2022 Winning Images

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Latino Conservation Week (LCW) Photo Contest. LCW is an initiative of Hispanic Access Foundation. This week-long celebration of community, cultura, and conservation was created to support Latinx communities with increased access to the outdoors to protect our natural environment. Through photography, we can contribute to a more complete representation of outdoor engagement.

The Grand Prize winner was selected through community input.

Grand Prize Winner

Natalie Macias

The following are the winning images for each of this year’s photo contest categories: Todos Outdoors, Conservation Cultura, Latino Outdoors Identity, and Semillitas Outdoors.

Todos Outdoors

FIRST PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY SELENE CASTILLO
SECOND PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTONIO VARELA
THIRD PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY TANIA MARTíNEZ NAVEDO

Conservation Cultura

FIRST PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY NATALIE MACIAS
SECOND PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY MARCO LOZADA
THIRD PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY TANIA MARTíNEZ NAVEDO

Latino Outdoors Identity

FIRST PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTONIO VARELA
SECOND PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY NATALIE MACIAS
THIRD PLACE WINNER | PHOTOGRAPH BY MARCO LOZADA

Semillitas Outdoors

CATEGORY WINNER | DESIREE VARGAS