PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Shackleton and Leica Camera AG host Capture The Extreme 2024, a photography competition that celebrates the incredible individuals, landscapes, wildlife and weather events of the planet's most extreme reaches.
The tough conditions of these remote corners often lead to unforgettable moments. These are the moments are the competition's focus (whether captured in previous years, in a faraway country or more locally). To operate in these places, to get the shot, to gather the data, to reach the summit requires great resilience and courage.
The winners have been chosen by our esteemed judging panel of Leica Ambassadors, photographers, explorers and directors. Learn more about the overall winner and category winners here. With hundreds of entries submitted to this year's Shackleton x Leica Photography Competition from extremes around the world, choosing one winner and four category winners was no mean feat. As we announce the results of the 2024 ‘Capture The Extreme’ Photography Competition, we also launch the Explorers’ Choice Award and invite you to cast your vote for a winner.
The Explorers’ Choice Award puts the spotlight on the 25 Highly Commended images that were in the running right until the final decision. The submission with the most votes will receive a Frank Hurley Field Jacket once it is released. Tap the button below to see the results.
Shackleton and Leica would like to thank all the photographers who entered the 2024 Capture The Extreme Photography Competition. For more inspiration, see the 2020 and 2021 Capture The Extreme results.
EXPLORER'S CHOICE - THE RESULTS
CATEGORY WINNERS
CREDIT: JACOB KUPFERMAN
EXTREME LANDSCAPES
THE PLANET'S REMOTE CORNERS
CREDIT: THRAINN KOLBEINSSON
EXTREME WEATHER
AT THE EDGE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
CREDIT: JOHAN BLOOTHOOFD
WILDLIFE AT THE EXTREMES
CREATURES THAT ENDURE
CREDIT: JAMIE BUCHANAN DUNLOP
PEOPLE IN THE EXTREMES
FROM INDIGENOUS GROUPS TO ADVENTURERS
PRIZES
CREDIT: PETE WEBB
OVERALL WINNER:
Shackleton
V-Lux 5 Camera
(the winner will receive the very first jacket in the limited production available later in 2024)
FOUR CATEGORY WINNERS:
EXPLORERS CHOICE:
Shackleton
Frank Hurley Field Jacket
JUDGES
LEVISON WOOD
PHOTOGRAPHER, EXPLORER & WRITER
Levison Wood is a renowned explorer, author, and photographer, known for his extraordinary journeys through some of the world's most challenging terrains. As a Leica ambassador, he combines his passion for adventure with his exceptional photography skills, capturing stunning images that tell compelling stories of remote and untamed landscapes. Wood's daring expeditions and captivating storytelling have inspired audiences worldwide to make their own journeys.
EMILY GARTHWAITE
PHOTOJOURNALIST
Emily Garthwaite is an award-winning photojournalist, Forbes 30 Under 30 and Leica Ambassador focusing on humanitarian and environmental issues. Star of Shackleton's recent LIVE COURAGEOUSLY campaign, Emily has walked over 1,500km through Iraq and travelled the one of the most militarised rivers in the world, the Tigris, documenting the people and places in the process. Her photographs have been published in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Washington Post, Der Speigel, Le Figaro, GEO, among others.
MARTIN HARTLEY
POLAR EXPLORER & PHOTOGRAPHER
Martin is a celebrated polar explorer and photographer who has ventured into some of the harshest and most remote regions on Earth. With his camera as his tool, Hartley captures the raw beauty and inherent challenges of the polar landscapes, documenting the fragile ecosystems and the effects of climate change. His images evoke a sense of awe and urgency, igniting a global dialogue on the importance of preserving these pristine environments for future generations along with .
KARIN REHN-KAUFMANN
ART DIRECTOR
LEICA
Karin Rehn-Kaufmann is Art Director & Chief Representative Leica Galleries International and holds management responsibility for the 24 Leica Galleries around the world. She has successfully curated numerous prestigious exhibitions and has held responsibility for exhibition concepts for the Leica Galerie at the photokina in 2012, 2014 and 2016, as well as the ‘10x10’ exhibition on the occasion of the jubilee ‘100 years of Leica photography’, and ‘50 best for Leica’ – an exclusive collection of the most famous photographs taken by the prominent US Magnum photographer Elliot Erwitt.
PROFESSOR JOE SMITH
DIRECTOR
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Prior to becoming Director of the Society in 2018, Joe was Professor of Environment and Society and head of geography at the Open University. His academic work was focused on environmental communication, history, policy and politics. Joe put together numerous seminars for environment specialists and senior media decision-makers, mostly from the BBC, from the mid-1990s onwards. He also advised on over 30 hours of BBC broadcasting.
MARTIN BROOKS
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
SHACKLETON
Martin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Shackleton. A serial marketing entrepreneur, he has been a devotee of Ernest Shackleton for over 40 years and has visited Antarctica and sailed the world’s oceans inspired by the Boss. Working with Co-Founder Ian Holdcroft, Martin’s mission at Shackleton is to inspire, enable and equip people to Live Courageously - to ‘strive to the uttermost for life’s set prize’ …as inscribed on Sir Ernest’s gravestone.
KEY DATES
ENTRIES NOW CLOSED
PUBLIC VOTE OPEN UNTIL 14TH AUGUST 2024
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TERMS & CONDITIONS
Entrants must be 18 years old or older
All entries must be original work from the person entering it
Entries with watermarks or obvious tampering to alter the scene will not be accepted
Entrants retain all rights to material submitted but consent to any entered images being published on Shackleton and Leica channels
Competition governed by the laws of England & Wales
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