Dive Pacific 175 Dec2020 Jan 2021

UK’s Natural History Museum presents
Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners
• Now in its 56th year, the Wildlife Photographer
of the Year is the Natural History Museum’s
showcase for the world’s best nature photography.
• This year’s competition attracted 49,000 entries
from professionals and amateurs from across the
world.
• Follow the competition on Instagram, Twitter or
Facebook
• The 2021 competition has opened for entries and
they close at 11.30am GMT on 10 December 2020.
The competition is open to photographers of all
ages and abilities.
And the Grand Title Winner of the 2020
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 is
The Embrace by Sergey Gorshkov, of Russia.
His entry of an Amur tigress hugging an ancient
Manchurian fir in the Russian Far East was selected
from over 49,000 photos from around the world.
Amur, or Siberian tigers are only found in this
region and it took more than 11 months for the
Russian photographer to capture the moment with
hidden cameras.
The Embrace by Sergey Gorshkov, of Russia. Grand Title Winner
Chair of the judging panel, Rosamund ‘Roz’ Kidman
Cox says, ‘It’s a scene like no other. A unique
glimpse of an intimate moment deep in a magical
forest. She grips the trunk in obvious ecstasy and
inhales the scent of tiger on resin, leaving her own
mark as her message, a story told in glorious colour
and texture of the comeback of the Amur tiger, a
symbol of the Russian wilderness.’
The fox that got the goose won for Liina Heikkinen
of Norway the Grand Title of Young Wildlife
Photographer of the Year 2020.
The images were judged anonymously from professional
and amateur photographers by a panel of
experts for their innovation, narrative and technical
ability. They will be showcased in displays at the
Natural History Museum this year before touring
across the UK, Australia, Canada, Denmark,
Germany, and elsewhere.
Entries for the 2021 competition are now open with
new categories focussing on people’s impact on the
planet. The new jury for it has also been announced.
www.nhm.ac.uk
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