Honorable Mention / 2023 / Nature / Wildlife

• Photographer
  Alex Brackx, Belgium
• Studio
  Alex Brackx Nature
• Website
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMC_Y7kv1ZjkP_f7DriWkRQ?app=desktop
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/alex_brackx_nature/

That morning, we decided to follow four cheetahs on the hunt. We followed them for hours. We knew something was going to happen. When, five hours later, our Maasai guide whispered, ‘they are going for the zebras,’ I was convinced they would attack the topis or gazelles dotted across the valley. Seconds later, the cheetahs burst into a small group of zebras. One cheetah ran towards us, clinging onto a foal. In those seconds, I took this picture of the mother zebra launching a last attempt to push her foal away from the attacking cheetah. She failed...

Alex Brackx is a wildlife photographer. Amongst his favorite areas are Kenya, Botswana, Svalbard, Scandinavia, Tasmania and Mongolia. For Alex, it is a thrill to photograph his observations of mammals and birds in different landscapes, jungles, deserts and oceans all over the world. He loves to photograph animal behaviour and the different relationships and connections between animals. He is passionate about the small or big stories that the animal kingdom has to offer every single day. Alex: “Wildlife photography is a conservation tool.”
Alex is the head photography guide at Wildpix Travel.

Awards Africa Geographic : Wildlife Photographer of the year 2022 .
Oneeyeland Wildlife Photography 2022/2023/2024: Gold, Bronze, 8th place on the World ranking
Montphoto 2022/2024: Mammals: Highly Commended
WildArt Photographer of the year 2022/2023: Highly Commendeds
Lowland Photo Contest 2022: World: Highly Commended
World Nature Photography Awards 2024 : Winner:Behaviour mammals
London Photography Awards 2024: 2x Platinum winner
Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) 2024 : Gold (Nature/Wildlife)
Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2024 : Silver (Nature/Wildlife)
London Photo Show 2024 : Competition Winner !