Hello all.. The winners of the Vida Selvagem II wildlife photography competition have been announced!
First place went to Alberto Rigon, second place to Mario Traversi and third place to Paulo Alexandre. Honourable mentions went to Stuart Williams, Jean-Paul Vermeulen and Mario Traversi.
Kupfula had a strong showing among the exhibitors with quite a few members participating, and Moçambique Aventura as well, taking 2nd and 3rd place.

Overall the content and level of photography has improved a lot since the first edition of the competition, with a lot more photography from outside of Maputo. Even though the level of photography has improved there were fewer participants this year compared to last year. So to all of you nature photographers, keep watching this space for news of the next competition and in the mean time sharpen your skills and get out there and visit the wild places in Mozambique. This photo competition is set to become a permanent fixture of Mozambique.

Gorongosa Newsletter

The Gorongosa National Park Newsletter has a feature on the Grupo Moçambique Aventura trip to the park and Gorongosa Mountain.

Newsletter article

Read how our adventures unfolded in this beautiful and wild place. The camaraderie, enjoyment, frustration and exhilaration of our trip to the top of this beautiful mountain, as well as through the park itself where we saw many unusual animals in a truly wild setting makes for an interesting tale. We are currently preparing for our next adventure, this time to Monte Namuli near Nampula. This is the second highest mountain in Mozambique.

Vida Selvagem II Photo Exhibition

The Vida Selvagem II Photo Exhibition is now on at the Museum of Natural History in Maputo and runs until the 20th of December 2009. On the 11th of December at 18:00 there will be a prize giving ceremony at the same venue. Come and support our photographers and see some of the best wildlife images taken in Mozambique, and cast your own vote as to which is the best picture!

Below is the link to the site

The site Areas de Conservação TransFronteira (ACTF) have more information on the competition

The Mozambique Aventura Photo Exhibition has been given a new lease on life and is presented on the Gorongosa Park site at the following address:

http://www.gorongosa.net/pt/news-event/140909_Exposicao_Mozambique_Aventura/exposio-moambique-aventura

Check it out as there are quite a few interesting pictures there.

AMF New Board is inaugurated - 6th of November 2009

The new board of the AMF, Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia, was inaugurated on the 6th of November 2009. The board is composed of Joao Costa (Funcho) as President (re-elected), Tomás Cumbana as Secretary and Mario Traversi as Treasurer (author of this Blog). The board is elected for two years.
A two year program was presented to members and consisted of improving membership, monthly photography workshops with prominent local and visiting photographers, an annual AMF photographic exhibition, creating a website as well as monthly newsletter to be distributed to members and sympathisers. The goal is to involve more members in these activities because it is only through member participation that the AMF can grow to become a relevant Photograpers organisation.

ATCM quadbike racing - Maputo

Here are some pictures from a quadbkie race held on the 1st of November at the Maputo racing track (ATCM). As the shots were taken at midday I have converted them to B&W.

Moçambique ao Vivo Exhibition - Photos

Here are some photos from the exhibition