Maroesjka Lavigne
Lavigne loves photographing places “where you can imagine how the world must have been before there were people.” Last winter she spent three weeks in Namibia looking for scenes where plants and animals blend into their natural environs. Her series, “Land of Nothingness,” recently exhibited at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York.
Read about the Black Rhino’s slow recovery on bioGraphic.com
Aquatic Life Finalist
An Unexpected Gift
Alejandro Prieto | Guadalajara, Mexico
Aquatic Life Finalist
A Comfy Bed
David Gallardo | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aquatic Life Finalist
Eye of the (Trevally) Tornado
Octavio Aburto | San Diego, California
Aquatic Life Finalist
Nature’s Aquarium
Marcelo Krause | Curitiba, Brazil
Aquatic Life Finalist
Epic Battle
Ralph Pace | San Diego, California
Aquatic Life Finalist
Fireworks
Adriano Morettin | Trieste, Italy
Aquatic Life
Deep Space
Eduardo Acevedo
A Canary Islands native, Acevedo has specialized in underwater photography since 1998. He dives the world’s oceans from Africa to Malaysia, camera in hand.
Art of Nature Finalist
Greenpeace
Axel Boberg | Jönköping, Sweden
ART OF NATURE FINALIST
Ready to Launch
Amy Gulick | Clinton, Washington
ART OF NATURE FINALIST
Rhythm and Motion
Bence Mate | Pusztaszer, Hungary
ART OF NATURE FINALIST
Web Designer
Des Ong | Loughborough, United Kingdom
ART OF NATURE FINALIST
Sea of Grass
Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti | Rome, Italy
ART OF NATURE FINALIST
Survivor
Mohammed Yousef | Kuwait City, Kuwait
Art of Nature
Sulfur City
Peter Juzak
Juzak has contributed to medicalpicture, a database of medical images and illustrations. He experiments with photographing crystals of everyday chemical ingredients—in food, medicines, cosmetics—through a microscope lens.
Landscapes, Waterscapes, and flora Finalist
Cappuccino
Giuseppe DeMasi | Laguna Beach, California
LANDSCAPES, WATERSCAPES, AND FLORA FINALIST
July Thaw, Icelandic Highlands
Harry Lichtman | Newmarket, New Hampshire
LANDSCAPES, WATERSCAPES, AND FLORA FINALIST
Mushroom Mystique
Jose Manuel Grandío | Irún, Spain
LANDSCAPES, WATERSCAPES, AND FLORA FINALIST
Magic on the Highlands
Marcio Cabral | Brasilia, Brazil
LANDSCAPES, WATERSCAPES, AND FLORA FINALIST
Crowned by Stars
Roman Burri | Biel, Switzerland
LANDSCAPES, WATERSCAPES, AND FLORA FINALIST
Now You See It…
Toine Westen | Leiden, The Netherlands
Landscapes, Waterscapes, and Flora
The Awakening
Francisco Negroni
Negroni is a freelance photojournalist who works for international media agencies including Reuters and The Associated Press. He has an affinity for shooting volcanic landscapes in southern Chile.
Terrestrial Wildlife Finalist
Stalwarts of the Storm
Daisy Gilardini | Vancouver, Canada
TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE FINALIST
Natural Born Killer
James Gifford | Maun, Botswana
TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE FINALIST
Life in a Drop
Javier Aznar González de Rueda | Quito, Ecuador
TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE FINALIST
The Houseguest
Kristhian Castro | Cali, Colombia
TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE FINALIST
A Rare Sighting
Sebastian Kennerknecht | Berkeley, California
TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE FINALIST
Hide and Seek
Vladislav Kamenski | Montreal, Canada
Terrestrial Wildlife
The Courageous Crossing
Manoj Shah
Born and raised in Kenya, Shah spent many hours of his childhood observing and photographing wild animals in Nairobi National Park. His images have appeared in exhibitions in Europe and the U.S.
Winged Life Finalist
Creekside Nursery
Connor Stefanison | Burnaby, Canada
WINGED LIFE FINALIST
Pink Flamingos at Red River
Francisco Mingorance | Almuñécar, Spain
WINGED LIFE FINALIST
Chick’s-Eye View
Joris van Alphen | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
WINGED LIFE FINALIST
Gotcha!
C.S. Ling | Singapore
WINGED LIFE FINALIST
A Flower’s Best Friend
Nicolás Arturo Pérez | Buenos Aires, Argentina
WINGED LIFE FINALIST
Cranes at Winter’s Dawn
Tibor Kercz | Erd, Hungary
Winged Life
Birds in Line
Marco Urso
For award-winning wildlife and travel photographer Urso, watching nature gives him “time to think, to reconsider things,” and find some internal peace. His pictures have been exhibited in London, Moscow, Singapore, and Washington, DC.
Human/Nature Finalist
After the Night Hunt
Denis Palanque & Nathalie Houdin | Montcarra, France
HUMAN/NATURE FINALIST
A Helping Hand
Douglas Gimesy | Melbourne, Australia
HUMAN/NATURE FINALIST
Landfill of Plenty
Jasper Doest | Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
HUMAN/NATURE FINALIST
Nairobi’s Skyscrapers
Paras Chandaria | Nairobi, Kenya
HUMAN/NATURE FINALIST
When Rhinos Fly
Pete Oxford | Quito, Ecuador
HUMAN/NATURE FINALIST
Ray of Hope
Sirachai Arunrugstichai | Bangkok, Thailand
Human/Nature
The Cat in My Backyard
Nayan Khanolkar
Naturalist and photographer Khanolkar studies the interactions and conflicts between leopards and people around Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai. His images offer insights into the wild cats’ behavior and the conservation threats they face.
photo Essay: Coral Reefs Finalist
Sea and Sky
Madeja sailed with a friend to this remote island, thankful to see a thriving coral reef, largely untouched by humans.
PHOTO ESSAY: CORAL REEFS FINALIST
Hungry for Coral
Populations of this spiny reef-eating sea star are usually kept in check by predators such as Maori wrasse. But these same predators are heavily targeted by the fishing industry. When fishing throws off the balance, sea star numbers can swell and decimate entire reefs in a matter of weeks.
PHOTO ESSAY: CORAL REEFS FINALIST
Schools in Session
At a pristine reef, a red cloud of snapper illustrates safety in numbers. The fish school together as a defense against predators.
PHOTO ESSAY: CORAL REEFS FINALIST
Baitfish Circling over Fan Corals
A school of small fish circles over vibrant red sea fans and other corals. The branch-like fan coral is a colony of many tiny animals that filter plankton from the water.
PHOTO ESSAY: CORAL REEFS FINALIST
Coral Survivor at Blast-Fished Reef
Reefs ravaged by fishermen’s explosives are increasingly common. Madeja witnessed many devastated reefs, including this one, on his dives throughout Southeast Asia.
Photo Essay: Coral Reefs
The Two Faces of Coral Reefs
Eric Madeja
Photographer and diver Madeja has lived in Southeast Asia more than 20 years. He documents society’s impacts on marine ecosystems and ventures out to remote spots in search of still-pristine coral reefs.
