A Poignant Photo Of Life And Death Has Won The Australian Nature Photographer Of The Year Competition
Ashley Johnson won the overall winner of the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2022 for her poignant photograph of life and death titled “Prey of Nature.”
Ashley Johnson captured the overall winner of the 2022 Nature Geographic Australia Photographer of the Year competition, taking home the AU$10,000 prize for capturing a photo of a shark circling the carcass of a young whale. “Nature’s Prey” was shot in Western Australia’s Coral Bay and emphasized the wild nature of its ecosystem.
The Australian Natural Geography Photographer of the Year competition, formerly known as ANZANG, is run by the South Australian Museum and is open to all photographers of all ages, skill levels, and nationalities.
You exhibited This competition at the South Australian Museum until October 30. For more information, you can visit the museum’s website.
overall winner
- Ashley Johnson
Johnson explains:
For days, the tourist boats watched the body of the young whale move slowly in the bay, getting sicker and slower, and the shark bite marks on its body became more apparent. When my friends informed me, I quickly went to the place where the body of the whale had fallen, and around it, I saw several sharks that were well fed.
Winner of the endangered species category
- Jack Welton
Second place in the endangered species category
- Matty Smith
Astronomical photography category winner
- Jason Perry
Astronomical photography category winner
- William Godward
Monochrome category winner
- Jason Pratt
Second place in the monochrome category
- Mount Jude
Winner of the animals in the nature category
- Janko click
Second place in the variety of animals in nature
- Don’t try
Second place in the array of urban animals
- Gary Meredith
Portfolio winner
- Alejandro Trevino
Winner of our influence category
- Alan Kwak
Second place in our influence category
- Jiayuan Liang
Winner of the landscape category
- Yan Zhang
Second place in the landscape category
- Eli Morris
Winner of the Botany category
- James Dorsey
Second place in the botany category
- Justin Gilligan
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