Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 31

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A further twenty-five (25) photographs from the Final Round of the Adult Competition and the Young Competition will be selected by the Jury and made available to the public for three (3) months for an online vote. These entries will be specially promoted including via social media and through any of our print or commercial partners. The entry with the most votes will receive the People’s Choice Special Award, with the next four (4) most popular entries being Highly Commended. However, the winner of the People’s Choice Special Award will not be considered for Wildlife Photographer of the Year. iii) that you will be liable to us, and the Museum in respect of any damages or losses incurred as a result of a breach of the Rules by you. ii) subsequent versions of the WPY Exhibition operated by licensees in any country ("Touring Exhibitions") and All entries must be the result of photographic process using a camera. You are not permitted to submit photographs that:

If you are successful, you will be notified in strict confidence. It is a condition of entry, any Award and any prize that you do not disclose the details of any shortlisted or winning entries to any third party. We want to encourage and reward wildlife photography that inspires hope and positive action for the natural world. To celebrate the 60 th anniversary the jury will award a Special Prize, within the 100 winning images in any category, to recognise a conservation success, a story of hope and/or positive change.The competition’s nineteen categories will appeal to a wide range of interests and experience levels, from animal portraiture and photojournalism to urban wildlife and underwater worlds. You are responsible for ensuring full compliance with any applicable national or international legislation (including in relation to drones) and for securing any relevant permits (which, in the case of human portraits, will include the subject’s permission) and which must be made available to us if we request it. You must not do anything to injure or distress an animal or damage its habitat in an attempt to secure a photograph. This includes flying (or flying a drone) too low or noisily over an animal and taking photographs at nests using wide angle lenses although telephoto lenses are permitted. An animal’s welfare must always come first.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year was founded in 1965 by BBC Wildlife Magazine, then called Animals. The Natural History Museum joined forces in 1984 to create the competition as it is known today. The annual competition and touring exhibition are now run and owned by the Natural History Museum, London.The trunk that survives is the marine species, but I think that an important part of the story of these animals is that lost diversity, partly in what they were looking like but also in the lost ecologies.’ Kathy Moran, the Chair of the jury and editor, says, ‘To see a horseshoe crab so vibrantly alive in its natural habitat, in such a hauntingly beautiful way, was astonishing.’ We aim to be a catalyst for change, engaging advocates for the planet in everything that we do. Our 350 scientists are finding solutions to the planetary emergency in all aspects of life.

For the second time, French photographer Laurent Ballesta was announced as this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his otherworldly image of a tri-spine horseshoe crab accompanied by a trio of golden trevallies. Looking almost like an extraterrestrial spaceship, the gilded carapace of the arthropod gliding through the dark waters took the judging panel by surprise. The term "any medium" when used in clause 8(5) shall include but not be limited to any print, book, magazine, NHM’s stakeholders communication, digital media, applications or social media channels. Other commercial opportunities may exist for you to benefit from the use of any entry selected by the Jury. Where such a commercial benefit is likely to arise, we will seek your permission in advance and provide you with an appropriate licence. Examples include: Whilst the information in these Rules is correct, we, in our sole discretion but acting reasonably, reserve the right without prior notice to:

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Your entry must be uploaded in JPEG format. High-quality scans of transparencies or negatives are also acceptable. ii) an original photograph captured on camera by a photographer but submitted by you on behalf of the photographer, in which case you must inform us of the name of the photographer, and on request by us must provide written confirmation from the photographer that you are entitled to act on their behalf and that they fully accept and are bound by these Rules themselves. With any hope, these remarkable survivors will still be swimming the oceans of Earth in 100 million years to come. The young Wildlife Photographer of the Year i) commence on the date you are notified of your Award and continue for a period five (5) years; and