Australian Geographic

SEEING IT HEAD ON

NEARING THE END of another year of environmental decline, extreme weather and an accelerating extinction crisis, we ask whether photography is succeeding in reaching our emotions enough for us to care.

This year, Australian Geographic launched a new photography prize, the Head On Environmental Award, to recognise photographers who artfully investigate environmental issues and shine a light on solutions and conservation heroes, big and small.

We were thrilled to receive a huge range of high-quality entries from around the globe, bringinging us potent new perspectives of a planet in crisis.

The rich diversity of subjects explored was particularly

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