Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 winners announced

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 winners announced

Exhibition opens at the ROM on Saturday, November 12, 2016

ROM display will be complemented by a keynote lecture from renowned wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen

TORONTO, October 19, 2016 -- Following selection by an international jury, the winners of the 2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition have been announced. American photographer Tim Laman won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 for his image Entwined lives which frames a critically endangered Bornean orangutan above the Indonesian rainforest.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is on display at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) from Saturday, November 12, 2016 until Sunday, March 19, 2017. The ROM will complement the exhibition with a full schedule of programs and two Ontario-wide photo contests for adults and youth. A ROM Speaks lecture, An Evening with a Master: Paul Nicklen, takes place on Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00 pm, and will feature leading marine biologist and photographer, Paul Nicklen. A fifteen-time WPY winner, National Geographic photographer, Canadian born and Baffin Island raised, Nicklen has been documenting the beauty and the plight of Polar Regions and oceans around the world for over twenty years. This ROM Speaks event is presented in partnership with World Wildlife Fund Canada.

With 100 new images on display, WPY showcases the diversity and wonder of the natural world and brings members of the public up close and personal with spectacular images of wildlife from around the world.

2016 Grand Title Winners

Tim Laman, (USA) Entwined lives
Winner: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016

Gideon Knight, (UK) The moon and the crow
Winner: Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016

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