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30 Captivating Photographs From This Year’s WildArt Photographer Of The Year Contest
Interview
“Nature and wildlife photography has the power to change lives for the better, not only by making the wonder of nature accessible to so many, but by improving awareness of conservation issues across the globe,” says Rob Read, the founder of WildArt Photographer of the Year contest. The contest has 4 categories (Wet, Light, Silhouettes, and Eyes) and is a great platform for talented photographers to get recognition for their work.
Scroll down to see this year’s best photographs and don’t forget to check out our post about last year’s contest too.
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Ervin Horesnyík - Light Category
Bored Panda got to ask a few questions to Vicki Jauron, who won silver in the “Wet” category. She told us that the winning picture was from the most memorable photoshoot she’s ever done: “We had to race across the river hoping that the wildebeest would cross. We could have missed everything but instead just made it in time to be perfectly placed when the herd started heading into the river. I remember every moment of that morning.”
Amy Marques - Eyes Category
“One of the things I love most about photography is that it’s given me the ability and drive to be out in the wild,” Vicki says. “Oftentimes I can hardly contain myself and can be heard exclaiming the beauty of the animal, making happy sounds and such. It’s thrilling to me and I’m in awe of the world's beauty. I might feel differently if I’m ever faced with a black mamba though.”
Daniel D’Auria - Eyes Silver Award Winner
Khurram Khan - Silhouettes Category
When asked about how she felt about winning, Vicki told us: “I never expect to win anything. Sometimes I feel like I have a potential winner, but there are always so many potential winners… I don’t know how the judges do it! But I was absolutely thrilled to win a place. Especially with the quality of the images in this competition.”
Vicki Jauron - Wet Silver Award Winner
Lukasz Sokol - Wet Category
wait omg is it’s tongue stuck on the ice- or is it just licking the ice
As for the future, the talented photographer says: “My aspiration is to have my work help promote a love of nature, particularly in the next generation. I recently published two children’s books dedicated to that purpose featuring shore birds in Long Island. I’m doing some soul searching now on what more I can do and what project to take on next. And of course, I’m always looking to improve my skills and creativity.”
Vanessa Mignon - Eyes Category
Andorn Meesreedee - Eyes Category
What a beautiful pic. In India we refer to Peacock as Sahasraksha (or thousand eyes)
Sean Chinn - Wet Category
Florian Warnecke - Wet Category
Yaron Schmid - Silhouettes Gold Award Winner
Tim Crabb - Wet Category
Jiri Hrebicek - Silhouettes Bronze Award Winner
Andrew Fusek-Peters - Silhouettes Category
Matthew Sullivan - Eyes Category
Vicki Jauron - Wet Category
Sean Chinn - Eyes Category
Tibor Litauszki - Silhouettes Category
Boldizsár Szucs - Light Gold Award Winner
Aaron Todd - Light Founder’s Choice
Kai Kolodziej - Eyes Gold Award Winner
Ben Pulletz - Eyes Category
Matthew Sullivan - Wet Category
I used to see salamanders more frequently. Are pesticides taking a toll, or is it global warming? Or both?
Michal Dobes - Eyes Category
Bernhard Schubert - Wet Founder's Choice
Irma Szabó - Eyes Category
Ponlawat Thaipinnarong - Eyes Category
Vanessa Mignon - Wet Category
I know whale sharks are harmless but I think I would still be startled by one unaware. I wouldn't mind diving with one if I knew it was there.
Simon Runting - Light Category
Peter Hudson - Silhouettes Founder's Choice
Krisztina Szakolczai - Light Category
Robin Karpan - Light Category
Jeremy Robbins - Silhouettes Category
Beautiful.....animals and nature....God's glorious gifts for all of us to enjoy every day.
Robin Morrison - Light Bronze Award Winner
Tibor Litauszki - Silhouettes Silver Award Winner
Luca Lorenz - Young Wet Category Winner
Wanchanok Suvarnakara - Eyes Category
Bhumit Patel - Silhouettes Category
Norbert Kaszás - Wet Bronze Award Winner
Norbert Kovacs - Light Category
Chris Penker - Light Category
Rick Beldegreen - Silhouettes Category
Matthew Sullivan - Wet Category
Spawning season is insane here in the PNW. Be interesting if people could leave them be for a season or so...
I like the categories, light, eye, silhouette, wet. Simple and efficient.
Beautiful photos! I'm especially proud at the high number of Hungarian entries!
I like the categories, light, eye, silhouette, wet. Simple and efficient.
Beautiful photos! I'm especially proud at the high number of Hungarian entries!
