Highlights of nature photography 2024

Impressive, touching, artistically surprising and technically perfect: the 88 best "Highlights of Nature Photography" were selected from almost 20,000 image submissions. Photographers from 34 countries competed against each other in this 26th year of the renowned international photography competition.

German photographer Simon Schneider was crowned the winner with his technically extremely challenging kingfisher image "Approach to Dive". By using flash units coupled with a long exposure time, he succeeded in taking a picture that captures dynamics and aesthetics in equal measure through sharpness and blurring.

Together with projekt natur & fotografie, Museum Koenig Bonn invites you to view the outstanding photographic works, which reflect the beauty of nature and at the same time its endangerment in many different facets. The travelling exhibition shows the 88 winning images in the categories "Wonderful wilderness", "Beauty of plants", "Nature as an art form", "Winged artists", "World of mammals", "Diversity of all other animals", "Moments of nature" and "Aerial shots of nature".