The 2019 Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest results are in! It was another fabulous contest full of beautiful submissions and, as always, it was very difficult to pick winners. There were just so many exceptional entries to choose from!
Winning photographers hailed from around the world and winning photographs came from all three of our ecolodges on the Hudson Bay coast on a variety of different polar bear safaris including the Polar Bear Photo Safari at Seal River, Polar Bear Photo Safari at Nanuk, Great Ice Bear Adventure, Den Emergence Quest, Fall Dual Lodge Safari, Summer Dual Lodge Safari, Hudson Bay Odyssey and Birds, Bears and Belugas.
Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all of our guests for your submissions. We loved your photos almost as much as we enjoyed having you as guests!
Category | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
Polar Bears | Karen Fowlie | Marielena Smith | Rob Julien |
Other Wildlife | Ruth Elwell-Steck | Andy Steffan | Scott Claffee |
Landscapes | Christoph Jansen | Fabienne Jansen | Peter Hartlove |
Lodge Int/Ext | Fabienne Jansen | Steve Zalan | Bernice Jacobs |
People | Ruth Elwell-Steck | Michael Cargill | Graham Powell |
Amateur | Lily Claffee | Dalia Katzir | Stacy Heilgeist |
Normally we don’t allow guests to win in more than one category, but there were a couple instances where photographers were deserving of multiple awards. These are unprecedented times, so we made the unprecedented decision to waive that rule for this year’s contest. Click through the gallery below to view all the winning photos and honourable mentions!
Churchill Wild 2019 Guest Photo Contest Gallery
The Great Ice Bear Adventure
Congratulations to all the winners—there are some wonderful images here. I especially like the wide range of styles, everything from documentary to fine art. Congrats also to everyone who entered. I am always amazed how each of us see the world through our own unique styles. Beautiful work, keep it up! Cheers, Jad
Thank you Jad! Those are certainly nice compliments coming from a professional photographer/author like yourself. We’re sure our our guest photographers will appreciate them! We 100% agree with you on the wide range of styles. It certainly is interesting to view the world through someone else’s eyes. Every year we get something unique and stylishly different, from documentary to fine art. You just never know what will find its way into your your lens while walking the wild tundra, but you already know that! Hope all is well with you!
Such beautiful work
Thank you so much Ollie!