WildArt Photographer of the Year Winners - EYES

EYES was our competition category theme for March and is the design of Josh Galicki. We received 1,101 entries into this contest, our most popular to date. The submissions were full of eye-catching photography and Josh and his team spent hours considering all the images and selecting the winners. Josh supported the American Bird Conservancy and their Golden-winged Warbler project with EYES, for which the competition raised a total of £440 through competition entry fees and a private donation. Many congratulations go to Trai Anfield from the United Kingdom who has won the category Gold Award with this stunning image of a Mountain Gorilla entitled ‘Contact’. Trai wins £500 and goes forward to our grand final at the end of the year where she is in with a chance of winning our very first WildArt Photographer of the Year title.

TRAI ANFIELD - EYES GOLD AWARD WINNER

EYES Gold Award Winner ‘Contact’ ©Trai Anfield

Congratulations also go to Bianca Blonk from the Netherlands who wins our Silver Award and £200 with this image of a Mountain Hare entitled ‘Invisible’; and also to Alessandro Chiezzi from Italy who is awarded our Bronze prize and £100 for his image of a Ghost Glass Frog entitled ‘The Eyes of the Glass Frog’.

EYES BRONZE AWARD WINNER - ALESSANDRO CHIEZZI

EYES SILVER AWARD WINNER - BIANCA BLONK

EYES Silver Award Winner ‘Invisible’ ©Bianca Blonk

EYES Bronze Award Winner ‘The Eyes of the Glass Frog’ ©Alessandro Chiezzi

TOPAZ LABS PRIZE WINNER

We are delighted to be able to offer an additional prize for EYES in the form of a Topaz Labs Utility Bundle worth $249.99. This prize goes to Bernhard Schubert from Austria for his image of a melanistic Adder entitled ‘Fire Eyes’. This image is also Highly Commended by the judges.

WILD PLANET PHOTO MAGAZINE - EDITOR’S CHOICE

Congratulations go to Daniel D’Auria from the United States for this image of a Bison entitled ‘Constrained to Compromise’. Daniel is our Wild Planet Photo Magazine Editor’s Choice for EYES and receives a year’s free subscription to the magazine from its editor Clare Disano.

Topaz Labs Prize Winner ‘Fire Eyes’ ©Bernhard Schubert

COTTON CARRIER AWARD WINNER

Many congratulations to Alain Poirot from France who wins our Cotton Carrier Award with this image of a Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko entitled ‘Wide-eyed’. Alain wins a camera sling from Cotton Carrier.

WILDART YOUNG EYES CATEGORY WINNER

Our congratulations go to Tamás Koncz-Bisztricz from Hungary who wins our Young Award for EYES with this image of a Conehead entitled ‘Antennas’. Tamás wins £50 and goes forward to our grand final at the end of the year and will be considered for our overall WildArt Young Photographer of the Year.

HIGHLY COMMENDED

The images displayed below are Highly Commended by the judges. Congratulations to all.