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2015 TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD-WINNING IMAGES

OVERALL WINNER - TRAVEL

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015

Marsel van Oosten (Netherlands)

Atlantic Ocean, Walvis Bay, Namibia

Two Great white pelicans, photographed from a ship on the Atlantic Ocean near Walvis Bay.





Great white pelican, photographed from a ship on the Atlantic Ocean near Walvis Bay.





Great white pelican investigates the camera with its beak, photographed from a ship on the Atlantic Ocean near Walvis Bay.

OVERALL WINNER - TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015



Great white pelican, photographed from a ship on the Atlantic Ocean.




Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA

Kayaking amongst the Giant Cypress trees on a misty morning on one of the countless bayous of the Atchafalaya basin, the largest US wetland.

OVERALL WINNER -

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015



Kayaking amongst the Giant Cypress trees on a misty morning on one of the countless bayous of the Atchafalaya basin, the largest US wetland.





A photographer amongst the Giant Cypress trees on a misty morning on one of the countless bayous of the Atchafalaya basin.

OVERALL WINNER - TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015



Giant Cypress trees on a misty morning on

one of the countless bayous of the Atchafalaya basin, the largest US wetland.

Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2015

Winner

Chase Guttman, USA (age 18)

Semonkong, Lesotho

The Basuto people wear traditional blankets for village ceremonies and family milestones.


Winner


Semonkong, Lesotho

Sheltered from the outside frost, a mother warms her daughter.


Winner


Semonkong, Lesotho

Basuto ponies are cared for by Sotho tribes.


Winner


Semonkong, Lesotho

Basuto tribal leader and local shepherds.

Young TPOTY 15-18

Winner

Spencer Cox, USA (age 18)

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, Iceland

Young TPOTY 15-18

Winner


Jökulsárlón beach, Iceland

Young TPOTY 15-18

Winner


Stokksnes Mountains, Iceland

Young TPOTY 15-18

Winner


Höfn, Iceland

Young TPOTY 15-18

Runner-up

Jonathan Rystrøm, Denmark (age 16)

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Young TPOTY 15-18

Runner-up



Young TPOTY 15-18

Runner-up



Young TPOTY 15-18

Runner-up



Young TPOTY 15-18

Special Mention (single image)

Ido Scharf (age 16)

Israel

Hula Valley, Israel

Two cranes flying over Hula Valley, forming a heart shape.

Young TPOTY 14 and under

Winner

Michael Theodric, Indonesia (age 13)

Boen San Bio Temple, Tangerang, Indonesia.

Kids watching the Hungry Ghost Festival ceremony.


Winner



Burning a paper statue during the Hungry Ghost Festival.


Winner



Lion Dance during the Hungry Ghost Festival.


Winner



Lion Dance during the Hungry Ghost Festival.


Runner-up

Victor Ghose, UK (age 8)

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada


Runner-up


Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada


Runner-up


Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada


Runner-up


Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada


Special Mention

Hugo Berman, France (age 11)

Kathmandu, Nepal


Special Mention


Kathmandu, Nepal


Special Mention


Kathmandu, Nepal


Special Mention


Kathmandu, Nepal

Faces, People, Encounters

Winner

Mitchell Kanashkevich (Australia)

Maramures, Romania

Hungarian-Romanian man takes a break from ploughing a field.


Winner


Maramures, Romania

Rural Romanian woman preparing pumpkins for winter.


Winner


Maramures, Romania

Sheep herder above his village.


Winner


Maramures, Romania

Elderly man making Țuică in a traditional alcohol-making machine.


Runner-up. This image also won the award for Best Single Image in a portfolio

Timothy Allen (UK)

Western Mongolia

Kazakh wedding season in the Altai Mountains.


Runner-up

Timothy Allen (UK)

Western Mongolia

Kazakh wedding season in the Altai

Mountains.


Runner-up

Timothy Allen (UK)

Western Mongolia



Runner-up

Timothy Allen (UK)

Western Mongolia



Highly Commended

Sue O’Connell, UK

Nunnery near Yangon, Myanmar


Highly Commended

Sue O’Connell, UK



Highly Commended

Sue O’Connell, UK



Highly Commended

Sue O’Connell, UK



Commended

Stuart Redler (UK)

Simbai, Papua New Guinea

Child wearing feather headdress.


Commended

Stuart Redler (UK)

Simbai, Papua New Guinea

Man wearing hornbill and bead necklace.


Commended

Stuart Redler (UK).

Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Ritual scarring, crocodile cult.


Commended

Stuart Redler (UK).

Tufi, Papua New Guinea

Canoest wearing traditional decorations made of dried palm leaves.


Special Mention

Gianluca de Bartolo (Italy)

Maramures, Romania

Young Orthodox priest


Special Mention

Ly Hoang Long (Vietnam)

Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province, Vietnam

Man transporting bamboo fishing baskets.


Special Mention

Rafal Ziejewski (Poland)

Omorate, Ethiopia

A young Dassanech girl.


Special Mention

Beniamino Pisati (Italy)

Trinidad, Cuba


Special Mention

Gary Pullar (Australia)

Varanasi, India

The Doms who manage the cremation process at Varanasi’s largest crematorium clamber over the remnants of discarded shrouds.


Special Mention

Alisson Jonas Cardoso Gontijo (Brazil)

São Francisco, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Monochromal

Winner

Xia Xuejun (China)

Hubei, China

Boat tracking, towing boats by human power, was once the norm in this region. Today it is more of a tourist attraction.

Monochromal

Winner

Xia Xuejun (China)

Hubei, China


Monochromal

Winner

Xia Xuejun (China)

Hubei, China


Monochromal

Winner

Xia Xuejun (China)

Hubei, China


Monochromal

Runner-up

Philip Lee Harvey (UK)

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Salty Lightfoot crab

Monochromal

Runner-up



Marine Iguanas basking in the evening sun.

Monochromal

Runner-up



Galapagos sea lion.

Monochromal

Runner-up



Giant tortoise, approximately 100 years old.

Monochromal

Highly Commended

Larry Louie (Canada)

Hazaribagh Tannery Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Inspecting the hide for defects.

Monochromal

Highly Commended



The hide is hung to dry and stacked in piles.

Monochromal

Highly Commended



Sorting the leather by size and quality.

Monochromal

Highly Commended



The skins are pickled and bleached in concrete vats of chemicals.

Monochromal

Commended

Adam Tan (Malaysia)

Hangzhou, China

West lake in early Spring

Monochromal

Commended

Adam Tan (Malaysia)

Hangzhou, China


Monochromal

Commended

Adam Tan (Malaysia)

Hangzhou, China


Monochromal

Commended

Adam Tan (Malaysia)

Hangzhou, China


Monochromal

Winner: Best single image in a portfolio

Scott Portelli (Australia)

Tonga, South Pacific

Young whale calf re-enters the water after breaching.

Monochromal

Winner: Best single image in a portfolio

Timothy Allen (UK)

Kibarani waste dump, Mombasa, Kenya

A life at work on a rubbish dump.

Monochromal

Special Mention

Thierry Bornier (France)

Liangsham, Sichuan, China

Yi child.

Monochromal

Special Mention

Stuart Redler (UK)

Rajasthan, India

Friends attempting to ride five to a moped.

Monochromal

Special Mention

Scott Portelli (Australia)

Antarctica

Sleeping Weddell seal.

Monochromal

Special Mention

Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland)

Appenzell, Switzerland.

Switzerland is a camelid paradise, due to the weather and altitude.

Nature & Environment

Winner

James Morgan (UK)

Yakutia, Russia

The wolf hunter demonstrates how to set a trap.


Winner

James Morgan (UK)

Yakutia, Russia

Hunter holds up the head of the wolf he has just shot dead.


Winner

James Morgan (UK)

Yakutia, Russia

Hunters are paid for every wolf skin they deliver, but the carcasses are burned.


Winner

James Morgan (UK)

Yakutia, Russia

Burning the latest wolf carcass.


Runner-up

Francisco Mingorance (Spain)

Río Tinto, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

Phosphogypsum ponds.


Runner-up



It is very unusual to see birds such as these seagulls here, as the water is so acidic.


Runner-up




Runner-up




Highly Commended

Ingrid Vekemans (Belgium)

Torfbroek, Kampenhout, Belgium

Spiders’ webs in the dew.


Highly Commended





Highly Commended





Highly Commended





Commended

Jianhui Liao (China)

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.

Egret feeding its young.


Commended



Swinhoe’s Egret and chick.


Commended




Commended




Best Single Image in a portfolio

Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland)

Appenzell Alps, Switzerland

The impressive flight skills of the Alpine Chough.


Special Mention

Terry Steeley (UK)

Tiger Beach, Bahamas

Sunset split of a large lemon shark cruising the ocean surface.


