ROBERTO GARCÍA ROA

CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHY & SCIENCE

As a conservation photographer, member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, I believe photography is one of the most powerful tools for fostering empathy with nature. My work aims not only to provide an artistic perspective on the experiences I live and learn from, but also to forge a compelling and meaningful connection between society and the natural world.

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

― Jane Goodall

Photography awards:

2024: Award of excellence, category Science & Natural History (Pictures of the Year) | Award (3º Place winner), category Storyboard: Nature, environment and conservation (Siena awards) | Highly commended category Portfolio (Montphoto) | Winner categories People and Nature, and Networks in Nature (British Ecological Society).
2023: Finalist, category People Choice Award (Wildlife Photographer of the Year) | Runner up winner, category Plants and Fungi (European Wildlife Photographer of the year) | Winner, category Sustainable World (BMC Ecology)
2022: Finalist, category People Choice Award (Wildlife Photographer of the Year) | Overall winner (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society) | Overall winner (BMC Ecology & Evolution) | Winner, category Fungi and Plants, and runner up, category Photojournalism (Montphoto) | Highly commended, category Other animal (Memorial Maria Luisa)
2021: Overall Runner-up (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society) | Finalist, category Insects (Close-Up Photographer of the Year) | Finalist, category Humans and Nature (XV Golden Turtle) | Winner, categories Behavioral Ecology, Population Ecology, and Human Evolution & Ecology (BMC Ecology and Evolution)
2020: Finalist, category Animals, and shortlisted, categories Animals and Insects (Close-up Photographer of the Year) | Winner, category The Art of Ecology, and highly commended, categories Dynamic Ecosystems and People and Nature (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society) | Finalist, category Small world (Fotonoja)
2019: Overall winner (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society) | Best fauna photography (EDC Natura)
2018: Overall runner up, and winner category Up Close up and personal (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society) | Runner up, category Ecology and Environmental Sciences (Royal Society photo competition)
2017: Winner, category Up Close and Personal (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society) | Overall runner up (BMC Ecology photo competition)
2016: Winner, categories Ecosystems and Communities (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society) |Runner up, category Ecology and Environmental Sciences (Royal Society photo competition)
2015: Overall winner (Capturing Ecology – British Ecological Society)