL)
· Predrag VUČKOVIĆ (SERBIA)
· Krystle WRIGHT (AUSTRALIA)
· Irene YEE (USA)
· Katsuji YOSHIDA (JAPAN)
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14 Feb 2025

FINALE JURY WINNER:

TO BE ANNOUNCED 21 February 2025

PHOTO of the YEAR 2024 award 'within the ‘Luca Memorial Contest 2023’.

💥The @LucaMemorial.Contest 'PHOTO of the YEAR' 🏆$3'000USD 🔥AWARD goes to:
💬 "With an extraordinary selection of 📷 in FINALE 2024, the Jury's votes were more scattered than ever, setting a record: 98📷 were chosen by at least one Jury member, each with a chance to claim the top prize! Every image was deserving it, but in the end, the Jury reached a clear decision. Selected by 8 Jury members, earning a total of 36 points, this is the undeniable winner of FINALE 2024."
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Nº00452: Daniel Menin (BRAZIL)
Instagram: @danieldsmenin
📍 Urubu Bat Cave, Rio Grande do Norte, BRAZIL
🔗 https://LucaMemorial.Org/00452
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Congratulations Daniel for capturing&sharing an incredible place with the world!!
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🏅 VERY HONORABLE MENTIONS:
👏🏻👏🏻Congratulations to Romain, Fynt, Johan and Alex, for their outstanding achievements as well!
Nº00102: Romain Venot (FRANCE): 7 Jury Members, 31 points
Nº00247: Fynt Carey (AUSTRALIA): 7 Jury, 30 p.
Nº05265: Johan Berthet (FRANCE): 7 Jury, 28 p.
Nº05300: Alex Cantrell (UNITED STATES): 6 Jury, 26 p.
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👏🏻 @lucamemorial.contest wishes concgratuale and thank all participants of the FINALE 2024, as well as the jury members for their invaluable contribution!
❓Wish to know how your 📷 ranked? DM us, we are happy to let you know.
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💠 JURY⚖️MEMBERS: 💠
· John ALDANA (COLOMBIA)
· Jean Francois DELHOM (SWITZERLAND)
· Peter GEDEI (SLOVENIA)
· Chris HOWES (UK )
· Ertuğrul KULAKSIZOGLU (TURKEY)
· Rajendra LAMA (NEPAL)
· Jody MACDONALD (CANADA )
· Willy MONTENEGRO (CHILE)
· Jean - François PERNETTE (FRANCE)
· Enrique SALAZAR (COSTA RICA)
· Isabella TABACCHI (ITALY)
· Bardia TUPY (BRAZIL)
· Predrag VUČKOVIĆ (SERBIA)
· Krystle WRIGHT (AUSTRALIA)
· Irene YEE (USA)
· Katsuji YOSHIDA (JAPAN)
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21 Feb 2025

ANNOUNCEMENT IN PROGRESS
until 20th September

PREVIOUS YEAR
FINALE WINNERS:

WINNERS 2023

Nominations and Winners:

🏆PHOTO of the YEAR’ winner, elected by the JURY of the FINALE 2022:

🏆Brand Awards 2022 Winners, elected by own teams of KORDA’s, SELAND, OUTEX, BESTARD.

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MEMORIAL

Photo Contest
2025

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