Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual international wildlife photography
competition owned by the Natural History Museum
and BBC Wildlife
. Its sponsored name is currently Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year. It was known as BG
Wildlife Photographer of the Year from 1990 to 2003, and briefly as Shell
Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Kodak
Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Prudential
Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The first competition was held in 1964, with three categories and around 600 entries. In 2008 the competition received over 32,000 entries from 3100 photographers in 82 countries. There is an exhibition of the winning and commended images each year at the Natural History Museum, which later tours around the world. It is often cited as being one of the most prestigious photography competitions in the world.
A book of winning entries and runners-up has been published each year since 1992, with two books being published in 1994 (the first three volumes were published the year after the corresponding competitions were held). Early volumes have become quite collectable.
Wildlife photography
Wildlife photography is the act of taking photographs of wildlife.Wildlife photography is regarded as one of the more challenging forms of photography. As well as needing sound technical skills, such as being able to expose correctly, wildlife photographers generally need good field craft skills...
competition owned by the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
and BBC Wildlife
BBC Wildlife
BBC Wildlife is a British glossy, all-colour, monthly magazine about wildlife, founded by BBC Worldwide and published through the BBC Magazines Bristol division, also trading as Bristol Magazines Ltd....
. Its sponsored name is currently Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year. It was known as BG
BG Group
BG Group plc is a global oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. It has operations in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and produces around 680,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. It has a major Liquefied Natural Gas ...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year from 1990 to 2003, and briefly as Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Kodak
Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational imaging and photographic equipment, materials and services company headquarted in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded by George Eastman in 1892....
Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Prudential
Prudential plc
Prudential plc is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.Prudential's largest division is Prudential Corporation Asia, which has over 15 million customers across 13 Asian markets and is a top-three provider of life insurance in mainland China, Hong...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The first competition was held in 1964, with three categories and around 600 entries. In 2008 the competition received over 32,000 entries from 3100 photographers in 82 countries. There is an exhibition of the winning and commended images each year at the Natural History Museum, which later tours around the world. It is often cited as being one of the most prestigious photography competitions in the world.
A book of winning entries and runners-up has been published each year since 1992, with two books being published in 1994 (the first three volumes were published the year after the corresponding competitions were held). Early volumes have become quite collectable.
Winners
Year | Title | Name | Image Title | Country of Nationality |
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2010 | Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 | Bence Máté | A marvel of ants | Hungary |
2009 | Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 | José Luis Rodríguez (disqualified) | The storybook wolf | Spain |
2008 | Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 | Steve Winter | Snowstorm leopard | USA |
2007 | Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007 | Ben Osborne | Elephant creation | UK |
2006 | Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2006 | Göran Ehlmé | Beast of the sediment | Sweden |
2005 | Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2005 | Manuel Presti | Sky chase | Italy |
2004 | Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004 | Doug Perrine | Bronze whalers charging a baitball | USA |
2003 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2003 | Gerhard Schulz | Gorilla and boy | Germany |
2002 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2002 | Angie Scott | African elephant family watching a grey heron | Kenya |
2001 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2001 | Tobias Bernhard | Grey reef shark | Germany |
2000 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2000 | Manoj Shah | Orang-utan and baby | UK |
1999 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1999 | Jamie Thom | Leopard with rising moon | South Africa |
1998 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1998 | Manfred Danegger | Boxing hares | Germany |
1997 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1997 | Tapani Räsänen | Common tern fishing | Finland |
1996 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1996 | Jason Venus | Badger running | UK |
1995 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1995 | Cherry Alexander | Blue iceberg, Antarctica | UK |
1994 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1994 | Thomas D Mangelsen | Polar bear and arctic fox | USA |
1993 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1993 | Martyn Colbeck | Bull elephant dusting | UK |
1992 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1992 | André Bärtschi | Red and green macaws | Liechtenstein |
1991 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1991 | Frans Lanting Frans Lanting Frans Lanting, is a Dutch photographer specializing in wildlife photography.Lanting was born in Rotterdam and later emigrated to the United States after being educated in the Netherlands. He now lives in Santa Cruz, California and operates a studio and gallery, as well as a stock photography... |
Portfolio of 10 Images | Netherlands |
1990 | BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1990 | Wendy Shattil | Red fox cub | USA |
1989 | Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1989 | Jouni Ruuskanen | Red-throated diver | Finland |
1988 | Kodak Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1988 | Jim Brandenburg Jim Brandenburg Jim Brandenburg is an environmentalist and nature photographer and filmmaker based near Ely, Minnesota. His career includes over 10 years as a newspaper photojournalist, over 30 years as a contract photographer for the National Geographic Society, and commissions from such groups as the United... |
Gemsbok in the Namib desert, Namibia | USA |
1987 | Prudential Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1987 | Jonathan Scott Jonathan Scott (zoologist) Jonathan Scott is an English zoologist and wildlife photographer specializing in African wildlife. He spends much of his time in the Masai Mara National Game Reserve in southwest Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania.He and his wife Angie, who is also a wildlife photographer,... |
Wild dog immobilising wildebeest | UK |
1986 | Prudential Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1986 | Rajesh Bedi | Himalayan black bear | India |
1985 | Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1985 | Charles Summers | Young cheetah coming to grips with its first springbok | USA |
1984 | Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1984 | Richard Kemp and Julia Kemp | Diving goosander | UK |