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2nd place Conservation Photographer of the Year

Andrea Benvenuti Argentina

43°28'32.4"S N 65°09'36.2"W N

A plastic bottle lies amongst the nests of the world’s largest colony of imperial cormorants, 100km south of Puerto Madryn, Argentina. “I was in this part of the world for research reasons,” says photographer Andrea Benvenuti. “I dreamt about this shot for days, but only had a few minutes to take it. The image was taken during a drone flight to create 3D models of the colony, to study its morphology.”

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Andrea Benvenuti Italy

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ABOUT THE IMAGE

  • DJI Mavic Pro 1 drone
  • Taken as part of a research project
  • Site reached on foot
  • 2pm, clear skies

Andrea Benvenuti is a nature photographer from Rome, Italy. He has been fascinated by the animal world since childhood. At the age of 18 he began to cultivate a passion for photography. Following his passion for nature, he graduated in Environmental Sciences, with a dissertation on the conflict between man and wolf, followed by a Masters degree in Eco-biology with a thesis on the foraging behaviour of a sea bird: Scopoli's shearwater.

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