Winners MayAug2024
Luca Chiarabini Memorial Contest 2024, Round May-August 2024 Winners & Finalists
Luca Chiarabini
MEMORIAL
Photo Contest
2026
Worldwide Edition
(Free participation)
NEW photos every day!
RESULTS
ROUND MAY-AUGUST 2024
We will update this page regularly.
See the announcement schedule below – stay tuned!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Start: 12 September 2024
End: 26 September 2024
ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCLUDED 23 May 2024
We will update this page with information about the
Round September-December 2023 winners & finalists.
Stay tuned!
ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL START WITHIN
21st January 2024
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PRIZES & CALENDAR
RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED starting 21st January 2024
ANNOUNCEMENT IN PROGRESS
until 27th January
Round May - August within the ‘Luca Memorial Contest 2024’.
To ensure a fairer contest given the overwhelming number of participants, the Round Jury will evaluate ALL AUTHORS who have submitted contributions during the Round 2,
📆📆📆 Round 2 announcements' schedule 📆📆📆
👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 On September 12 & 13 , we will announce, based on the likes received from our audience:
· The TOP50📷 featured photographers (25 Caving + 25 Canyoning)
· The TOP15🎞️ featured videos (without category distinction)
👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 On Septmember 19 & 20 , we will announce randomly selected potential winners to compete for the prizes:
· 2 x $100 (cash) 🎲 randomly selected from all TOP 50📷
· 2 x $100 (🛍️voucher) 🎲 randomly selected from all 🙌🏻📷 Featured photos
· 1 x $100 (cash) 🎲 randomly selected from the TOP 15🎞️
· 1 x $100 (🛍️voucher) 🎲 randomly selected from all 🙌🏻🎞️ Featured reels
👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 On September 26, the winners selected by the Jury will be announced:
· $300 for the Best #1 overall photo
· $300 for the Best #1 Amateur photo, in the alternative category
We greatly thank all participants and wish them the best of luck in the awards!
Round 2
ℹ️ 2024 CONTEST REMINDER
🥇 ROUNDS: SHARING
· Throughout the year, you can submit as many photos and videos as you wish.
· We prioritize participation and sharing photos and videos that appeal to our audience and judges.
· Luck plays a significant role in winning prizes.
🏆 FINALE 2024 (in February 2025): COMPETING
· At the end of the year, you will need to select up to 10 photos from all those you have submitted.
· If any of your photos make it to the TOP50📷 during the Rounds, they may qualify for additional entry into the final 2024.
· The Final Jury will choose the best photo of the year based solely on merit.
⚠️ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL NOTES:
· CAROUSELS: Please note that for your carousel submissions to the contest, ⚠️we always consider the cover photo as the main one. You can contact us via DM if you prefer otherwise for any of your submissions.
· LAST 15 DAYS OF ROUND: At the end of the Round, priority is given to authors who have not been published throughout the year. Your ⚠️photos received less than 15 days before the Round's closure may well not be published until the following round.
Round Sept. - December 'within the ‘Luca Memorial Contest 2023’.
📆 Announcement of Round FINALISTS & WINNERS untill 27 January 2024
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🙏🙏🙏Thank you! to all Jury⚖️Members for their precious time and cooperation.
🙏Thank you to all participants for the submitted 1720 photos from all over the 🌎.
❤️In loving memory Luca Chiarabini (1970 – 2017)
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Additionally, all FINALIST photos of the Round will enter in February 2024 the annual
⭐FINALE 2023⭐opting for:
▪️ 🏆$3000 'Photo of the Year' award (link)
▪️ ‘Brand Awards’ products (link)
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🏆 🏆 🏆 PRIZES Round September–December 2023:
▪️ $300 Best photo CAVING elected by Jury
▪️ $300 Best Amateur photo CAVING, by Jury
▪️ $300 Best photo CANYONING, by Jury
▪️ $300 Best Amateur photo CANYONING, by Jury
▪️ 3 x $100 (cash) 🎲 random raffled among all 🏅FINALISTS photos
▪️ 3 x $100💵 (voucher) 🎲 random raffled among all valid PARTICIPATING photos.
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🏅 🏅 🏅 38 ROUND FINALISTS:
▪️ 30📷: Top Ranked Elected by ⚖️JURY: 15caving + 15canyoning
▪️ 8📷: Most 👍🏻Liked ‘🙌🏻FEATURED’ on Instagram+Facebook: 1caving + 1canyoning each month (Sep, Oct, Nov&Dec)
Round
• We thank all PHOTOGRAPHERS submitting photos.
• We thank all online VOTERS voting photos.
• We thank the JURY Members for their time and dedication.
• We thank our PARTNERS for their help and support.
