Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual international wildlife photography
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
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from 1990 to 2003, and briefly as Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
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, Kodak
Eastman Kodak
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and Prudential
Prudential plc
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 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

Overall winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year from 1984
Year Title Name Image Title Country of Nationality
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

2009 Controversy

The overall 2009 competition winner, José Luis Rodriguez, was stripped of his award and his £10,000 prize following allegations that his picture of a wolf leaping a gate had been staged, using a captive animal to do so. He was also prohibited from entering the competition for life. It was, however, too late to remove the image from the accompanying book.

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