WildArt Photographer of the Year Winners - SPACE
SPACE was our competition category theme for February and is the design of Andy Rouse. We received 1,063 entries into this contest, the standard of which was simply amazing and gave Andy and his team a hard task selecting the winning images from the entries. Andy supported the Badger Trust in the UK with SPACE, for which the competition raised a total of £212.60 through competition entry fees. Many congratulations go to Adam Stunkel from the United States who has won the category Gold Award with this stunning image of a Barred Owl entitled ‘Sleeping Forest’. Adam wins £500 and goes forward to our grand final at the end of the year where he is in with a chance of winning our very first WildArt Photographer of the Year title. Watch the awards presentation from 23rd May opposite.
ADAM STUNKEL - SPACE GOLD AWARD WINNER
SPACE Gold Award Winner ‘Sleeping Forest’ ©Adam Stunkel
Congratulations also go to Steve Palmer from the United Kingdom who wins our Silver Award and £200 with this image of a Great Crested Grebe in colourful reflections entitled ‘Great Crested Grebe Preening’; and also to Vittorio Ricci from Italy who is awarded our Bronze prize and £100 for his image of Oryx entitled ‘Open Spaces’.
SPACE BRONZE AWARD WINNER - VITTORIO RICCI
SPACE SILVER AWARD WINNER - STEVE PALMER
SPACE Silver Award Winner ‘Great Crested Grebe Preening’ ©Steve Palmer
SPACE Bronze Award Winner ‘Open Spaces’ ©Vittorio Ricci
COTTON CARRIER PRIZE WINNER
We are delighted to be able to offer an additional prize for SPACE in the form of a Cotton Carrier camera sling. This prize goes to Kevin Morgans from the United Kingdom for his image of an Atlantic Puffin entitled ‘Land of the Puffin’.
WILD PLANET PHOTO MAGAZINE - EDITOR’S CHOICE
Congratulations go to Christian Tuckwell Smith for this image of Brünnich's Guillemots entitled ‘Hidden in Rock’. Christian is our Wild Planet Photo Magazine Editor’s Choice for SPACE and receives a year’s free subscription to the magazine from its editor Clare Disano.
Wild Planet Photo Magazine Editor’s Choice ‘Hidden in Rock’ ©Christian Tuckwell Smith
Cotton Carrier Prize Winner ‘The Last Puffin’ ©Kevin Morgans
WILDART YOUNG SPACE CATEGORY WINNER
WildArt Young WET category winner ‘Gold in the Snow’ ©Tamás Koncz-Bisztricz
Our congratulations go to Tamás Koncz-Bisztricz from Hungary who wins our Young Award for SPACE with this image of a Goldfinch entitled ‘Gold in the Snow’. 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.
COMMENDED
The images displayed below are Commended by the judges. Congratulations to all.
