Now in its 61st year, Wildlife Pho­tog­ra­ph­er of the Year—the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Mu­se­um, Lon­don’s glob­al plat­form for the world’s best na­ture pho­tog­ra­phy and wildlife pho­to­jour­nal­ism—has come to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

To mark its 60th an­niver­sary, the ex­hi­bi­tion has been loaned from the Mu­se­um in Lon­don to the Ro­tun­da Gallery in Port of Spain, show­cas­ing some of the most ex­cep­tion­al na­ture pho­tographs cap­tured across the globe.

On No­vem­ber 17, British High Com­mis­sion­er John Dean and Speak­er of the House Jagdeo Singh of­fi­cial­ly opened the ex­hi­bi­tion, invit­ing mem­bers of the pub­lic to view the ex­tra­or­di­nary work of wildlife pho­tog­ra­phers world­wide, with the op­por­tu­ni­ty to pur­chase se­lect­ed prints.

More than 15 wildlife pho­tographs are on dis­play, each high­light­ing the re­mark­able mo­ments and hid­den be­hav­iours of an­i­mals that pho­tog­ra­phers man­age to cap­ture in the wild. Among the fea­tured works are Rat­tled from the Unit­ed States, Frol­ick­ing Frogs from French Guiana, and Syn­chro­nised Fish­ing from Chi­na, among oth­ers.

Wildlife Pho­tog­ra­ph­er of the Year is one of the world’s most pres­ti­gious pho­tog­ra­phy com­pe­ti­tions. Launched in 1965, it re­ceives en­tries from 113 coun­tries and ter­ri­to­ries. This year’s award-win­ning im­ages will trav­el on an in­ter­na­tion­al tour, where they will be viewed by mil­lions.

Dean al­so en­cour­aged lo­cal wildlife pho­tog­ra­phers to en­ter the com­pe­ti­tion, which runs an­nu­al­ly from Oc­to­ber to De­cem­ber.

The win­ning im­ages—in­clud­ing the cov­et­ed Grand Ti­tle Award re­cip­i­ents—were an­nounced on Oc­to­ber 14 dur­ing the high­ly an­tic­i­pat­ed awards cer­e­mo­ny host­ed by wildlife pre­sen­ters Chris Pack­ham and Megan Mc­Cub­bin.

The ex­hi­bi­tion launch drew gov­ern­ment min­is­ters, pri­vate sec­tor rep­re­sen­ta­tives, pho­tog­ra­phers, and oth­er in­vit­ed guests.

Be­fore cut­ting the rib­bon, Dean re­marked: “These pho­tographs are more than art. They re­mind us of what is at stake in the fight against cli­mate change and bio­di­ver­si­ty loss.

“For the UK and Trinidad and To­ba­go, these is­sues are shared pri­or­i­ties. Both our na­tions are com­mit­ted to pro­tect­ing ecosys­tems, ad­vanc­ing cli­mate ac­tion, and en­sur­ing a sus­tain­able fu­ture as our vi­sion is to build a fu­ture in which both peo­ple and the plan­et thrive. We aim to be a cat­a­lyst for change, en­gag­ing ad­vo­cates for the plan­et in every­thing we do for gen­er­a­tions to come.”

The ex­hi­bi­tion runs for two weeks at the Ro­tun­da Gallery.