BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
There are fifteen separate categories including animal behaviour, urban wildlife, habitat, wild woods, animal portraits, marine life, the hidden secret world that lies in the undergrowth and a special award for wildlife in HD Video. Also there are two junior categories – to encourage young people to connect with nature through photography.
The exhibition will be touring the country and will be at Stockwood Discovery Centre in Luton between 21st January 2019 and 24th March.
DANIEL NAUDE: A DECADE OF SEEING
Acclaimed South African photographer Daniel Naude specialises in capturing stillness in nature. The exhibition displays his work taken over the last ten yours throughout Africa.
Everard Read Gallery, London 13thFebruary to 2ndMarch
https://www.everardlondon.com/exhibition/46/
LITTLE HAPPENINGS: PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN BY DOROTHY BOHM
Dorothy Bohm has been taking photographs for over 70 years, ever since her father gave her a camera as she fled Nazi Germany as a child. She has taken her camera with her ever since, photographing little happenings across the globe.
She has gone on to co-found the Photographer’s Gallery, London, become a Tate Artist, and have her work acquired by the V&A.
This display explores the universal qualities of childhood. Despite her photography
covering so many decades and so many different cultures and countries, what connects
us all through the experience of childhood shines through in Dorothy’s intimate and
exceptional photograph.
V & A, Museum of Childhood, Bethnall Green, London until 17thMarch
SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
This year saw a record-breaking number of entries with more than 326,000 images entered into the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards four competitions: Professional, Open, Student and Youth.
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition is on show at Somerset House April 18 to May 6
https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards
INSIGHT INVESTMENT ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
The best of more than 4,200 photographs entered this year are on display. American photographer Brad Goldpaint won with his image of a dramatic red rock landscape, with the Milky Way on one side and Andromeda on the other.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London until 5thMay
DON MCCULLIN TATE BRITAIN
This exhibition showcases some of the most impactful photographs captured over the last 60 years. It includes many of his iconic war photographs – including images from Vietnam, Northern Ireland and more recently Syria. But it also focuses on the work he did at home in England, recording scenes of poverty and working class life in London’s East End and the industrial north, as well as meditative landscapes of his beloved Somerset, where he lives.
SSir Don McCullin was born in 1935 and grew up in a deprived area of north London. He got his first break when a newspaper published his photograph of friends who were in a local gang. From the 1960s he forged a career as probably the UK’s foremost war photographer, primarily working for the Sunday Times Magazine. His unforgettable and sometimes harrowing images are accompanied in the show with his brutally honest commentaries.
With over 250 photographs, all printed by McCullin himself in his own darkroom, this exhibition will be a unique opportunity to appreciate the scope and achievements of his entire career.
Tate Britain, London until 6thMay
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/don-mccullin
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Now in its fifty-fourth year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year showcases extraordinary animal behaviour and the breath-taking diversity of life on Earth.
Explore the world’s best nature photography, exhibited on 100 exquisite light panels.
Experience the changing face of nature and uncover the surprising, and sometimes challenging, stories behind the photographs.
Chosen from over 45,000 entries by expert judges, the images were awarded for their creativity, originality and technical excellence
Natural History Museum until 30thJune