Visiting The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition

Due to my interest in the natural/ wildlife photography, I decided to visit the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum. 

The images I saw were absolutely stunning, not just the runners ups or winners, but every single photograph. A section of the exhibition was dedicated to Wildlife Photojournalism and showed how humans have intervened in the natural world. It really inspired me and showed the level of talent there is out there in the industry. I think possibly the most eye opening part of the exhibition was the "young" wildlife photographers section. It showed that age is no boundary and that to be a successful wildlife photographer, you don't have to have years of experience under your belt. 

These were some of the artist ( and their pieces ) that I loved: 

Pedro Carrillo - Ray Ryhthem 

Michael Nichols - The Last Great Picture & Intimacy

Dana Allen - Blown Away 

Rodrigo Friscione - The Longline Lottery 

Marine Aigner - Dinner At The Dump 

Paul Hilton - Sea Of Death

Ian Johnson - Where Is My Forrest 

David Clapp - Magic Mountain 

Matthew Smith - Sailing By 

Jordi Chias Pujol - Ocean Blues 

Indra Swari - Passing Giants 

Greg Du Toit - Feeling The Flames

Fabien Micheneet - Little Squid

Mac Stone - Beach Guardian 

The Photojournalist that particularly inspired me was called Brent Stirton and his collection of images called “Out Of Africa”. He focuses largely on the poaching industry in Africa and the consequences from it - both human and animal. It shows how humans are effecting the beautiful natural wildlife of Africa. This was really important to me as it showed how you could use the art of photography for conservation.