 | "Coconut Crab Going Up," by Dutch photographer Jan Vermeer, is among the images on view in the exhibit. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is owned by the Natural History Museum of London and BBC Wildlife Magazine. |
The sun rising over Antarctica, a baby gorilla clinging to a branch, a damselfly emerging from its final molt, swirling shoals of fish -- these are among the images of the natural world featured in a new exhibition that will be on view June 2-Sept. 3 at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History.
Titled "Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2006," the exhibition features more than 90 award-winning images from the world's largest wildlife photography competitions.
Founded in 1964, the contest is sponsored by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Wildlife Magazine. In 2006 alone, it drew 18,000 entries by amateur and professional photographers from 55 countries around the globe. The winning images are displayed at venues around the world. The Peabody Museum is one of four venues in the United States that will host the exhibition, and the only one in the Northeast.
The images of animals, plants and landscapes will be displayed as illuminated large-format transparencies. Accompanying each photograph is the photographer's account of the story behind the picture, including motivation, vision and technical details such as camera, lens and settings.
The exhibition is grouped into seven categories: "Animal Behavior," "Creative Visions of Nature," "Animal Portraits," "Wild Places," "Urban and Garden Wildlife," "The Underwater World," "In Praise of Plants" and "The World in Our Hands."
Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, located at 170 Whitney Ave., is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Satuday and noon-5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors age 65 and over, and $5 for children ages 3-18 and students with I.D. There is free admission for all 2-5 p.m. on Thursdays. Museum members, Yale community members with a valid I.D. and children under age 3 are always admitted for free. The museum is wheelchair accessible. Parking is available in the Peabody Visitor Parking Lot, entrance off Whitney Avenue, one block north of the museum; follow signs inside the entrance. For directions, events or other information call (203) 432-5050 or visit the website at www.peabody.yale.edu.
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