Every year this exhibition is sensational - it usually comes from Bristol or London to Twigworth's Nature in Art - it will be there until 2nd March. However my visits to see these photos have been blighted by the sponsorship...Shell sponsor the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition - See my previous comments about Shell's sponsorship here and more here - the good news is that the hypocrisy behind the sponsorship deal has finally come to an end after more than two years of campaigning. The BBC Wildlife Magazine have dumped Shell, a decision, no doubt, helped along by the likes of Rising Tide, People and Planet, Friends of the Earth and Art Not Oil - and hopefully letters from local Green party members.
I read that last month Bristol based activists organised a Polar Bear 'die-in' at the offices of the BBC, invading a cheese and wine do put on for local business leaders and their political puppets. Protesters drew attention to the irony of Shell sponsoring anything to do with wildlife, when its bosses refer to the melting of the icecaps as a 'business opportunity' because it will make drilling for the ever more elusive black gold that little bit cheaper.
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I have now heard that nearly 5,000 letters and emails were sent to Michael Dixon, the director of the Natural History Museum, calling on him not to renew the sponsorship deal.
The museum confirmed on 26 January that Shell will play no further part in the competition's sponsorship.
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