ALL the photos we received ARE AMAZING, without exception!, but regrettably only one can win in each category.
In short we will announce the start of our FINAL ROUND 2020 where all winners and finalist in the standard and special round during the year will compete for the PHOTO OF THE YEAR award of 🎯5000USD.
👍🏻The ‘VOTERs contest’ will have a NEW FORMAT during FINAL ROUND 2020…
´Guess the winning photo´
to run on INSTAGRAM @lucamemorial
for chances to win 🎯500 USD
Everybody can participate.
FINAL ROUND 2020 STARTS 15th JANUARY
DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED on Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter
Scroll down this page to learn about the Winners and Finalists in each category.
ENJOY THE VIEW!
2021 Contest is getting ready… click here
JURY MEMBERS
ANNOUNCEMENT IN PROGRESS
until 20th May
TO BE ANNOUNCED 1st May 2024
To be ANNOUNCED 1st May 2024!
Below the Jury Members that evaluated this Round.
They took a great effort and much of their precious time to fairly evaluate all the amazing photos received.
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF THEM!
(click on image to learn more about the Jury Members)
📷 PHOTOS
ANNOUNCEMENT IN PROGRESS
until 20th May
TO BE ANNOUNCED 13th September 2024
📷 WINNERS
#1 AMATEUR: 300USD
#1 BEST PHOTO: 300USD
by + likes
TO BE ANNOUNCED 13th September 2024
FINALISTS best 15 photos ranked by the Jury are announced here.
Winner and finalists get access to FINALE 2024, where they will compete for ‘Photo of the year 2023’ award of up to $3’000USD as well as the BRAND AWARDS.
Learn more here
FINALISTS best 15 photos ranked by the Jury will be announced here.
Winner and finalists get access to FINALE 2022, where they will compete for ‘Photo of the year 2023’ award of up to $3’000USD as well as the BRAND AWARDS.
Learn more here
Below the best 15 ROUND FINALISTS & ROUND WINNERS photos elected by Jury, as well as the monthly most liked featured photos on Instagram & Facebook.
They all get access to FINAL ROUND 2022, where they will compete for ‘Photo of the year 2022’ award of up to $3’000USD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM!
ROUND WINNERS elected by Jury announced
September 2022:
Winner #1 Photo (
500USD)
Winner #1 Amateur Photo (300USD)
Below the best 15 photos scored and ranked by the Jury.
WINNER: #1 photo
FINALISTS: #2…#15 photos
Winner and finalists get access to FINAL ROUND 2021.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM!
#1 WINNERS and FINALISTS ranking announced on 14 May 2021.
Coming up next week:
a) IN FOCUS of winners: biografy & how was the photo taken
b) MEETING ELECTION: #1 Winners will be asked to elect ONE/TWO meetings from https://meetings.lucamemorial.org to receive 3’000/1’500USD sponsorship
for their next event
TOP25 CAVING
TOP25 CANYONING
MAY
#1 Cathy Odowd (ANDORRA) 440Likes post post
#2 Derrick Lisby Mendez (COSTA RICA) 360Likes post post
#3 John Sideris (GREECE) 341Likes post post
#4 Mahshid Alaei (IRAN) 337Likes post post
#5 Sergi López Prieto (SPAIN) 320Likes post post
JUNE
#1 Pedro Diniz Fram Ferraz Henriques (BRAZIL) 951Likes post post
#2 Weston Daley (UNITED STATES) 809Likes post post
#3 Mark Lenoire (NETHERLANDS) 801Likes post post
#4 Canyoning Alex Forografie (SWITZERLAND) 452Likes post post
#5 Biel Garcías (SPAIN) 376Likes post post
JULY
#1 Abel Ibáñez (SPAIN) 588Likes post post
#2 Mahmoodhasanzadeh (IRAN) 378Likes post post
#3 Andrew Tanasescu (UNITED STATES) 349Likes post post
#4 Nuria Sanchezb (SPAIN) 341Likes post post
#5 Alexandre Croissant (FRANCE) 319Likes post post
