Sundown Theatre

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Sunset
• Photographer
  Bence Mate
• Photo Date
  4 August 2016 - 8 December 2017
• Website
  http://matebence.hu

When low sunlight illuminates clouds, dust and water grains in the air, vivid yellow, red, pink and purple tones appear. As this phenomenon is short-lived, each image required careful planning, and sometimes many sessions were needed to capture the images that I had set out to achieve.

• Biography
  Wildlife photographer, born in Hungary, 1985. In 2010 he won the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photography of the Year award in London. He is the most effective photographer in the 53-year-old history of the competition, being the only contestant winning the first prize in both the young and adult categories. In 2005 he experimented the one-way glass photography technique, making fundamental changes in hide photography practice. This technique has been widely used all over the world, and most hides are equipped with such glasses.
• Awards
  BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year (international), 2010 BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (international), 2002 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Birds Category (international), 2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Hungary), 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Hungary), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Eric Hosking Award for the best portfolio, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011 Bird Photographer of the Year (England), 2005 GDT – European Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Germany), 2015, Mammals category, Winner Nature’s Best photography competition (USA), 2010, 2012, 2014, Category, Winner Environmental Photographer of the Year (England), 2010, Category, Winner MontPhoto International photography contest (Spain), 2014, 2015, Overall winner Aves International Photo Contest (Belgium), 2014, Overall winner Transnatura International Nature Photo Competition (Romania), 2015, Overall winner National Wildlife international wildlife photography competition (USA), 2014, Overall winner EuroNatur International Photography Competition (Germany), 2014, Overall winner