ROM Photographer of the Year 2014: Recap

Inspired by the amazing photographs on display in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, for the last two years we’ve put out a call to our colleagues across the ROM to submit their best wildlife and landscape photos for a friendly, in-house competition we humbly call ROM Photographers of the Year.

Last October, we expanded the call beyond just our curatorial and research staff to all staff, volunteers and students that work throughout the ROM – and we were not disappointed! Forty-nine people, ranging from gallery & program volunteers to education staff, visitor services staff, curators, technicians and graduate students submitted a total of 163 photographs for consideration by both the Facebook-going public (you can still see all their submissions here) and our internal panel of esteemed judges.

On the opening weekend of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, we gathered in the Earth Rangers Studio in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity to congratulate our winners!

Best “ROM-ing Around” Photograph (a photo of one or more people engaged in discovering, exploring or interpreting the world around them).

Best Landscape Photograph.

Best Wildlife Photograph.

And finally, the People’s Choice Award, which goes to the photograph which received the most “Likes” on Facebook, went to…

We want to congratulate our winners again, and to thank everyone who submitted photos for sharing with us, and our visitors, the amazing variety of places our staff, volunteers and students visit!

Wildlife photography can be a powerful tool for captivating people and inspiring them to take action! TONIGHT (January 20^th, 2015), renowned author and photographer Tom Clynes will be speaking at the Royal Ontario Museum, sharing his stories and photographs from working on assignment in some of the most dramatic and intriguing places on Earth. We hope to see you there!