@ TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2022 #Limitless
Enter the 2022 TMF – Mountain Photography Competition NOW! Submit your mountain sports and mountain landscape photos.
The TMF MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITON & AWARD is a special project of TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL designed as a space for the art of photography in mountain environments, promoting mountain exploration and conveying the story of the places that amaze and inspire us.
This year, the TMF 2022 Mountain Photography Competition is open around this year’s key theme – Limitless.

The TMF 2022 Mountain Photography categories are:
- Mountain Sports Photography– Share your stories about rock climbing, alpine skiing, free riding, mountain biking, snowboarding, trail running, caving, canyoning, paragliding, river kayaking, ice climbing, jumping, high-lining, river surfing, or other mountain sports
- Mountain Landscape Photography– Impress us with astonishing views from the mountains at all altitudes, all seasons and different environments: underground caves, forests, rocks, glaciers, mountain lakes, mountain rivers, remote mountain areas and natural parks.
Submissions Rules:
The competition rules may be read here: TMF 2022 Mountain Photography Competition and Awards.
We underline the fact that this competition is international, the photos must be classified in one single category, and please respect the submission deadlines:
- Submissions deadline: 16.10.2022
- Notifications deadline: 28.10.2022
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- The images submitted in the competition should cover one or more of the following environments: underground, ground, aquatic and aerial.
- The finished format of the photos will be: 30 x 45 cm, 300 dpi (min 2500 px / height)
- You are allowed to submit: 3 photos / category (that means a max of 6 photos per participant)
- Each photo should be counted from 1 to n, bearing the mention of the category, followed by the name of the author, the year in which it was made, the title of the work and the place where it was taken.
(for example: 1_B_Mihai Popescu_2018_Landscape in the Carpathians_ Șureanu Mountains)
- Images must be submitted without watermark
TMF Mountain Photography Winners:
One of the main reasons it worth joining our friendly and authentic small festival is that the official photo selection will be presented during a live exhibition (provided that it will be possible in the COVID19 pandemic context, that we hope to overcome by October – November 2022 in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania too*) and also very important, the selected photographers will benefit of promotion on all our media channels of the festival.
Should all conditions be favorable by November 2022, the winner will be presented on stage during the TMF Transylvania Mountain Festival Awards Gala, on November 25th, 2022.
Please check all due specifications and details on the following page: TMF 2022 Mountain Photography Awards and Competition.
SUBMIT YOUR MOUNTAIN PHOTOS NOW:
Shoudl you wish to develop the theme – Above The Summits – through photographies from the Crapathians, the Alps, teh Andes, Caucasus, Himalayas or other mountain areas on Earth, our community will be happy to learn about your story!
For more information on Transylvania Mountain Festival photo competition you are welcome to send us a message here: foto@transylvaniamountainfestival.ro.
Parteners of the edition:
- Sport partner: GARMIN Romania
- Institutional partners: Clubul Alpin Român – Filiala Cluj, Institut Français de Cluj, SMURD Cluj, Eastern European Mountain Guide Association
- Production partners: PMA Invest
- Technical partners: Avalanșe în Carpați, Vertical Sport, Ride Now Transilvania, Skai – sala de escaladă, Alpine Tours, Asociatia Ecouri Verzi și Potecatorii, Spando Ski Team Romania, Bogdan Selever – paraglider pilot.
- Festival image and graphic design: Black Wolf
- Media Partners: National Geographic Romania, National Geographic Traveller, Cosmopolitan, Cluj.com, Info Traffic, Ski & Outdoor Magazine, Transilvania IT, Cinema Victoria, Cluj Life,
- Partneri: Elf’st – marketing & investment, The Genuines, Atelier Cafe
- Organizatori: Asociația TMF and Clubul Sportiv Alpin Universitar