Wildlife Photographer of the Year returns to Bristol Museum once again from next week

Wildlife Photographer of the Year returns to Bristol Museum once again from next week

Posted on: 17 Oct 2023

This ever-popular exhibition of 100 stunning photographs of the natural world will once more take over the city’s largest museum and art gallery for six months.

 

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 exhibition runs at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery from Saturday 21 October 2023 to Sunday 21 April 2024.

 

Experience this wonderful showcase of earth’s extraordinary diversity and highlighting the fragility of wildlife on our planet with this wonderful exhibition featuring all the stunning winning photographs from the fifty-ninth edition of this legendary competition.

 

Tickets for the exhibition can purchased HERE.

 

 

Always a popular Bristol attraction, this exhibition allows nature lovers to experience these incredible images alongside the museum’s fascinating natural science collections. The event includes the 100 winning photographs out of 49,957 competition entries from photographers of all ages and experience levels from 95 different countries.

 

The exhibition will also feature a range of soundscapes, videos, and expert insights alongside stunning photography that beautifully captures animal behaviour, spectacular species, and breathtaking diversity within the natural world.

 

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual international wildlife photography competition developed and produced by London’s Natural History Museum. First awarded in 1964, an exhibition of the winning and commended photographs takes place at the museum each year and later tours around the world – one stop being Bristol!

 

Laurent Ballesta won the Grand Title this year for a second time with an otherworldly capture of golden horseshoe grab in the protected waters surrounding the Pangatalan Island in the Philippines - see below.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 exhibition runs at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery from Saturday 21 October 2023 to Sunday 21 April 2024.

 

Tickets for this exhibition are priced at £10 for adults, £6.50 for concessions (those over 65, NHS staff, unemployed, disabled people and more) and FREE for under 16s and carers – secure your tickets HERE.

 

Main image: Pietro Formis, In-text image: Laurent Ballesta

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.