Special Mention

Brigitta Moser (Austria)

Little Karoo, South Africa

Meercat in the early morning.


Special Mention

Anette Mossbacher (Germany)

Nordenskiöld glacier, Adolfbukta, Svalbard, Norway

Polar bear in search of seals, standing on an island in front of the glacier.


Special Mention

Georg Popp (Austria)


Cypress swamp in Autumn.

A Moment in Light

Winner

Uli Kunz (Germany)

Heligoland, North Sea

Jumping man casts a long shadow on the tunnel walls.

A Moment in Light

Runner-Up

David Wrangborg (Sweden)

Blomster Høgda outside Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Polar light breaking through the clouds.

A Moment in Light

Highly Commended

Tim Taylor (UK)

South East Ridge of Makalu, Himalaya, Nepal

22,000ft above sea level, the weather is everything; making the wrong choices can cost you your life.

A Moment in Light

Commended

Gunar Streu (Germany)

Dundret nature reserve, Swedish Lapland

Hoarfrost-covered cabin at dusk, with Northern Lights in the background.

A Moment in Light

Commended

Cai Zhiping (China)

Inner Mongolia, China

Horses are the most popular animals on the grasslands.

Colours of the World

Winner


Tibetan Tagong grasslands, Sichuan, China

Tibetan prayer flags.


Runner-up

Piers Golden (UK)

Tindari Monastery, Patti, Sicily, Italy

Blue Nun.


Highly Commended

Ignacio Palacios (Spain/Australia)

Marismas del Guadalquivir, Andalucia, Spain

Flamingoes on the Marismas del Guadalquivir.


Commended

Maria de la Guardia (USA)

Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Afghan women in their new training centre, where they can harvest and sell saffron and vegetables, including these pickled varieties.


Commended

Zhou Jianyong (China)

Sichuan province, China

People enjoying a crowded swimming pool.

iCaptured (mobile phone category)

Winner

Edgard de Bono, Italy

Benin City, Nigeria


Runner-Up

Junjie Zeng (China)

Dresden, Germany

Rooftop of the Max Planck Institute.


Runner-up

Frederic Fouchet (France)

Tokyo, Japan

Scene in the subway.


Highly Commended

Timothy Allen (UK)

Mongolia

Eagle hunter.

Captured (mobile phone category)

Commended

Pamelyn Chee (Singapore)

San Diego, California, USA

Water

Winner

Jasper Doest (Netherlands)

Marchena, Andalusia, Spain

Water sprayed over municipal waste to dilute the acids released during decomposition.

Water

Runner-up

Stephan Fürnrohr (Germany)

Near Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Greenland

Water

Highly Commended

Wade Hughes (Australia)

Open sea off Pico Island in the Azores.

A whale’s eye perspective of a whale-watching boat as the skipper speaks by phone to lookouts perched on the high slopes of Pico Island.

Water

Commended

Joel Santos (Portugal)

Salt flats, Afar region, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Salt miner taking a camel caravan to the mining site.

New Talent: Street Culture

Winner

Zhu Jingyi (China)

Jiangsu, China

A private school.


Winner

Zhu Jingyi (China)

Jiangsu, China


Winner

Zhu Jingyi (China)

Jiangsu, China

Baked roll master.


Winner

Zhu Jingyi (China)

Jiangsu, China

Shoemaker


Winner

Zhu Jingyi (China)

Jiangsu, China

Blacksmith


Winner

Zhu Jingyi (China)

Jiangsu, China


Runner-Up

Wang Changshu (China)

Fuzhou, Fujian province, China


Runner-Up




Runner-Up




Runner-Up




Runner-Up




Runner-Up




Highly Commended

Carlos Esteves (Portugal)

Kathmandu, Nepal


Highly Commended


Bhaktapur, Nepal


Highly Commended


Bhaktapur, Nepal

N New Talent: Street Culture

Highly Commended


Bhaktapur, Nepal


Highly Commended


Bhaktapur, Nepal


Highly Commended


Bhaktapur, Nepal


Commended

Alison Cahill (UK)

Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia

Lembongan Ink Tattoo Studio.


Commended

Alison Cahill (UK)




Commended

Alison Cahill (UK)




Commended

Alison Cahill (UK)




Commended

Alison Cahill (UK)




Commended

Alison Cahill (UK)




Commended

Yi Choon Tang (Malaysia)

Kolkata, India


Commended


Kolkata, India


Commended


Kolkata, India


Commended


Kolkata, India


Commended


Kolkata, India


Commended


Kolkata, India

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