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Grand title winners 2019
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Key dates
2020
Oct 13
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 56 competition winners are announced.
Oct 19
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 57 competition opens.
Dec 1
The public are asked to vote in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 56 People's Choice awards.
Dec 10
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 57 competition closes (11.30am GMT).
2021
Jan 25 — Feb 5
Original and high-resolution files requested for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 57 competition entrants.
Feb 2
Voting closes for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 56, People’s Choice awards.
A closer look
An invited guest shares their insight on an image from Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
The good life taken by Daniël Nelson.
'This is a lovely moment, combining careful and protracted observation of an animal in its habitat with compelling composition. The photo takes us right into the life of the young gorilla and makes us curious to understand his day.
Images this good can help inspire and educate, and may perhaps help save this critically endangered species.'
Lewis Blackwell, Chair of the Jury 2017
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Rattlesnake Roundup
Each year, these brutal festivals encourage the killing of hundreds of thousands of rattlesnakes.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Wildlife photographer and photojournalist Jasper Doest has been taking pictures of Japanese macaques for years after growing intrigued about their place in Japanese culture.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: celebrating the variety of life on Earth
Explore some of the richest habitats the planet has to offer and discover the beauty and abundance of life on Earth with this gallery of images.
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