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CROSSING PATHS
MARCO COLOMBO, ITALY
Winner, Urban Wildlife
A shadowy movement caught Marco’s eye
late one evening as he drove through a village
in Italy’s Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National
Park – a Marsican brown bear. Stopping the
car, he had just a few minutes to take a shot
before it crossed the road and disappeared
into the woods. Most Marsican brown bears
– an isolated, unaggressive and critically
endangered subspecies – stay well away
from humans, but a few venture into villages
to raid vegetable gardens and orchards,
especially in the run-up to hibernation.
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR is run and developed by the Natural
History Museum, London, where the exhibition showcasing the winning and highly
commended entries opens on 19 October. For details of the exhibition, how to enter the
next competition, and dates and venues of the regional exhibition tour, visit:
www.wildlifephotographeroftheyear.com
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