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Haunting Elephant Image Wins Wildlife Photography Award
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News18•15-10-2026, 14:20
Haunting Elephant Image Wins Wildlife Photography Award
- •Italian photographer Federico Veronesi won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for his black-and-white image titled The Aftermath, featuring an elephant carrying a dead calf in Namibia.
- •British photographer Oscar Whitfield won Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for his beetle photograph Labour of Love taken in Zimbabwe.
- •The 2026 competition marked a historic first in its 62-year history with black-and-white photographs winning both the adult and young top awards.
- •Other winning works include Loren Elliott's coyote photo in San Francisco, Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas's robber fly macro shot, and James Lewin's infrared elephant image.
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Italian wildlife photographer Federico Veronesi won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for his black-and-white image titled “The Aftermath,” which depicts a female elephant carrying a dead calf in Namibia’s Huab River Valley.
For the first time in the competition's 62-year history, black-and-white photographs won both the adult and young photographer top awards.
The winning images will be displayed at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum, opening on Friday, October 16.
