The Museum Of Natural History Has Announced The Winners Of The 2021st Annual Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2021 Competition. 

The awards began as a magazine competition in 1965 and have been held annually ever since. The purpose of this photography competition and its exhibition is to inspire a love for the natural world and to draw people’s attention to the planet Earth.

Last year’s event saw the submission of 49,000 entries, with Sergei Gorshkov receiving the grand title for his work depicting a Siberian tiger embracing an ancient spruce tree.

The competition is judged in several different categories such as “Animals in their habitat,” “Animal portraits,” “Behavior: amphibians and reptiles,” “Behavior: birds,” and other topics. The winners of all categories will compete for the grand title of the competition.

Laurent Balsta, a French underwater photographer and biologist, was announced the winner of the Museum of Natural History during a virtual awards ceremony among 50,000 photographs submitted by photographers from 95 countries.

His mysterious “Creation” depicts camouflaged tropical fish emerging from their milk’s egg and sperm cloud in the Fakarava region of Polynesia, France. Barista and his team returned to the lagoon every year and dived day and night to avoid missing the annual spawning in July and the full moon.

• Underwater category winner

• Name of work: Creation

• Photographer Name: Laurent Barista

• Country of Photography: France

Says Dr. Doug Gore, director of the Museum of Natural History:

This year’s big title winner reveals a hidden underwater world, A fleeting moment of exceptional animal behavior that few people have witnessed.

• Winner of the category of photographers under ten years old

• Name of the work: Dome House

• Photographer Name: Video R. Heber

• Country of Photography: India

10-year-old Videon R. Heber received the title of Young Wildlife Photographer of 2021 for his colorful image. The “Dome House” depicts a tropical turret spider passing a three-wheeled motor. Vision first competed when he was just eight years old. He loved to photograph creatures often overlooked in the streets and parks near his home in Bangalore, India.

Below you can see other pictures of the winner of this contest.

• Winner of the category of animal photographers in their living environment

• Effect Name: Grizzly Food Remnant

• Photographer Name: Zack Clothier

• Country of Photographer: United States of America

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• Winner of animal portrait category

• Effect Name: Reflection

• Photographer Name: Majid Ali

• Land of Photography: Kuwait

• Behavior category winner: Invertebrates

• Name of the work: Spinning the coil

• Photographer: Gail Vision

• Country of Photographer: Israel / Canada

• Winner Category Behavior: Birds

• Name of the work: Intimate touch

• Photographer Name: Shane Colin

• Land of Photography: Canada

• Winner Behavior category: Mammals

• Title of work: Horn to horn

• Photographer Name: Stefano Entertainer

• Country of Photographer: Italy

• Winner of Behavior category: Amphibians and reptiles

• Name of work: Where giant salamanders grow

• Photographer Name: Zhao Rodriguez

• Country of Photography: Portugal

• Winner of the Natural Artist category

• Title of work: Stunned

• Photographer Name: Alex Mustard

• Land of Photography: United Kingdom

• Winner of the Ocean category

• Title of work: The collapse of the orphanage

• Photographer Name: Jennifer Hayes

• Country of Photographer: United States

• Winner of the variety of plants and fungi

• Title of work: Rich reflections

• Photographer Name: Justin Gilligan

• Country of Photographer: Australia

• Winner of urban wildlife category

• Effect Name: Spider Room

• Photographer: Gail Vision

• Country of Photographer: Israel / Canada

• Winner of the Swamp Fields category

• Name of the work: Road to Destruction

• Photographer Name : Javier Lafonte

• Country of Photographer: Spain

• Winner of News Photographer category

• Title of work: The elephant in the room

• Photographer Name: Adam Aswell

• Country of Photographer: Australia

• Winner of news photographer story category

• Name of the work: Healing touch, from collective care

• Photographer Name: Brent Stirton

• Photographer Country: South Africa

• Winner of the emerging star portfolio category

• Title of work: Dry time for sea bears

• Photographer Name: Martin Gregos

• Country of Photographer: Canada / Slovakia

• Winner of the portfolio category

• Name of the work: Facing the cichlids of the planet Tanganyika

• Photographer Name: Angel For

• Country of Photographer: Spain

• Winner of the category of photographers aged 11 to 14

• Name of the work: Singing bird of the sunflower

• Photographer Name : Andres Luis Dominguez Blanco

• Country of Photographer: Spain

• Winner of the category of photographers aged 15 to 17

• Name of the work: Ambitious Blue Crow

• Photographer Name: Lost Cork

• Country of Photography: Finland

The 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition started on October 18, 2021, and the deadline for submitting works is December 9, 2021. Pictures of all the finalists can find in this year’s competition on the website of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year organization.

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