Penguins look cute and sound cute. I’m told they don’t smell cute, but that never comes across in the pictures, so people love them. I’ve never met anyone who said that they don’t like penguins. Even leopard seals love penguins, as you can see in this striking, dramatic image from wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum.
The picture is taken from Amos Nachoum’s new book Big, that he created with fellow wildlife photographer Marko Dimitrijevic. The book is a big 256-page collection of the two photographers’ pictures of big creatures – shown big. Leopard seals qualify for a place in the book as they can grow to 10 or 11 feet long, and can weigh up to a massive 60 stone!
This leopard seal encounter happened on Pléneau Island, a 1.5km long bit of land poking out of the icy seas off the Antarctic Peninsula. Interestingly the island is named after the photographer Paul Pléneau, who was on the expedition that first charted it in 1903.
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140 years of change
AP has become the world’s oldest surviving consumer photo magazine because we have moved with the times, says Nigel Atherton
Preserving history in platinum
A deep dive into the meticulous art of platinum printing, and the collaboration between the Royal Geographical Society and Salto Ulbeek. Mike Crawford explores how they brought historical photographs to life with enduring beauty and precision
Life in the past lane
What was life like for an amateur photographer in 1884? John Wade takes a trip back in time
Choice cuts
How many trillions of photographs must have been taken in the past 140 years? Amy Davies asked some of our regular contributors for their favourites....a difficult task, to say the least
How good a camera can you buy for just £140?
Three members of the AP team see what they can find for the money
Round Five: The Best of the Rest
The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Landscapes category
Amateur Photographer of the Year
Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Five, Landscapes, with comments by the AP team and our guest judge
FILM STARS A lifetime of landmarks
Cameras that hit the headlines between then and now. John Wade is your guide
140 years of Amateur Photographer
As AP celebrates its 140th birthday next month, Nigel Atherton looks back at its glorious past
John Wade considers...World War II: Home Front 1940, by A.J O'Brien
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