• Athlete: Dan Treadway Location: Whistler, BC, Canada Category Winner: New Creativity © Eric Berger/Red Bull Illume.
    Athlete: Dan Treadway Location: Whistler, BC, Canada Category Winner: New Creativity © Eric Berger/Red Bull Illume.
  • Athletes: Ryan Hipwood Location: Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania, Australia Category Winner: Energy © Stuart Gibson/Red Bull Illume.
    Athletes: Ryan Hipwood Location: Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania, Australia Category Winner: Energy © Stuart Gibson/Red Bull Illume.
  • Athlete: Andrew Mooney Location: Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia Category Winner: Close Up © Nathan Smith/Red Bull Illume.
    Athlete: Andrew Mooney Location: Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia Category Winner: Close Up © Nathan Smith/Red Bull Illume.
  • Athletes: Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson. Location: Yosemite National Park, CA, USA. Category: Culture © Tim Kemple/Red Bull Illume
    Athletes: Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson. Location: Yosemite National Park, CA, USA. Category: Culture © Tim Kemple/Red Bull Illume
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World's greatest action and adventure sports photography contest

28 February 2016

Just a few short weeks remain until the 31 March deadline arrives for photographers to enter the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2016, the world's greatest action and adventure sports photography contest. The contest consists of 11 categories: Close Up, Energy, Enhance, Lifestyle, Masterpiece by Yodobashi, New Creativity, Playground, Sequence by Sony, Spirit, Wings and the new addition – Mobile.

The images are judged by a panel of 50 photo editors from prominent international sports, news, lifestyle and photography publications, including Capture magazine, who will select the 55 best shots, including the 11 Category Winners and the Overall Winner.

More info here...
Athlete: Andrew Mooney Location: Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia Category Winner: Close Up © Nathan Smith/Red Bull Illume.
Athlete: Andrew Mooney. Location: Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia. Category Winner: Close Up.
© Nathan Smith/Red Bull Illume.

About Red Bull Illume

Red Bull Illume is an international photography contest dedicated to action and adventure sports. It showcases the most creative and captivating photography on the planet as art, and aims to bring the public closer to the world of action sports. Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2016 will be the fourth edition of the contest after 2007, 2010 and 2013. New for 2016 is the addition of the Mobile category. A judging panel of 50 photo editors goes through thousands of entries and eventually selects 11 Category Winners and one Overall Winner, unveiled at the Red Bull Illume Winner Award Ceremony in the autumn of 2016. All finalist images then travel across the world as part of a unique nighttime photo exhibition.

Athletes: Ryan Hipwood Location: Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania, Australia Category Winner: Energy © Stuart Gibson/Red Bull Illume.
Athletes: Ryan Hipwood. Location: Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania, Australia. Category Winner: Energy.
© Stuart Gibson/Red Bull Illume.