How Can I Become a Wildlife Photographer?

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is co-organized by the British Natural History Museum and the BBC Worldwide. The 2014 Wildlife Photographer Contest's Senior Award was won by Michael 'Nick' Nichols, and the Junior Award was won by Carlos Perez Naval.

Annual Wildlife Photographer Contest

The annual Wildlife Photographer Contest is held once a year, and all entries will be selected by the International Photography Jury. For photographers around the world, being nominated for this award is a great honor. Every year, a group of new talents emerges to compete for this award. The purpose of this competition is to use the power of photography to make people discover, understand, respect and enjoy nature. The annual competition produces a large number of photographs on natural subjects around the world.

In 1963, Britain's first color-printed nature magazine, "Animals", was launched. This magazine was the predecessor of the BBC "Wildlife" magazine. In order to promote the development of nature and wildlife photography, it is also for this magazine to get more Shortly after its creation, an international wildlife photography competition was held. In 1965, the BBC Wildlife magazine held the competition again and renamed it "Wildlife Photographer of the Year." "Contest". By 2014, this competition had been held for 50 sessions. From the first official annual competition in 1965, 361 entries were received. Up to now, more than 40,000 entries have been submitted each year.

Entries of the Annual Wildlife Photographer Contest 1. The previous groups of animal behavior, underwater world, and plants are now collectively referred to as "the diversity of the earth", and are divided into the following groups: "mammals", "birds" "," Amphibians and reptiles "," invertebrates "," plants and fungi "," underwater species ". Cancel the "Animal Portrait" and "Urban Wildlife" groups.

The competition is divided into an adult group and a juvenile group, covering a total of 19 categories, and a new category was selected by netizens in 2014.

The 2014 Wildlife Photographer Contest (WPY) announced the winners. American photographer Michael 'Nick' Nichols won the juvenile award, and Spanish photographer Carlos Perez Naval won the juvenile award. ^[2]

On the evening of October 15, 2019 (October 16th, Beijing time), the results of the 2019 Wildlife Photographer Contest were released. Photographer Bao Yongqing from Qinghai Province, China Out of more than 48,000 works from more than 100 countries, it defeated the opponent and became the first Chinese photographer to win the "Photographer of the Year" honor. Fan Shangzhen, also from Qinghai Province, China, won a single title and a nomination award. ^[1]