The big winner of the photo competition is a macro shot of the big buzzing over the hot sandy ground: the male cactus bees willing to mate fight over the hot sandy ground for the only female, who flies away after a few minutes with the successful mating partner. Wildlife winner and journalist Karine Aigner took the picture in Texas.
Image: Karine Aigner, Wildlife Photogra
With flair and patience for the extraordinary: More than 38,000 nature photographers from all over the world wanted to be “Wildlife Photographer of the Year”. A gallery of awarded images.
NOnly five women in the fifty-eight year history of the most prestigious international wildlife photography competition have won the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year. This year, the American Karine Aigner receives the prize, which is awarded by an expert jury at the Natural History Museum in London. There were 38,575 submissions from 93 countries.
The youngest winner in one of the 19 categories of the competition is 16 years old and comes from Thailand: Katanyou Wuttichaitanakorn was named “Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022” for his photo “Beard Beauty”.
The winning photos of the competition will be on display at London’s Natural History Museum from October 14th.
