Kibish, Ethiopia, Winner Best Single Image For Faces, Peoples, Cultures Portfolio: Kibish, Ethiopia.... [+] A boy stands among the copper bracelets worn by the Suri women.
Photo: DANNY YEN SIN WONG, MALAYSIA /i/www.tpoty.com
The Travel Photographer of The Year Awards winners have been chosen and they're a stunning selection celebrating the beauty of our planet and all its inhabitants.
From 20,000 entries by amateur and professional photographers of all ages from 142 countries, the jury selected more than 150 images “in a vibrant, fascinating and evocative collection of world-class contemporary travel photography shot on everything from high-end professional cameras to mobile phones” as the winners for 2018.
"Run by photographers for photographers," according to the organizers,
The top prize and title of Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 (TPOTY) was taken by Stefano Pensotti, a semi-professional photographer from Italy, with eight superb images showcasing life around the globe. The Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 was awarded to 14-year-old American Isabella Smith for her colorful portfolio of photographs taken in Chefchaouen, Morocco.
Across the various categories, the winning photographers have won cash, professional cameras and lenses, trips and membership in U.K’s Royal Photographic Society, among other prizes.
The winning images from this year’s awards will be exhibited in Spring 2019 at a free-to-view outdoor exhibition at London Bridge City, opposite the Tower of London and at TPOTY exhibitions internationally.
Below is a selection of some of the competition highlights, and here you can see the complete galleries.
The Overall Winner Travel Photographer Of The Year, was Stefano Pennsoti from Italy. In this photo,... [+] as the sun descends the inhabitants of Timbuktu, Mali, wash their clothes and take a shower in the port of Kabara.
Photo: STEFANO PENSOTTI, ITALY /www.tpoty.com
Special Mention Winner For Faces, People, Cultures: The Geiko Tomitae, at the gates of her ancestral... [+] temple in Kyoto.
Photo: ROBIN YONG, MALAYSIA/AUSTRALIA/www.tpoty.com
Winner Faces, People, Cultures Portfolio: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In Tanzania, when you have... [+] albinism, you are thought to be evil. There even is a price on the head of children with albinism because is believed to bring good luck.
Photo: MARINKA MASSÉUS, NETHERLANDS /www.tpoty.com
Special Mention Winner, Faces, People, Cutures Category: Russia, Yamal Peninsula. The ‘chum’-the... [+] Nenets’ dwelling -is as mobile as they are. It consists of long sticks, and stitched reindeer skins stretched over it.
Photo: VLADIMIR ALEKSEEV, RUSSIA /www.tpoty.com
Winner Travel Portafolio, Omo Valley, South Ethiopia, Arbore village: Onno, a teenage girl from the... [+] Arbore tribe.
Photo: MATJAZ KRIVIC, SLOVENIA /www.tpoty.com
Winner Travel Portfolio: Bani, Burkina Faso, Kids playing on the main minaret of the Grand Mosque in... [+] Bani during Eid al-Fit.
Photo: MATJAZ KRIVIC, SLOVENIAwww.tpoty.com
Winner Hot-Cold Single Image Category: Gannan, China. The local people who walked on the pilgrimage... [+] road were pious and pure.
Photo: HE JIAN, CHINA/www.tpoty.com
Runner-up for Hot-Cold Single Image Category, Embankment, London, UK. Snow seldom lays for long in... [+] London, but when it does, people make snowmen all around the city.
Phot: PHILIP LEE HARVEY, UK/www.tpoty.com
Winner Best Single Image in a Natural World Portfolio: Fuego volcano near Antigua city, Guatemala.
Photo: FLORENT MAMELLE,, FRANCE/www.tpoty.com
Highly Commented Portfolio: Titardi, Rajasthan, India. A young mahout rests in the shade underneath... [+] his elephant Shanti.
Photo: MAGDALÉNA STRAKOVÁ, CZECH REPUBLIC/www.tpoty.com
Winner Young Travel Photographer Of The Year: Chefchaouen, Morocco. For the young photographer, this... [+] local boy using oranges as balls was the opposite of kids in her country playing with expensive toys.
Photo: ISABELLA SMITH (AGE 14), USA /www.tpoty.com
Winner Young TPOTY 15-18 years old:, Akua, Sadar,Bangladesh. Kids playing dancing, laughing in the... [+] rain.
Photo: FARDIN OYAN (AGE 16), BANGLADESH/www.tpoty.com
Highly Commented, Tranquility Single Image Category: China. Swans and ducks add a further element of... [+] tranquility to an already peaceful scene.
Photo: JICHANG LIU, CHINA/www.tpoty.com
Winner Natural World: Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Spain. Two thorns of the pita (Agave... [+] americana), with its definitive color and with the hardened and sharp tips that make them dangerous.
Photo: JAVIER HERRANZ CASELLAS, SPAIN /www.tpoty.com
Runner-up Natural World Category: Shouguang county, Weifang, Shandong province, China. The job of... [+] being a parent is a demanding one for this little warbler.
Photo: FUYANG ZHOU, CHINA/www.tpoty.com