BigPicture: Natural World Photography

The Academy’s sixth-annual BigPicture exhibit showcases the 50 winning images from our world-renowned nature, wildlife, and conservation photography competition.

Winnowed down from a pool of over 6,500 submissions from 67 countries, the photographs on exhibit tell a captivating visual story about our planet—from the pastel serenity of an Argentine salt flat to the poignant embrace between an orphaned gorilla and her human caretaker—and are accompanied by thought-provoking context and illuminating insights from Academy scientists.

Closing October 20!

^{Slideshow photo credits First photo: "Taking Center Stage" by Audun Rikardsen; second photo: "Bohemian Skirt" by Jinggong Zhang; third photo: "Clouds of Salt" by Chiara Salvadori; fourth photo: "The Human Touch" by James Gifford; fifth photo: "Losing Wings" by Piotr Naskrecki}