ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Beneath many layers of canopy I found this vine, living coiled to another tree which had been blown over. The small amount of light that did reach its leaves glistened in a timid yet enchanting way.
This vine was one of many unassuming natural wonders which caught my attention while photographing in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle.

AUTHOR
Dillon Anderson is a 25-year-old award winning professional photographer from the far-flung island of New Zealand. His work is a beautiful rendition of the subtle, and fleeting nuances of life, captured in a bold and simple style.

The seed of the wild was planted in Dillon early, as he grew up in the countryside amongst a family keen to explore it and the world. All things came to fruition for him when he found photography at age 16. The camera gave Dillon a tool, as the pickaxe is for a miner, and his photographs represent his jewels or discoveries. This path led him to complete an Honours Degree in photographic design from Massey University, before moving overseas, learning Spanish and living with the native Kichwa people in the Amazon Rainforest. He now photographs for the New Zealand Air Force and also continues to more deeply explore the natural world with the camera.

Dillon’s images have won him national and international awards, including New Zealand Geographic’ Photographer of the Year Wildlife Category winner 2010, and Wildlife Photo’s 2016 competition where he took out the over all title and the Wildlife Portraits category. His work has been displayed at the two largest museums in New Zealand, as well as in New York and London.

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