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Warrior

4:30 AM on French Guiana's beaches, I met a massive leatherback turtle, the largest sea turtle on Earth, struggling to lay eggs. For hours, I watched her 700 kg body crawl laboriously on the sand. I saw her pain and joy as she returned to the sea. At sunrise, I used my drone to capture her freedom.

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2024

Silver

Wildlife

Professional

Warrior

4:30 AM on French Guiana's beaches, I met a massive leatherback turtle, the largest sea turtle on Earth, struggling to lay eggs. For hours, I watched her 700 kg body crawl laboriously on the sand. I saw her pain and joy as she returned to the sea. At sunrise, I used my drone to capture her freedom.

About Artist

Hugo Hebbe

I am Hugo Hebbe, an independent French wildlife photographer, director at WWF, and ambassador for the Panasonic LUMIX brand. Since my childhood in the Parisian region, I have been passionate about nature and animals, mostly discovering them through books and television. After obtaining my degrees in journalism, communication, and filmmaking in Paris, the need for me to reconnect with nature and my passion took over: I had just immersed myself in wildlife photography. Long accustomed to city life, it was primarily in my imagination that my passion for nature and wildlife grew. Through my dark and detailed style, I seek to highlight the divinity of the living beings that inhabit this planet. Behind each captured moment lies an encounter, a story... an emotion.

Hugo Hebbe

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Wildlife

Location

France

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