ICFFR Photo contest: Visualising fire science

Invitation for researchers, students, and practitioners worldwide to contribute compelling, high-resolution photographs that advance the visual communication of wildland fire science and management across all relevant disciplines. Submissions will be evaluated based on their technical merit, visual insight, and alignment with current research priorities . Winning entries will receive recognition and be awarded valuable discounts toward conference registration.

Contest themes

Your submission must fall into one of the following categories:

1. Fire Dynamics & Response : Photographs documenting active fire behaviour and physical processes during prescribed burns or wildfires. This category also encompasses scenes of emergency response and resource management (firefighters, aerial operations, specialised equipment) captured in the immediate vicinity of the fire line.
2. Post-Fire Ecology & Recovery : Images documenting the ecological trajectory following a fire event. This encompasses scenes of burn severity and fire effects, successional regeneration, research plot monitoring, and active landscape restoration and mitigation interventions.
3. Systems, Society & Fire Science : Visualisations that explore the human and analytical frameworks governing wildfire. This includes the socio-economic, cultural, and professional interactions with fire (e.g., community engagement, indigenous practices, field research), alongside technological and policy drivers (e.g., remote sensing, fire modelling, climate linkages, prevention infrastructure).

Prizes

The contest winners will receive a percentage discount on the 10 th ICFFR registration, in the form of reimbursement, in recognition of their contributions to the visual communication of wildfire research.

Submission form