Photographer Angel Fitor has been awarded the celebrated “Wildlife Photographer of the Yr 2021” title for his serene jellyfish {photograph}, which he hopes will increase consciousness of ecological disasters that have an effect on marine life.
European Wildlife Photographer of the Yr, one of the famend competitions for nature pictures, is run by the German Society for Nature Images (GDT).
This 12 months, the panel of judges needed to look by means of over 19,000 submitted photographs from 36 nations to crown winners throughout eight main classes: “Birds,” “Mammals,” “Different Animals,” “Crops and Fungi,” “Landscapes,” “The Underwater World,” “Individuals and Nature,” and “Nature’s Studio.”
As well as, the following era of photographers had been awarded within the “Younger Photographers as much as 14 years” and “Younger Photographers 15-17 years” classes. For nature pictures tales, portfolios, and initiatives, the competition awards what known as the Fritz Pölking Prize.
Similar as final 12 months, the competitors award ceremony befell on-line and all of the successful photographs will go on a tour to be exhibited in Germany and Europe, with the German Horse Museum in Verden as the primary venue to carry the exhibition on December 7, 2021.
The competitors shared a prize pool price €32,000 ($37,400) with the general winner taking residence €3,000 ($3,500) and Olympus as the primary sponsor of the competition.
European Wildlife Photographer of the Yr 2021
The general winner and the recipient of the “European Wildlife Photographer of the Yr 2021” title is Spanish photographer, photojournalist, and creator Angel Fitor. His putting image, titled “Medusa ballet,” depicts jellyfish within the Spanish lagoon of Mar Menor.
“By means of the phantasm of a swarm of jellyfish, [the photo] evokes associations with a development we are able to observe in every single place in closely overexploited seas,” says Prof. Dr. Beate Jessel, the patron of the competitors and President of Federal Company for Nature Conservation. “Marine ecosystems which can be not unimpaired and the warming seas because of local weather change are selling the rise of particular person species.”
Fitor has lengthy been involved with the aquatic ecosystems of our planet and believes within the energy of pictures to provoke crucial adjustments and handle environmental issues.
Beneath are the winners of the opposite particular person classes:
Birds
Mammals
Different Animals
Crops and Fungi
Landscapes
The Underwater World
Individuals and Nature
Nature’s Studio
Younger Photographers As much as 14 Years
Younger Photographers 15-17 Years
Fritz Pölking Prize
Fritz Pölking Junior Prize
The complete checklist of winners and runners-up of this 12 months’s contest will be discovered on the GDT’s web site.
Picture credit: All photographs individually credited and supplied courtesy of GDT.
