I went to the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Museum of Bristol (next to the Wills Memorial Building on the top of Park Street) a few days ago. It was excellent! I’m not usually into photography, but I found the images to be very compelling - such beautiful and rare glimpses of the world around us. The have definitely stayed with me, especially the one with all the butterflies. I was surprised to learn that it has been running for over forty years, and that there is an under 10s section of the competition. Even more surprisingly, the photographs in that section where well worth seeing, and quite inspiring…it gives me hope for my own efforts if I ever have the money to buy a decent quality digital camera!
It was really nice to read a paragraph of the photographers own words about their work under each photograph, as well as the thoughtfully written information about the particular animal in the shot - it really added to the experience.
I urge you to get yourself down there before the exhibition moves/closes…it’s definitely worth it…and completely free!
For those particularly interested in photography, I recommend listening to the exhibition pod cast that you can download here -
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/competition/podcast.jsp
It’s partly about the rise of digital photography, and it’s good points and bad points, and partly a platform for debate and extra information from some of the successful entrants.
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