Competitions Prize-winning inspiration
Boost your creative energy by enjoying these stunning winners from major imaging contests
Admire a selection of these acclaimed images over the next two pages and – once your creative tank is full to the brim – why not have a go at this year’s editions? You can’t win if you don’t enter!
EXAMINING THE AWARD-WINNING photography of others provides the inspiration and tools to develop our own ideas. Pleasingly, homegrown talent scooped the top prizes in some of the world’s most prestigious contests.
WORDS BY GAVIN STOKER
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: People’s Choice Award
A young polar bear drifting off to sleep on a bed of ice that’s carved into an iceberg has been voted the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year people’s choice award. Photographed by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, the winning shot Ice Bed was chosen based on 75,000 votes cast globally for the 25 images in the running. Four further finalists received highly commended nods. The Happy Turtle by Tzahi Finkelstein pictures a fascinating interaction between a Balkan pond turtle and a northern banded groundling dragonfly, while Daniel Dencescu’s Starling
Murmuration frames the moment a magical, bird-shaped formation appears. Shared Parenting by Mark Boyd shows two lionesses in Kenya’s Maasai Mara grooming one of the pride’s cubs. Audun Rikardsen’s Aurora Jellies features two moon jellyfish in a Norwegian fjord, under the aurora borealis. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. The main competition is currently being judged and winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony taking place in South Kensington in October 2024.
PAY A VISIT › Where Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London › When Now until Sunday 30 June 2024 › Open From Monday to Sunday, 10am to 5.50pm (last admission at 4.30pm) › Entry costs £17.50 for adult tickets (£14 concessions) or £10.50 for a child. Off-peak adult tickets are £15 (£12 concessions) or £9 for a child. › Website nhm.ac.uk
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