60 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year How Wildlife Photography Became Art

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This landmark volume presents the most memorable and beautiful pictures from six decades of the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography competition. Featuring more than 230 images, with 20 from the last five years, this sumptuous edition presents many of the greatest nature photographs of all time. It charts the development of nature photography from the first hand-held cameras and the colour-film revolution of the 1960s to the increasingly sophisticated photographs of wild animals, plants and unexplored places that are taken today. Technological innovations introduced in the last decade include automatic focusing and fast burst rates, which are ideal for capturing motion, as well as aerial drone photography and macro probe lenses, which allow for photography at the largest and smallest scales. An incredible variety of styles, skills and approaches are on show, reflecting the great advances in technology and the many and varied ways of viewing and interpreting the natural world. Prize-winning pictures on display include groundbreaking portraits, breathtaking aerial shots, other-worldly underwater imagery,

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ISBN:

9780565095628

Format:

Hardback

Pages:

336

Dimensions:

28cm x 28cm

RRP:

$80.00

Category:

Non-Fiction , Art and Photography

Publisher:

Hardie Grant Books

Published:

01 October 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rosamund Kidman Cox