Outdoor photo exhibition at tourist attraction

A photograph of a herd of elephants huddled together with birds of prey swarming above them
Hever Castle will display outdoors 30 images from Earth Photo [Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana]

An international photography exhibition is set to be showcased around the grounds of a popular tourist attraction in Kent.

Earth Photo, featuring work by photographers from around the world, will open at Hever Castle for two weeks from 15 February.

It shares stories about the environment, nature, people, forests, and the varied impacts of climate change.

Duncan Leslie, chief executive at the attraction, said he was "thrilled to be giving visitors the chance to view these incredible images within our stunning landscape".

A photo of a diver looking at a large plant growing under the water
The exhibition has been touring Forestry England sites [Jennifer Adler]

The project has been developed as a partnership between the Royal Geographical Society and Forestry England to "spark conversations on the impact of climate change on our environment".

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The 2024 shortlisted Earth Photo works have been on a tour of Forestry England sites, including Bedgebury Pinetum in Kent.

A total of 112 images were selected to take part in the exhibition out of over 1,900 entries.

Hever Castle will showcase 30 of these.

An image of a snowy palete of steep steps with a perrson walking in the distance
The photos will be on display in the gardens at Hever until 28 February [Raymond Zhang]

Mr Leslie said: "We hope the photography exhibition will be a talking point and visitors will enjoy viewing them outside, whatever the weather."

The exhibition runs until 28 February.

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