Wildlife Photographer of Year: Winners for 2022 announced. Check full list

The Natural History Museum has announced the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners for 2022. American photographer Karine Aigner won the grand title of the prestigious award for his photo, titled The Big Buzz, of a bunch of buzzing cactus bees spinning over hot sand in Texas.

The buzzing ball is of wings-whirling males competing for a single female.

The jury chair Rosamund Kidman Cox said the photograph magnified the intensity and movement at a “bee level.” The competition has multiple categories; winning pictures from each type will be displayed at the London museum.

Category winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 are as follows:

• Richard Robinson, New Zealand - New Life for the Tahora
• Tony Wu, Japan/US - Shooting Star
• Nick Kanakis, US - The Listening Bird
• Mateusz Piesiak, Poland - A Theatre of Birds
• Karine Aigner, US - A Cuban Connection
• Ismael Dominguez Gutierrez, Spain - Out of the Fog
• Katanyou Wuttichaitanakorn, Thailand - The Beauty of Baleen
• Junji Takasago, Japan - Heavenly Flamingos
• Ekaterina Bee, Italy - Battle Stations
• Daniel Mideros, Ecuador - Spectacled Bear’s Slim Outlook
• Jose Juan Hernandez Martinez, Spain - Puff Perfect
• Brent Stirton, South Africa - Ndakasi’s Passing
• Agorastos Papatsanis, Greece - The Magical Morels
• Dmitry Kokh, Russia - House of Bears
• Daniel Nunez, Guatemala - The Dying Lake
• Fernando Constantino Martinez Belmar, Mexico - The Bat-Snatcher
• Anand Nambiar, India - The Great Cliff
• Laurent Ballesta, France - Under Antarctic Ice

FAQs

Q. Who won the grand title for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022?
A. Karine Aigner won the great title for The Big Buzz.

Q. Which country had the most winners?
A. American photographers won the award in four categories.