The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition is back for the 53rd time, and explores the vast variety of life on Earth, and presents the world’s best nature photographers, from children to adults, amateurs to professionals.
Containing one hundred photographs, whittled down from fifty thousand entries across ninety two countries, the exhibition is no small feat to put together. Not only is it currently running from 20th October 2017 to 28th May 2018 at the National History Museum, South Kensington, but it will be touring the UK and internationally until December this year. To prebook online, it costs £12.50 for an adult, £7 for a child/concession and between £25 and £34.50 for a family.
The exhibition brings together photographers and photographs from around the world, taken some incredible continents and countries such as Antarctica, Africa, Spain and Italy, to name a few. Exploring animals from all walks of life, from the depths of the ocean to the tops of the mountain peaks, from the desert cacti to the icy glaciers, the exhibition has it all.
I had the incredible opportunity to visit the exhibition on Friday 23rd March along with my photography group, and it was spectacular. My peers enjoyed it as much as I did, and here are their opinions.
Marine stated that she was “very impressed with the talent and greatly improved from last year.” Evie said that there was some “outstanding photography”, and that the exhibition is “really worth the visit”, but she “didn’t agree with some of the winners.”
With that in mind I strongly encourage you to visit the exhibition, and witness the incredible talent for yourself.
Eve Tyler, Waldegrave School for Girls