SEPTEMBER
#1 Luca Pavarin (ITALY) 434Likes post post
#2 Javier González Martín (SPAIN) 387Likes post post
#3 Teresa Lecchi (ITALY) 352Likes post post
#4 David Rios (SPAIN) 330Likes post post
#5 Demis Baggi Biotelli (ITALY) 279Likes post post
ADDITIONAL FROM ROUND RANKING
#1 Tanin Koohestan (IRAN) 313Likes post post
#2 Bonczi Péter (HUNGARY) 311Likes post post
#3 Pedro Lora (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) 301Likes post post
#4 Giuditta Bastanzetti (ITALY) 296Likes post post
#5 Jesús Roca (SPAIN) 294Likes post post
MAY
#1 Eduardo Castanedo (Spain) 378Likes post post
#2 Joachim Fleddermann (Austria) 360Likes post post
#3 Saray Caamaño Martin (Spain) 355Likes post post
#4 Jean-Michel Ostermann (France) 315Likes post post
#5 Paulina Piechowiak (France) 304Likes post post
JUNE
#1 Océane Borel (France) 610Likes post post
#2 Vanessa Petar (Brazil) 376Likes post post
#3 Underground Explorers (United States) 368Likes post post
#4 David Hall (United Kingdom) 354Likes post post
#5 Javier Gil (Puerto Rico) 311Likes post post
JULY
#1 Miryam Good Vibes (Spain) 696Likes post post
#2 Florian Luciano (France) 436Likes post post
#3 Angel Zarza Roman (Spain) 393Likes post post
#4 Hossein Mosareza (Iran) 339Likes post post
#5 Gael Hun (France) 331Likes post post
SEPTEMBER
#1 Upix (Italy) 678Likes post post
#2 Marc Martínez Navarro (Spain) 586Likes post post
#3 Geckos (France) 384Likes post post
#4 Behzad Masoudi (Iran) 378Likes post post
#5 Thi-Thuy-My Tran (France) 350Likes post post
ADDITIONAL FROM ROUND RANKING
#1 Taira Kenya (Japan) 346Likes post post
#2 Gabriel Lourenço (Brazil) 324Likes post post
#3 Mercedes Abasolo Jauregui (Spain) 319Likes post post
#4 Freed Explore (France) 315Likes post post
#5 Annabelle.Bsc (France) 301Likes post post
To be announced 10th May 2024.
To be announced 10th May 2024.
#2 Alessio ROMEO, Italy 
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#3 Alessio ROMEO, Italy link
#4 YOSHIKI, Japan 
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#5 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France 
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#6 Luca CASTELLANI, Italy link
#7 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France link
#8 YOSHIKI, Japan link
#9 YOSHIKI, Japan link
#10 Daniel MACEDO, Venezuela 
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#11 YOSHIKI, Japan link
#12 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France link
#13 YOSHIKI, Japan link
#14 YOSHIKI, Japan link
#15 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France link
FINALISTS
HOW WAS THE PHOTO TAKEN?:
The photo was taken during the exploration of the aerial branch of the Grotta del Presepe, a cave already known but purely underwater. Our friend Francesco Papetti managed to reconnect it by air with the nearby Grotta dei Terni and we took the opportunity to take some shots. The main difficulty was the transport of the materials along the demanding and sharp bottlenecks that you have to do to get there, they barely managed to pass the speleo bags. The technical difficulty, on the other hand, was being able to illuminate the cave and the lake without causing the sediment to rise in the water. The photos were taken with our Sony α7RII and Zeiss lenses.
Steven MOORE
AUSTRALIA
TO BE ANNOUNCED 16th January
NOTE: Dane Mullinax nominated on 19 May 2021 WINNER #1BEST PHOTO CAVING. Previous winner announced on 15 May was found during audit not eligible for monetary prize and he renounced.
📷 WINNERS
✅ = confirmed Winner/s (*).
✅ = confirmed Winner/s (*).
