Photo by Matty Smith

Rockpool Rookies. Winner, Portrait, and Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026. Smith: “Once several weeks old and weaned from their mother’s milk, elephant seal pups are abandoned by their parents on shore, left to navigate life alone. On Sea Lion Island in the Falklands, I watched dozens of them clamber over one another in shallow rockpools, awkwardly learning to swim, and quite engaging to my presence. I’d come here for this moment, to witness and photograph their first solo lessons in life.”

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2026/02/winners-2026-underwater-photographer-year-contest/686157/
#photography #fotografie #animal #nature #naturelovers #wildlife #wildlifelovers #portrait #animalportrait #seal #sealion #falkland #falklandislands #maldivas

Photo by Marcus Westberg / Sony World Photography Awards 2026

Shortlist, Wildlife & Nature. From a project named South Sudan’s Forgotten Wilderness, featuring aerial photographs of many different animals in the region. Here, a herd of African savanna elephants moves through wetlands in Jonglei State.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2026/03/finalists-2026-sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition/686217/
#photography #fotografie #animal #nature #naturelovers #wildlife #wildlifelovers #sudan #wilderness #aerialphotography #aerialview #aerial #african #savanna #elephant #elephants #wetlands

Photo by Benjamin Pawlica / Sony World Photography Awards 2026

“Rain of Spores.” Shortlist, Wildlife & Nature. From a project named Fairy Mushroom Sporulations, showcasing spores being released from a number of different mushrooms.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2026/03/finalists-2026-sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition/686217/
#photography #fotografie #nature #naturelovers #wildlife #wildlifelovers #champignon #mushroom #cogumelo #pilze #spores #sporulation #fungus

Photo by Sunita Mandal / Sony World Photography Awards 2026

Shortlist, Wildlife & Nature. From a project named Born of Ice. A mother polar bear shelters two tiny cubs at the mouth of a wind-carved snow den on Baffin Island’s sea ice in their first weeks above ground.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2026/03/finalists-2026-sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition/686217/
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Photo by Hugo Hebbe / Sony World Photography Awards 2026

“Kamaya.” Shortlist, Wildlife & Nature. From a project named Guardians of the Jungle, exploring encounters with wild western lowland gorillas in the Congo Basin. Hugo Hebbe: “Kamaya sits in full majesty, gazing into the distance in the jungle of Gabon. His massive frame dominates the image, imposing yet composed. Although fully wild, he has grown accustomed to human presence.”

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2026/03/finalists-2026-sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition/686217/
#photography #fotografie #animal #nature #naturelovers #congo #africa #jungle #wildlife #wildlifelovers #gorilla #gorillas #greatape #primateportraits #primate

Hanneke Van Camp / Natural Landscape Photography Awards

"Projects, Winner. Living Landscapes. “Ever since I first traveled to Sápmi, I’ve felt deeply connected to its landscapes and culture. It has become my part-time home—a place of incredible beauty but also of fragility, facing threats from climate change and exploitation. Through this project, I hope to share its unique diversity and invite others to reconnect with nature and the values it carries.”"

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/09/winners-2025-natural-landscape-photography-awards/684334/
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Deadly Lessons shows young cheetahs that have caught a Günther’s dik-dik in Samburu national reserve, Kenya. Marina Cano, from Spain, was highly commended in the mammals’ behaviour category for her shot of the three practising their hunting skills while their mother looked on.

Photograph: Marina Cano/2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/aug/27/wildlife-photographer-of-year-2025-in-pictures
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Pink Pose shows a greater flamingo scratching its head in the Camargue wetlands of southern France. Leana Kuster, from Switzerland, was highly commended in the 15 to 17 years competition for the photo, which was taken while she was on holiday watching them forage in the shallow brackish water for molluscs and crustaceans.

Photograph: Leana Kuster/2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/aug/27/wildlife-photographer-of-year-2025-in-pictures
#photography #nature #animal #wildlife #wildlifelovers #flamingo #pinkflamingos #bird #france #camargue

Wake-up Call shows a lion and cobra in Tanzania’s Serengeti national park. It was taken by Gabriella Comi, from Italy, after she and a guide spotted a cobra slithering towards two sleeping lions. Within seconds, the elder of the pair was facing down the venomous intruder. The Serengeti is renowned for its large population of lions, with about 3,000 there.

Photograph: Gabriella Comi/2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/aug/27/wildlife-photographer-of-year-2025-in-pictures
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