Darwin Photography Competition

Charles Darwin's career was founded on his childhood fascination with the biology on his own doorstep. This fascination took him around the world and led to an understanding of life that has shaped the modern world. It is Darwin's spirit of exploration and investigation that we aim to celebrate with support from the Wellcome Trust and our partners the Horniman Museum and the Grant Museum of Zoology, in the hope that we may inspire the same spirit in the wider public.

Competition Results

Overall Winner Tree Frog, Simon Roberts

Junior Young Person Winner The Survival of the Fittest, Takeo Broadhurst

Junior Young Person Commended Through The Rhino, Amber Haslam; Bee meets his maker, Tim Protheroe

Young Person Winner Amazon Frog, Alastair Macfarlane

Young Person Commended Urban Mother, Katya Schouvaloff; Beauty FromThe Beast (Southern Hawker,Aeshna Cyanea), Sam Baylis

Student Winner Embrace, Magdalena Nieduzak

Student Commended A Different Nature #7, Judith Lyons; Eat And Be Eaten, Bastiaan Brak

Adult Winner Crocodile Fish, Richard Hutchinson

Adult Commended Deadly Love, Michael Hin; Orang-utan Contemplating Invertebrate Life, Dr Susan M Cheyne

All the winners were invited to attend the Award ceremony hosted by the Horniman Museum on Friday 20th November 2009, where each category winner received a cash prize from the Society of Biology, presented by Dr Mark Downs.