TOKYO-2017 Nature / Wildlife

From the Abyss

The hand of a Japanese Macaque resting in the warm water at Hell Valley, Japan. I noticed that if I composed the image in a certain way it would look like a creature is climbing up a wall from beneath and just reaching the top.


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      2018: Group Exhibition with TPOTY London Bridge 2018: Group Exhibition with TPOTY Sintra, Portugal 2018: 7th in Peoples’s choice of Bird Photographer of the Year 2018: Double spread in Get away Magazine 2018: Book feature Bird Photographer of the Year 2018: Double spread in the Guardian 2018: 11 x Finalist in Asferico (ITALY) 2018: Finalist in Nordic Nature Photography Competition (NNPC) 2018: Group Exhibition at Malta Natural History Museum 2017: Featured in the Yearbook for Outdoor Photographer of the year – Portfolio 3 2017: Content page image in Outdoor Photographer of the year – Portfolio 3 2017: Top 10 – Festival de l’oiseau et de la nature (FRANCE) 2017: Tokyo International Photo Awards – Bronze medal 2017: 5 x Finalist in Outdoor photographer of the Year 2017: Winner in Travel Photographer of the Year 2016: Shortlisted and Book feature in Scotish Nature Photographer of the Year 2016: Finalist in Nordic Nature Photography Competition (NNPC)* 2016: 2 x Finalist in Travel Photographer of the Year. 2016: Finalist in Great Outdoors photo competition by Outdoor Photographer. 2016: Honourable Mention in Nature’s Best Africa. 2016: Honourable Mention in Moscow International Photo Awards. 2016: Featured Photographer in Wild Planet Photo Magazine 2016: 5 x Finalist in Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature (FRANCE) 2015: Highly Commended – Moscow International Foto Awards (RUSSIA) 2015: Highly Commended – Asferico (ITALY) 2015: Nominated for Public Prize award in Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature (FRANCE) 2014: Overall Winner – Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2014: Winner Bird Category – Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2014: Highly Commended – Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Awards (USA) 2014: Highly Commended – GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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