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2017 Wildlife Photo Contest

Giant Panda, Chengdu Research Base for Giant Pandas, China
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Species: Giant Panda | Location: Chengdu Research Base for Giant Pandas, China

While visiting Chengdu, China, I was fortunate enough to visit the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Pandas. It was early morning and the young babies had just been placed outside in the sunshine after their morning breakfast. Most of the babies slept lazily in the warm sunshine, all but the two in my photograph, who were anything but tired. These two babies rolled around in the bamboo, chasing each other up the hill, and finally settled at the top where they began speaking to each other. It was the most adorable conversation I've ever heard, one I was lucky enough to capture with my camera.

About The Photographer

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Erin Walker-Anderson’s passion for creating art on film started early, five years old to be exact, when her father bought her first camera, a 110 film Kodak Instamatic camera. Taking after her mother’s eye for photography, she quickly outgrew her first camera and learned how to photograph using a 35mm black and white camera, finally evolving to a digital DSLR. From the steamy jungles of Southeast Asia to the frozen tundra of the Arctic Circle, Erin has traveled far and wide across the globe, capturing the world as she experiences it and sharing her journeys with people she meets along the way. The more remote the location or unusual the image the better. Her photography features different and unusual perspectives on ordinary everyday objects, geometric and often symmetrical patterns, and far-off places that evoke mystery, wonder, and excitement. Through the eye of her camera lens both the mundane and extraordinary are beautiful.
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