Only one month is missing at the announcement of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 winners, the prestigious photo contest dedicated to naturalistic photography, but we can already start admiring some of the most praised images thanks to the preview made available by the organizers. The awards will be held on October 14, followed by an extraordinary exhibition at the Museum of Natural History, where 100 photographs selected from all over the world will be exhibited.
The photographs, chosen from over 60,000 nominations, tell extraordinary stories with the wildest nature: they range from the Camargue flamingos to a pack of wolves of the Canadian forests, up to the red deer of the United Kingdom. Each shot offers a unique starting point for reflection on our planet’s incredible biodiversity.
Kathy Moran, president of the jury, said: – The photo selected in preview offer only a taste of the 100 extraordinary images that visitors will be able to admire in the October exhibition. These shots, chosen from over 60,000 images, represent a powerful testimony of our connection with the natural world, shared on the largest world platform for naturalistic photography.
Rutting call by Jamie Smart
This image portrays a red deer hidden between the Bradgate Park grass in the United Kingdom, while raising the horns towards the sky. A powerful and suggestive image that captures the strength and majesty of this animal in its natural environment.
Ice Edge Journey by Bertie Gregory
Here we are in the heart of the frozen Antarctic ocean, where Bertie captured a group of small penguins ready to dive from a 15 -meter high cliff.
Toxic Tip by Lakshitha Karunarathna
This photograph of Lakshitha Karunarathna is truly impressive: it portrays a lonely elephant walking among the waste of a landfill in Sri Lanka, an image that strongly tells the contrast between the nature and impact of man on the environment.
Pink poses von Leana Kuster
Among the most present aquatic birds in Camargue we find the wonderful flamingo, here masterfully immortalized by Leana Kuster.
Gabriella Comi’s Wake-Up Call
Shortly before this shot, the two lions immortalized by Gabriella Comi in the Serengeti National Park, in Tanzania, were asleep. Suddenly, a cobra started to crawl towards them, and in a few seconds the two predators found themselves face to face. A breathtaking moment, captured to perfection!
Nature complaint its space by Sitaram Raul
He perceived them fluttering around him, but he could not understand exactly where they were, until a flash of light revealed them. It is at that moment that Sitaram Raul managed to immortalize bats. A photo that underlines how, despite the size of our urban structures, nature in the end always manages to claim its space.
No Place Like Home Von Emmanuel Tardy
Many slots are forced to get off the trees due to the growing fragmentation of forests in Costa Rica. This sloth is clear testimony, confused and frightened, which clings to the first thing that resembles a tree: a pole.
To admire all 15 photos presented in preview by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025, we suggest you take a look at the official website here.
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