Winners of the 2026 World Nature Photography AwardsNEWS | 22 February 2026© Deena Sveinsson / World Nature Photography Awards
The Wildlife Photographer. First Place, People and Nature. Sveinsson: “After an evening snowfall in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, photographers woke up to a blanket of snow covering the sage flats. It was a relatively slow and boring morning watching the many bull moose eat their morning breakfast of bitter brush. A group of us photographers were photographing the bull moose eating his way in our direction. He would eat for about 10 minutes and then take a few steps only to start eating again. At some point, the bland bitter brush bored him and he decided to go on his walkabout. But he decided to do his walkabout in the direction of all the photographers. We quickly moved away to give the moose his space but, in all the haste, a tripod and camera ended up being left behind. At first the bull moose ignored the gear and started to thrash his antlers on the bitter brush. After his curiosity got the best of him, the bull moose decided to check out the camera gear.”Author: Alan Taylor. Source