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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 winning entries announced
Overview
Italian photographer Federico Veronesi has won the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for his emotional photograph of an elephant carrying a deceased calf in Namibia. The competition highlights various category winners across different fields of wildlife and nature photography, with the annual exhibition opening at the Natural History Museum on Friday 16 October 2026.
Key points
- Italian photographer Federico Veronesi won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 with a photograph of an elephant carrying a dead calf in Namibia.
- The competition's annual exhibition opens at the Natural History Museum on 16 October 2026.
- Oscar Whitfield won the Young Grand Title and 11 to 14 Years category with a photo of a dung beetle in Zimbabwe.
- Amelie Davis won the 10 Years and Under category using a smartphone to capture a bumblebee's wingbeat in Surrey.
- Tony Wu captured what is likely the first photograph of the courtship ritual of Abbott's moray eels in Japan.
- Other notable category winners include James Lewin, Aaron Sanders, Isak Pretorius, Konrad Gräeter, Seth Forestson, Loren Elliott, Anton Sorokin, Sitaram Raul, Alex Lindbloom, Agorastos Papatsanis, Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, Michał Michalski, Alex Visbal, Francisco Negroni, and Kutub Uddin.