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Finalist Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Scott Portelli Falkland Islands

51°28'18.8"S 57°50'23.1"W

"As the afternoon sun sets on Volunteer Point in the Falklands, king penguins that have been at sea foraging for food to support themselves and their newborn chicks, return to their colonies," says Portelli. "Pausing for a moment before walking back to their colony, this pair drew a striking pose against a pink sky."  

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Ocean Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023, SP

Scott Portelli Australia

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  • Site accessed by 4x4
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Scott Portelli is an award-winning wildlife, nature, aerial, and underwater photographer and filmmaker based in Esperance, Western Australia. With thousands of hours spent in remote regions, his work focuses on conservation, education, and capturing wildlife with a low-impact, non-invasive approach. Scott has won Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year (2021, 2024) and earned recognition from Wildlife Photographer of the Year (2016, 2022). He has spent over a decade documenting Antarctica and the Sub-Antarctic, producing a fine art portfolio that reveals rare glimpses above and below the surface in some of Earth’s harshest environments.

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