World Photographic Cup Selection 2027 Team Australia

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The World Photographic Cup (the Olympics of Photography) has just announced its country selections for 2027. I am very excited and proud to have been included again in Team Australia. In previous years, I was fortunate to take out the Silver medal in the Nature category with my photograph of an Emperor Penguin family and, again in 2022, a Silver medal for my Snowy Owl photograph. For 2027, my photograph of fighting Arctic Fox in snowfall will represent Team Australia in the Nature category. Gold this time? Who knows… ultimately, the win is representing Australia and I am proud to say this will be my sixth time representing Australia.

About: The WPC was founded in 2013 as a cooperative effort by The Federation of European Photographers (FEP) and Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Its singular goal is to unite photographers in a spirit of friendship and cooperation. A Governing Committee has been created to conduct the ongoing affairs of the competition, also supported by UAPP (United Asian Professional Photography). The brotherhood and sisterhood of photography is a bond that transcends language, culture, and geography. That’s the foundation behind the World Photographic Cup, a one-of-a-kind international team competition. Sure, there are lots of other competitions, but there is just one World Photographic Cup.

South Georgia Expedition September 2027 Availability Update

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Cabin Update: A quick update on cabin availability for our South Georgia expedition next year. All of the Premiere and Signature Single Cabins are SOLD OUT. We have one shared Male place in a Premiere Twin cabin only. We have four signature twin cabins available and just two Signature suites left before the expedition will be sold out. Please get in touch if you would like to reserve one of the remaining cabins or have any queries about the expedition.

I am extremely excited about this all-new expedition to the magnificent South Georgia Island in September of 2027 – One of the world’s greatest wildlife destinations! It has long been a dream of mine to lead an expedition to South Georgia in September. At this time of year, the mountains and landscape will be blanketed in snow, offering a truly extraordinary opportunity to photograph King Penguins in a winter setting!

For this expedition, my company, Wild Nature Photo Travel, has chartered the recently refitted and ice-hardened ship, M.V. Aureum. With a capacity of just 36, we will be an exceptionally small group of photographers for an expedition such as this. The expedition will run for a full two weeks from September 18th until the 2nd of October, 2027 and will begin and end in the Falkland Islands. We expect to have 9 full days in South Georgia, which is a fantastic amount of time to explore the many colonies and world-famous locations such as Saint Andrews, Gould Bay and Salisbury Plain.

South Georgia Island, with its precipitous peaks draped in snow and ice, is a place that evokes and inspires the imagination. It is a dramatic Himalayan-style landscape of mountains that plunge almost directly to sea level. It is, as they say, ‘off the charts’ in photographic terms. This unique expedition ventures to this remote sub-Antarctic Island in early September to search for King Penguins amid winter snow.

The main focus of this expedition will be King Penguins, Elephant seals and other local wildlife. In September, the light conditions in South Georgia can be magical. Most commonly, South Georgia expeditions begin in November and run through until March in the Polar summer. With our expedition ship, we will explore in September, before the arrival of the territorial Fur seals and when the landscape is still covered in clean, pristine snow. This time of year offers unique photographic opportunities that most will never experience.

Full details on the expedition are now on the website HERE. Twin-Share cabins start from $19,995 USD. Please get in touch if you would like to reserve one of the remaining cabins or have any queries about the expedition.