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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK12"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">March 15, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Learn from one of the world’s best wildlife photographers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">at a Royal BC Museum workshop
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The
<i>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</i> competition receives entries from professionals, gifted amateurs and young photographers alike – and that means you could be the next winner.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The Royal BC Museum is offering the public a chance to study with the best of the best during two photography w</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">orkshop</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">s</span><span lang="DA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
for </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">a</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">dults</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">,
March 19 and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""> 20, 2016</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">, from</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
9:00 am </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""> 3:00 pm</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">.
Join other wildlife photography enthusiasts for a close-up look at the </span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wpty2015/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:blue">Wildlife Photographer of the Year</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">2015 exhibition</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">, go</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
behind the scenes to the Royal BC Museum’s imaging studio and practice “in the field</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">”
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">with Canadian
<i>2015 Wildlife Photographer of the Year </i>Rising Star Portfolio winner, Connor Stefanison.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Stefanison’s portfolio was named the winner from a worldwide selection of 18 to 25-year-old photographers. The British Columbia
photographer and two-time <i>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</i> winner is a graduate of Simon Fraser University and won the award for the first time in 2013.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Photography Workshop for Adults is
</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">$45 per person</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""> and space is limited to 25 people. All levels of experience
are welcome and participants will be grouped accordingly. Attendees should bring a camera, camera
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">lenses, tripod</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""> and
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">lunch</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">, and dress to go outside.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Wildlife Photographer of the Year
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">2015 is presented by the Natural History Museum, London. Now in its 51<sup>st
</sup>year, the exhibition features 100 stunning winning images in huge, backlit displays, selected from a field of 42,000 international entries in 20 categories. The exhibition is on display at the Royal BC Museum until April 4.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Check out
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/events/photography-workshop-for-adults-2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:blue">http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/events/photography-workshop-for-adults-2</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
for up-to-date event details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The Royal BC Museum explores the province's human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding of
BC, and provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for reflection. </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. Looking to the future, the Royal BC Museum will be a
refreshed, modern museum, extending its reach far beyond Victoria as a world-class cultural venue and repository of digital treasures.
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