2016 Travel Photographer of the Year Joel Santos, Portugal Winner, Travel Photographer of the Year 2016/www. tpoty. com Salt Desert, Danakil Depression, Afar, Ethiopia. This unique aerial photo shows the salt miners guiding a dromedary and donkey caravan through this desert's unique salt patterns.
A photographer from Portugal has won the ot from a drone.
Winners of other categories in the competition went away with cash and accessories, while the best portfolios in the 'Mankind', 'Land, Sea, Sky' and 'Journeys & Adventures' sections won a Fujifilm X camera and lens. The Young Travel Photographer of the Year was Darpan Basak, a 14-year-old from India, while an 18-year-old from the USA, Courtney Moore, won the 15-18-year old category, and Ankit Kumar from India won the 14 and Under section.
The competition attracted entries from 123 countries, and a selection of the winning images will be exhibited in Hull, UK, between 18th May and 30th June, and again at the University of Greenwich, London, during August.
For more information and to see the winners in all categories visit the Travel Photographer of the Year website.
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ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 winners are revealed
From fiery lava flows to a magical, snow-swirled New York street scene that echoes an impressionist painting and from the imperious gaze of an elusive, endangered Iberian lynx to wonderfully minimalist images of West Kirby, England, the winning images in the 2016 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) have been revealed, and they are stunning.
Photographers from 20 countries have won awards, and the winning images will go on show at TPOTY exhibitions at the UK City of Culture celebrations in Hull from 18th May to 30th June 2017 and at 10 Stockwell Street, Greenwich at the University of Greenwich, London from 4th August to 3rd September 2017.
Joel Santos becomes the first-ever Portuguese overall winner in the award’s 14-year history, beating photographers from 123 countries to take the title of Travel Photographer of the Year 2016. His winning entry features a delicate and intimate portfolio depicting traditional fishing in Ghana and – in another first for TPOTY – an aerial portfolio captured using a drone, giving a bird’s eye view of one of the hottest places in the world, Ethiopia's Danakil Depression.
The Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 is 14-year old Darpan Basak from India, 18-year old Courtney Moore (USA) won Young TPOTY 15-18 and Ankit Kumar (India) won Young TPOTY 14 and Under.
In the portfolio categories, former overall TPOTY winner Craig Easton won
– each being awarded ‘Best Single Image’ in the category. China’s Ruiyuan Chen took first place in ‘Mankind’, with Jeremy Woodhouse (UK) winning the award for Best Single Image, and Beniamino Pisati (Italy) won ‘Journeys & Adventures
In the single image categories, ‘Shaped by Light’ was won by Chinese photographer Biran Zhao, Michele Palazzo (Italy) won ‘Cities – Architecture & Spaces’ and Luke Massey (UK) won ‘Wildlife & Nature’.
Briton Alison Cahill came first in the New Talent award, and fellow Brit Rufus Blackwell won the HD video category Travel Shorts. Finally, Italy’s Marina Spironetti took first prize in Smart Shot, the category for images taken on a mobile phone or tablet.
Travel Photographer of the Year is judged by an international panel of judges that includes Deputy Editor in Chief, Fotomagazin, Germany, Manfred Zollner, champion jockey turned travel photographer Richard Dunwoody and Jerry Tavin (co-president of Glasshouse Images and founder of Young Photographers’ Alliance).
Awards and prizes
In addition to the significant international exposure that comes with winning TPOTY, Joel Santos receives
For their success in Journeys & Adventures; Land, Sea, Sky, and Mankind, Beniamino Pisati, Craig Easton and Ruiyuan Chen each receive a Fujifilm X-Series camera and lens of their choice. The winner of the Best Single Image award in each portfolio category receives a gicl
Biran Zhao, Luke Massey and Michele Palazzo, the winners of Shaped by Light; Wildlife & Nature, and Cities - Architecture and Spaces will each enjoy a five or six- day winter or summer voyage for two people along Norway
Alison Cahill receives a set of luxury leather travel goods from StaaG, a personalized leather portfolio case from Plastic Sandwich, Photo Iconic tuition and a P
Young TPOTY winner Darpan Basak receives rs in a number of other categories
To see all the winning images across all categories, visit the 2016 Winners’ Gallery at www. tpoty. com.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Joel Santos, Portugal Winner, Travel Photographer of the Year 2016/www. tpoty. com
Lake Bosumtwi, Ashanti, Ghana. The Ashanti people fish from the traditional wooden padua.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Courtney Moore, USA (age 18) Winner, Young TPOTY 15-18/www. tpoty. com
Island Beach State Park, New Jersey, USA. On a particularly windy day, this fox was sitting only a few yards away from the ocean as sand pelted against his fur.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Ankit Kumar, India (age 13) Winner, Young TPOTY 14 and Under/www. tpoty. com
Lake Natron Tanzania. A flock of Lesser flamingos take flight above Tanzania’s salt and soda Lake Natron.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Beniamino Pisati, Italy Winner, Journeys & Adventures portfolio/www. tpoty. com
Bayankhongor, Mongolia. Horses are present in all aspects of life in Mongolia. A popular saying is: “A Mongol without a horse is like a bird without wings”.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Alison Cahill, UK Winner, New Talent, Eye to Eye/www. tpoty. com
Son & Dad Barbers, George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Portrait of Elyas the head barber and owner of Son & Dad.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Craig Easton, UK Winner, Land, Sea, Sky portfolio/www. tpoty. com
West Kirby, Wirral, UK. A lone Buddhist monk walks around the boundary wall of the West Kirby Marine Lake.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Ruiyuan Chen, China Winner, Mankind portfolio/www. tpoty. com
Daliang Mountains, Sichaun province, China. Portraits of the ethnic Yi people, who live in great poverty.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Biran Zhao, China Winner, Shaped by Light/www. tpoty. com
Baiyu County, Ganzi, Sichuan Province, China. Every morning, the nuns walk around the mountain as practice lesson. Regardless of the season, they walk year after year, day in and day out.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Luke Massey, UK Winner, Wildlife & Nature/www. tpoty. com
Sierra de And
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Rudi Sebastian, Germany Joint Runner-up Wildlife & Nature/www. tpoty. com
Berlin, Germany. In a small pond at the rural border of Berlin, male moor frogs in their bright blue mating colour try to mate with a common toad, which almost drowned. It took about 30 minutes before she managed to free herself and reach dry ground.
2016 Travel Photographer of the Year
Michele Palazzo, Italy Winner, Cities: Architecture & Spaces/www. tpoty. com
Flatiron Building, Manhattan, New York, USA. While walking through the Jonas snowstorm that swept across the East Coast, I captured this shot of the Flatiron Building against a backdrop of swirling snow.
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