I’m so happy to share this first episode of 2022 because this episode is about hope, photography and nature. In this episode my guest is Soraia Salvador, the Head of Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition organized by the Natural History Museum in London.

I met Soraia last December, at her place in south London. We sat at her table surrounded by plants, facing her beautiful garden. And not to sound too cheesy, but the sky was blue, the birds were singing and a little fox passed by as soon as we finished the recording.

Soraia is the mentor that everybody wants to meet. She’s sitting a front of me with a vision and she brights up the room with her communicative smile and her sparkly eyes. In this episode we talk about what it takes to be a Wildlife Photographer and the strategies to bring more female photographers and minority groups to participate to the competition but we also talk about the responsibility we all have, the importance of role models and of slowing down.

If you check the Wildlife Photographer of the Year website at nhm.ac.uk/wpy 

You can discover the amazing selection of pictures, the winners of the different categories, watch the latest award ceremony but you can also vote for your favorite picture for the People Choice’s Award until the 2nd of February 2022! 

You can also follow the competition on Instagram and Twitter at nhm_wpy

The Wildlife Photographer of The Year exhibition is currently on view at the Natural History Museum in London until the 5th of June 2022. 

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