The world’s most prestigious wildlife photography competition and exhibition

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The dying of the light, Angel Fitor, Spain

Based on award winners from an annual competition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious and longest running photography event of its kind, which for more than 50 years has provided a global showcase for astonishing and challenging insights into the natural world.

60 venues

more than 90 countries

more than 40,000 image entries

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Launched in 1965, the first competition attracted 361 entries, but today receives more than 40,000 from over 90 countries. One of the most popular exhibitions at the Natural History Museum in London, the exhibition of award winners is also seen by millions of people worldwide. The international tour of the exhibition has grown to include more than 60 venues across six continents, and has developed a loyal following across the globe.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition harnesses the power of photography to promote the discovery, understanding and responsible enjoyment of the natural world.

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The photojournalism category, which investigates the complex relationship between humans and the natural world through the narrative power of photography, is amongst the most popular in the exhibition. These challenging, uplifting, provocative and revelatory images illustrate how our attitudes, decisions and actions impact the natural world. Images raising awareness of the sustainable use of finite natural resources and the illegal wildlife trade are of particular interest to visitors.

Above and right: While the forest still stands, Tim Laman, USA

© Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia

© National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

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Every year, the exhibition features up to 100 award-winning images and is available to hire in two formats: the full back-lit version and a more compact version mounted on dibond.

Far left: Dibond version of the exhibition used at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia. Below: Dibond version of the exhibition used at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Up to 100 award-winning images

© Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum

We provide • up to 100 awe-inspiring images

• an atmospheric and immersive Wildlife Photographer of the Year soundtrack

• a slideshow to be shown on screen or projected for a reflective, cinema-like experience

• retail opportunities with a superb range of high-quality, branded merchandise for purchase

• marketing and press kits to help generate distinctive and effectively branded promotion

• a toolkit for easy and quick installation

• optional mobile phone captions

Venue requirements• a 300–500Sq square metre (3,000–5,000 square foot) gallery space for the dibond version

• a 500–700 square metre (5,000–7,000 square foot) gallery space for the back-lit version

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Left: Lightpanel version of the exhibition used at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Right: Lightpanel version of the exhibition used at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

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New elements are introduced regularly and promise a fresh and exciting visitor experience each year. Recently, this included a time-lapse category and additional digital features, such as mobile content, allowing visitors to access captions via their smartphones in the exhibition. This was particularly useful for venues that needed to make exhibition text available in multiple languages, with translations available at an additional fee. There was also the option to like or share on social media, enabling venues to link the exhibition to their social media programmes.

Venues will also have the opportunity to order unique Wildlife Photographer of the Year merchandise, including unique and best-selling prints, portfolio books and many more wildlife souvenirs.

'Thanks to this app our visitors could read the captions in their own language, even at home. Friendly use, nice design...just perfect.'

CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain.

Additional options

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For more information on how Wildlife Photographer of the Year can attract visitors to your venue please call +44 (0) 20 7942 6245, email touring@nhm.ac.uk or go to www.nhm.ac.uk/touringexhibitions

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Above: Playing pangolinLance van de Vyver, New Zealand/South Africa. Left: Portrait of a pelicanBence Máté, Hungary.

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