😞 = photo/reel/author ineligible for this prize
Gustavo PADILLA
MEXICO
TO BE ANNOUNCED 16th January
HOW WAS THE PHOTO TAKEN?:
I always take my Nikon D850 with me, storing it in a sturdy waterproof box. In particular I took this photo in a very narrow section of that canyon. I rappeled down the waterfall before my friend. I decided the spot to shoot in order to frame the pic with the dark walls and that narrow overhead rock bridge. The roaring waterfall was plunging into the dark around me. I had to cover the camera with my body and turn my back to the scene due to the pouring rain. I knew I had only a few istants to take that picture before the lense would be soaking wet. So I waited till the very best moment, turned to waterfall and shot a couple of pics in a row. I didn't manage to portrait the strong wind and rain but I got a nice pic of my friend enjoing the scenery
🎞️ REELS
TO BE ANNOUNCED 12th September 2024
by + likesMAY
#1 Kylie Malone (AUSTRALIA) 973Likes [6,4k Plays] post post
#2 David Hall & Anna Hellawell (UK) 480Likes [5,6k Plays] post post
#3 Alexandre Croissant (FRANCE) 416Likes [4,7k Plays] post post
JUNE
#1 Iman Saleh pour (IRAN) 387Likes [4k Plays] post post
#2 Miryam Good Vibes (SPAIN) 322Likes [3,3k Plays] post post
#3 Dorian choupin (FRANCE) 232Likes [4,3k Plays] post post
JULY
#1 Junior Vieira (BRAZIL) 1131Likes [9,3k Plays] post post
#2 Freed Explore (FRANCE) 477Likes [7k Plays] post post
#3 Hossein Mosareza (IRAN) 384Likes [5,7k Plays] post post
SEPTEMBER
#1 Canyoning Lebanon (LEBANON) 400Likes [5,1k Plays] post post
#2 inspired by nature (INDIA) 383Likes [6k Plays] post post
#3 Ilia Daniela Garza Treviño (MEXICO) 329Likes [2,6k Plays] post post
ADDITIONAL FROM ROUND RANKING
#1 David Madrid (SPAIN) 388Likes [5k Plays] post post
#2 Carlos Mx (SPAIN) 354Likes [3,5k Plays] post post
#3 Pedro Diniz Fram Ferraz Henriques (BRAZIL) 325Likes [3,7k Plays] post post
MAY
#1 Kylie Malone (AUSTRALIA) 973Likes [6,4k Plays] post post
#2 David Hall & Anna Hellawell (UK) 480Likes [5,6k Plays] post post
#3 Alexandre Croissant (FRANCE) 416Likes [4,7k Plays] post post
JUNE
#1 Iman Saleh pour (IRAN) 387Likes [4k Plays] post post
#2 Miryam Good Vibes (SPAIN) 322Likes [3,3k Plays] post post
#3 Dorian choupin (FRANCE) 232Likes [4,3k Plays] post post
JULY
#1 Junior Vieira (BRAZIL) 1131Likes [9,3k Plays] post post
#2 Freed Explore (FRANCE) 477Likes [7k Plays] post post
#3 Hossein Mosareza (IRAN) 384Likes [5,7k Plays] post post
SEPTEMBER
#1 Canyoning Lebanon (LEBANON) 400Likes [5,1k Plays] post post
#2 inspired by nature (INDIA) 383Likes [6k Plays] post post
#3 Ilia Daniela Garza Treviño (MEXICO) 329Likes [2,6k Plays] post post
ADDITIONAL FROM ROUND RANKING
#1 David Madrid (SPAIN) 388Likes [5k Plays] post post
#2 Carlos Mx (SPAIN) 354Likes [3,5k Plays] post post
#3 Pedro Diniz Fram Ferraz Henriques (BRAZIL) 325Likes [3,7k Plays] post post
🎞️ WINNERS
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🏆 🏆 🏆 PRIZE:
▪️ 1 x $100 USD (cash) for a 🎲 randomly drawn winner
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Certified by RandomPicker:
🔗 https://app.randompicker.com/protocol/846136x39440
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💠 DRAWN CANDIDATES 💠
✅ = confirmed Winner.
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1 : ✅ Ilia Daniela Garza Treviño (Mexico)
2 : David Madrid (Spain)
3 : Freed Explore (France)
4 : Iman Saleh pour (Iran)
5 : inspired by nature (India)
6 : Canyoning Lebanon (Lebanon)
7 : hossein Mosareza (Iran)
8 : Carlos Mx (Spain)
9 : Kylie Malone (Australia)
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👏🏻👏🏻 Cheer up to all Candidates, you were so close … best luck next time!
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🏅 🏅 🏅 TOP 50📷 / TOP 15🎞️
Top authors were selected based on combined total likes (❤️Instagram + Facebook👍🏻) on their top ‘🙌🏻FEATURED’ post during the Round (1 entry/ person).
💥 Random drawn winner FROM ALL 🙌🏻 🎞️ FEATURED reels in 2024 Round 2 (May - August) of Luca Memorial Photo Contest.
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🏆 🏆 🏆 PRIZE:
▪️ 1 x $100 (🛍️voucher) for a 🎲 randomly drawn winner
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Certified by RandomPicker:
🔗 https://app.randompicker.com/protocol/846142x24229
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💠 DRAWN CANDIDATES 💠
✅ = confirmed Winner.
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1 : ✅ Centro Studi Ipogei Specus (Italy)
2 : Carlos Mx (Spain)
3 : antoine ldz (France)
4 : Hossein Mosareza (Iran)
5 : Dorian choupin (France)
6 : Eduardo Castanedo (Spain)
7 : Jeroen Kirchner (Belgium)
8 : Diego Lukas Fernandez (Spain)
9 : C4 JUMP (Panama)
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👏🏻👏🏻 Cheer up to all Alternates, you were so close … best luck next time!
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🙌🏻🎞️FEATURED reel are posted twice a week, selected from submitted videos based on random or discretionary criteria..
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