Based in New York City, it "aims to encourage reforestation and to concentrate its financial resources specifically on the protection of the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil".
The Anne Fontaine Foundation is dedicated to raising environmental awareness and to encouraging reforestation activities, mostly located in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica).
The foundation is promoting also environmental awareness through workshops and artistic contests organized in local communities and schools.
[5] The Foundation has established long-term partnerships with three local NGOs in Brazil that are committed to implement reforestation programs.
Among the photographers who joined the 2016 edition are Andrew Moore, Beth Moon from the US, Vincent Rosenblatt, Julia Kater, Valdir Cruz, Oskar Metsavaht, from Brazil and Christophe d’Yvoire from France.