MEDIA ALERT: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Location:   Australian National Maritime Museum

Date:         Tuesday 18 June

Time:         11.00am – 12.00pm

Media are invited to preview the 59^th Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Australian National Maritime Museum, an exhibition from the Natural History Museum of London. Open until November 10, this exhibition highlights a myriad of plant and animal species from the lens of wildlife photographers worldwide.

The exhibition features over 100 award-winning images, including the Grand Title winner, French photographer Laurent Ballesta whose ethereal image of a golden horseshoe crab taken near Pangatalan Island in the Philippines has earned him the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year for the second time.

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High-res images available here.

For media enquiries and images please contact:

Alex Gonzalez                                           e: alex.gonzalez@sea.museum