Press area
Everything you need to cover the contest: the facts, the press release, the logos, the winners’ photos and a social media kit, ready to download.
The facts
- Snow Much to See, international snow, ice and cold photo contest, 2nd edition (2026). Applications from 1 to 30 November 2026, 11:59 pm (Paris). Results on 21 December 2026.
- Ethical contest: 2 free photos, anonymous judging. €0: 2 photos · €5: up to 9 photos, 6 of them free · €25: 31 photos + portfolio review. 11 categories.
- 7 winners exhibited at the Images & Neige festival, Cluses, 22–24 January 2027; prints produced and framed by us; catalogue with the jury’s written analysis.
- 2025: 1st edition, photographers of 24 nationalities, 10 images per entry on average, 1 entry in 4 submitted on the last day; winners awarded at the Sony World Photography Awards and at Visa pour l’Image.
Press release and fact sheet
Press release of 1 November 2026
Cluses, 1 November 2026 · draft, to be validated by the organiser.
Snow Much to See 2026: the international snow, ice and cold photo contest opens for entries
From 1 to 30 November 2026, 11:59 pm (Paris). Results on 21 December 2026. Winners exhibited at the Images & Neige festival, Cluses, 22–24 January 2027.
2 free photos for every entrant, anonymous judging, winners’ prints produced and framed by us, physical exhibition at a recognised festival. 11 categories, 1 single-image prize and 1 series prize in each. Entries on imagora; fees and calculator on the Fees page.
2025 winners’ photos
For coverage of the contest and the festival, always with the author’s name. The photos are shown whole: no cropping, no text on top.

© Gabriel Madie · 1st Prize 2025 
© Estebane Rezkallah · 2nd Prize 2025 
© Natalya Saprunova · Exhibited winner 2025 
© Ying Yin · Exhibited winner 2025
Your social media kit
Tick what you need. The ZIP file is prepared in your browser: visuals in the right formats, texts and hashtags per network and language, logos and press release.
In the press
- Phototrend · 26 January 2026
- L’Œil de la Photographie · 6 November 2025
- Le Messager · 24 January 2026
- Le Dauphiné Libéré · 25 January 2026
- Le Dauphiné Libéré · 1 February 2026
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