The Touching Story Behind This Award-Winning Wildlife Image
By Brigit Katz
smithsonian.com
February 22, 2018 10:56AM
In October, a heartbreaking image of a slain and dehorned rhino won the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, an annual contest hosted by the National History Museum in London. As Kelly Richman-Abdou of My Modern Met reports, contest organizers recently announced that its “People’s Choice†award had been granted to another photograph—one that depicts a more tender side of humans’ complex relationship with animals.
The winning image, shot in black and white by photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur, shows a rescued baby gorilla named Pikin hugging her caretaker, Appolinaire Ndohoudou. According to Christopher Brito of CBS News, the photo was one of 24 entries selected by museum staff and voted on by the public.
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