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Travel Photographer of the Year International Touring Exhibition

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The Travel Photographer of the Year touring exhibitions are now underway and the first is now happening in Malta (running until October 8th). This is the first international exhibition for Travel Photographer of the Year and the first retrospective.  The second retrospective opens in Beijing from October 15th and will run until October 23rd this year. The Malta exhibition is being held at  Spazju Kreattiv, St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta (they are on Twitter etc.) and the Beijing exhibition is part of Photo Beijing.

Several of my photographs will be on display as part of these exhibitions. The polar bear and seal kill is on display in both the Malta and Beijing exhibitions, whilst the image of the blue iceberg on the beach in Iceland is on show in Malta. If you happen to have a chance to visit any of the exhibitions please be sure to drop me an email and let me know what you thought.VPPY - Gold Award
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Antarctic Photographic Exhibition Showcases Icy Wilderness

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The Antarctic Photography Exhibition has opened at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Australian Antarctic Festival. All photographs were taken in recent years in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic and were submitted by professional and amateur photographers from Greenland, Italy, New Zealand, Australia and Antarctica. Australian Antarctic Festival director Paul Cullen said the competition was narrowed down to 24 images to make up the exhibition. I am pleased to say the exhibition includes two of my personal favourite images from Antarctica (that have also been named as finalists).Ice Fortress HMAS Penguin Pool

The finalists selected for exhibition are:

  1. Nicole Anderson – Port Lockroy, Antarctica
  2. Nicole Anderson – Ice Cave Antarctica
  3. Helen Baird – Catch of the Day
  4. Barend Becker – King Penguins Leaving The Station At MacquarieIsland
  5. Karl Betteridge – Dive Comp
  6. Thomas Burns – The Sea Lion and the Skua
  7. Chad Carey – Orca Antarctica
  8. Tony Flemming – Aurora Basin Camp
  9. Brett Free – Angel Wings
  10. Jarrod Hodgson – Macquarie Island Sun – Australia’s sub-Antarctic From a Drone
  11. Joshua Holko – HMAS Iceberg
  12. Joshua Holko – The Fortress
  13. Kate Lawrence – Gadgets Gully, The Isthmus and North Head, Macquarie Island
  14. Sarah Lockyer – Adventures in Observation, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
  15. David Lomas – Helicopter Resources AS350B3e helicopters loaded onto a RAAF C17
  16. Gianluca Lombardi – Reflections
  17. Rob Massom – Cold Hard Light of Day
  18. Shane Ness – Aurora Over Mawson Station
  19. Nick Roden – Defiant Legacy
  20. James Stone – King Penguin Collar Detail
  21. Doug Thost – Self Portrait with the Aurora
  22. Chris Wilson – Ice Berg With Penguins
  23. Eric Woehler – Rockhopper Penguin
  24. Jennifer Wressel – The Meeting

Natures Best Photography 2016 Highly Honoured Polar Passion

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A few days ago I returned home to Australia from back-to-back expeditions and workshops to Svalbard and Iceland (trip reports coming soon). I was very pleasantly surprised to find on my return that one of my photographs that made the finals in the Polar Passion category of Natures Best Photography this year has subsequently been Highly Honoured and chosen for inclusion in the 2016 Natures Best Photography exhibition and book. See below for a complete list of the winners and highly honoured photographers.

The photograph was taken on my 2015 Summer Svalbard expedition (read the trip report). If you would like to travel to Svalbard and photograph Wild Polar Bears there are now only a couple of places remaining on my summer expedition next year 2017 before it will be sold out. To get an idea of what these expeditions are like be sure to watch the video Kingdom of the Ice Bear from our 2015 expedition.

The Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards staff is proud to announce the names of the photographers who will be displayed in our upcoming 2016 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The Windland Awards exhibition will open to the public on October 19, 2016 and run through 2017. 
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Svalbard in Winter Expedition SOLD OUT

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I am excited to announce that as of last week my new expedition to Svalbard in Winter next March is already sold out. The result of several scouting and test trips this new and unique expedition offers a first time opportunity to photograph in Svalbard in winter from expedition ship. The Arctic in Winter is a place to inspire the imagination. It is a white landscape bathed in golden light. This brand new expedition is the first of its type to venture north of Longyearbyen by ship in winter.svalbard-9725-edit copyIf you missed out on this expedition and are interested in travelling and photographing in Svalbard in Winter I will be announcing new dates for 2018 soon. Like 2017, this expedition will be limited to just 12 participants and will take us into remote areas of the Arctic at a time when the polar light is at its absolute best. I am not quite ready to start taking bookings for 2018 yet, but if you would like to be amongst the first to reserve your place you can register your interest now by dropping me an email (no obligation at this point). More details to come soon.