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Judges

Here is the judging panel for the 2010 Adult and Young competitions:


Judges' biographies 2010

Mark Carwardine (UK) is a zoologist, award-winning writer, columnist, best-selling author of more than 50 books, widely published photographer and conservation consultant. For many years he presented the weekly half-hour programme, Nature, on BBC Radio 4. He co-presented the BBC TV series Last Chance to See, with Stephen Fry, and this year can be seen on the BBC 2 series, Museum of Life. He has been chairman of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year judging panel since 2005.

Richard Edwards (UK) is the Director of Wildscreen's ARKive project (www.arkive.org), a not-for-profit initiative bringing together the very best films and photographs of the world's threatened species into one centralised digital library, as a valuable educational resource and conservation tool. During his time on the ARKive project, Richard has built strong professional relationships with some of the most famous names in wildlife photography, natural history film production and conservation biology. Richard is also the Technical Director of WildPhotos (www.wildphotos.org.uk), the UK's largest annual nature photography symposium, and another of Wildscreen's flagship initiatives. Prior to joining Wildscreen, Richard was project manager for Wildwalk, a multimedia wildlife attraction, based in Bristol, UK, and worked for a number independent natural history film production companies. Richard is an Oxford University Zoology graduate, with an MSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of London, and is himself an enthusiastic amateur wildlife photographer.

Colin Finlay (UK) is Head of Image Resources at the Natural History Museum, London. With many years of experience as a director at both Getty Images and Photoshot, his knowledge of the photography industry worldwide is encyclopedic. He also has extensive experience as a creative director working with photographers from many genres. Colin is a regular contributor to photography magazines and is frequently asked to judge photo competitions. As a curator specialising in archival photography, he has been responsible for exhibitions in many countries around the world.

Daisy Gilardini (Switzerland) started taking photography seriously during her first trip to India in 1989 and since then has visited more than 65 countries with camera in hand. She fell in love with Antarctica during her first trip there in 1997 and since then has spent most of her time photographing the polar regions. Daisy’s images have been published internationally in leading magazines and for organisations such as National Geographic, Smithsonian, BBC Wildlife, Nature’s Best, Audubon, The Telegraph, Outdoor Photography, Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, among many others. Her work received awards at the most prestigious international photo contests such as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Travel Photography of the Year, Photography Master Award, IPA International Photography Award and Nature’s Best. Her passion for the natural world has grown into a lifelong commitment to disseminate conservation messages and inspire others to respect and preserve our fragile planet.

Rosamund Kidman Cox (UK) is an editor and writer, specialising in wildlife and environmental issues and with a particular interest in photography. She was editor of Wildlife Magazine, subsequently BBC Wildlife Magazine, for 23 years and has been a judge of the competition since 1981, launching it in its current form. She is on the executive committee of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Doug Perrine (USA) is widely regarded as one the world’s foremost marine wildlife photographers. Over the course of a 23-year career as a freelance professional photographer, his photographs have been published in thousands of magazines, books, calendars and other graphic products. He is the author of seven books and numerous magazine articles on marine life. He is the founder of the stock photo library SeaPics.com, which he operated for 18 years before selling it in 2003 to concentrate on his own writing and photography. He has served as a consultant for filming projects for the BBC NHU, National Geographic, Discovery, Disney, and other companies. His photographs have won a number of awards, including the grand prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in 2004. He has also taken first place awards in the Animal Behaviour and Underwater World categories. He has lived in various locations around the world, but currently resides in Kona, Hawaii.

Patricio Robles Gil (Mexico) In 1989 he founded Agrupación Sierra Madre, and in 1992, Unidos para la Conservación, two of Mexico’s environmental organisations. As an artist he uses photography as a tool to bring urban societies closer to nature. He has published 35 art books on wilderness and biodiversity featuring his photography and that of other peers from all over the world, of which Celebration to Life. Testimonies of a Commitment (1996) introduced the concept of how some nature photographers have become leaders in conservation. He was editor of the first 15 of the Cemex´s series books, being Hotspots. Earth’s Biologically Richest and most Endangered Ecoregions and Birds and People. Bonds in a Timeless Journey two of the most important. At the 8th. World Wilderness Congress (WWC) in Alaska, he presented the El Carmen – Big Bend Conservation Corridor Initiative that protects 10 million acres of wilderness and a high-biodiversity ecoregion in the USA-Mexico border. He led the first two RAVES (Balandra and El Triunfo) of the International League for Conservation Photographers. In 2009, he brought the 9th. WWC to Mérida, Yucatán in Mexico.

Sophie Stafford (UK) is the editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine. She is a trained zoologist and has more than 10 years’ experience in wildlife publishing. She works closely with international photographers to select material for the magazine’s photographic portfolio each month.

Stefano Unterthiner (Italy) began serious photography at the age of 17, went on to study zoology, obtaining a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, and then started his career as a professional photographer. His first assignment won him the prestigious Mario Pastore prize for best young environmental journalist. Widely published in magazines worldwide, such as National Geographic, he is author of five photographic books, the latest of which is The nights of the bear. He works mainly on projects focusing on conservation and endangered wildlife, in particular, on human-nature interaction. He is a regular prize-winner in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and is a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). www.stefanounterthiner.com

Solvin Zankl (Germany) has worked as a photographer since completing his masters in marine biology, undertaking wildlife photographic assignments all over the world. His growing fascination for the element water led him to expand his work throughout different coastal environments. Since 1998 Solvin Zankl has been working as a professional photographer, specialising in producing wildlife stories in different parts of the world. He always tries to catch the behaviour and the typical character of his subject from his personal view. Solvin is noted for getting a fresh new look on small or widely unnoticed animals. His work has contributed to many conservation campaigns, eg the protection of the golden lion tamarin. His work has been internationally published in magazines including Geo, Natural History Magazine and BBC Wildlife, and he received the German Award for Science Photography.