Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2022 in Natural History Museum, London
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an important platform from which to tell impactful stories about the planetary emergency. Through photography we have the power to move hearts and minds to create a community of advocates for nature. Our current initiatives, including our new WPY Horizons Series, celebrate contemporary photographers of nationalities currently underrepresented in the Competition, as well as girls, women and nonbinary photographers. We want to strengthen this legacy by nurturing the next generation of young photographers, inspiring and empowering them to tell their own stories about wildlife and conservation in their local areas.
This year we launched our new project Young Minds for a Compassionate World, a new collaboration between us and the Victoria Memorial Hall in India funded by the British Council as part of India/UK Together, A Season of Culture. Together, we delivered a weeklong workshop in Kolkata for 38 young people from 18 local schools and universities. The locally rooted photography, storytelling and conservation masterclasses provided opportunities for budding photographers to learn technical tips and industry knowledge from world-leading mentors, naturalists and WPY alumni, including Nayan Khanolkar, Ashwika Kapur, Shekar Dattatri, Dhritiman Mukherjee and Ripan Biswas.
The participants then put their skills to the test by producing exciting, new photographs that tell important stories about local nature. Their photographs will be displayed at an exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall from 16 November 2022. The project will then conclude with a series of online events, available on our YouTube channel, that explore the conversations taking place globally on the role of nature photography in finding solutions to the planetary emergency.
Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2022 in Natural History Museum, London
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an important platform from which to tell impactful stories about the planetary emergency. Through photography we have the power to move hearts and minds to create a community of advocates for nature. Our current initiatives, including our new WPY Horizons Series, celebrate contemporary photographers of nationalities currently underrepresented in the Competition, as well as girls, women and nonbinary photographers. We want to strengthen this legacy by nurturing the next generation of young photographers, inspiring and empowering them to tell their own stories about wildlife and conservation in their local areas.
This year we launched our new project Young Minds for a Compassionate World, a new collaboration between us and the Victoria Memorial Hall in India funded by the British Council as part of India/UK Together, A Season of Culture. Together, we delivered a weeklong workshop in Kolkata for 38 young people from 18 local schools and universities. The locally rooted photography, storytelling and conservation masterclasses provided opportunities for budding photographers to learn technical tips and industry knowledge from world-leading mentors, naturalists and WPY alumni, including Nayan Khanolkar, Ashwika Kapur, Shekar Dattatri, Dhritiman Mukherjee and Ripan Biswas.
The participants then put their skills to the test by producing exciting, new photographs that tell important stories about local nature. Their photographs will be displayed at an exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall from 16 November 2022. The project will then conclude with a series of online events, available on our YouTube channel, that explore the conversations taking place globally on the role of nature photography in finding solutions to the planetary emergency.