From extra than 20,000 photos Slovenian photographer AndreJa Ravnak has been named Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (TPOTY), with her lyrical landscapes showing hop increasing in Slovenia and rolling fields in Italy and the Czech Republic. Ravnak follows in the footsteps of fellow countryman Matjaz Krivic, who took the title in the 2022 competitiveness.
Caden Shepard Choi (14) from the United states of america won Young Travel Photographer of the Yr, for her black and white tale of how the Navajo persons of Chinle, Arizona, use regionally produced wool. Matthew Armett from the United kingdom, meanwhile, was a joint runner up in the 15-18-year previous Youthful POTY class. All successful visuals can be noticed at www.tpoty.com.
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The world’s most prestigious travel photography award – Vacation Photographer of the 12 months – reveals the 2023 winners to celebrate its initial 21 decades.
Overall Winner: Travel Photographer of the 12 months 2023
AndreJa Ravnak, Slovenia
AndreJa Ravnak commented: “Becoming Vacation Photographer of the Year is a enormous recognition. From my own knowledge, I know it is not uncomplicated to judge photography. Visuals are not measurable, so remaining a judge is a intricate activity and responsibility. I would like to thank the panel of judges for recognizing my function. I have viewed a lot of superb and imaginative pictures in this year’s TPOTY remaining and it’s these kinds of a great honour to come across my do the job recognised. Congratulations to all the winners collectively, we are enthusiastically documenting this amazing world, and probably this is a tiny contribution, a reminder to preserve its surprise for future generations.”
Younger Travel Photographer of the Yr 2023
Caden Shepard Choi, United states of america (age 14)
More winners:
- Younger Vacation Photographer of the Yr: Winner, 15-18 many years – Lilly Zhang, Usa (age 17)
- Younger Vacation Photographer of the 12 months: Winner, 14 a long time & less than – Zayan Durrani, Usa, (age 14)
- Portfolio Winner: Landscape & Setting – Armand Sarlangue, France
- Portfolio Winner: Mother nature, Wildlife & Conservation – Martin Broen, Usa
- Portfolio Winner: Individuals & Cultures – Athanasios Maloukos, Greece
- Portfolio Winner: Visible Stories – Alain Schroeder, Belgium
- MPB 1 Shot Winner: A Quieter Daily life – Ignacio Palacios, Australia/Spain
- MPB One Shot Winner: Earlier mentioned, Eye Amount, Below – Josien van Geffen, Netherlands
- MPB Just one Shot Winner: Leisure & Experience – Andrea Peruzzi, Italy
- People’s Option Winner: Rohan Neel Shah, Kenya
- MPB Video clip Planet in Motion Winner: Matthew Williams-Ellis, British isles
- The PhotoCloser award: Caden Shepard Choi (United states), F Dilek Yurdakul (Turkey) and Jack Lawson (Uk)
From lyrically wonderful photographs of European agricultural landscapes to heartbreaking aerial photographs of elephants exploring for food items on rubbish dumps, and from intriguing portraits of shamans executing rituals on a frozen Siberian lake to an inspirational portfolio showing athletes however competing in their 80s and 90s and pictures capturing the friendship concerning a rescued pangolin and her carer, the successful pictures in the 2023 intercontinental Travel Photographer of the Calendar year awards present us the highs and lows of lifetime on this planet, captured by way of the lenses of enormously gifted photographers of all ages from all-around the globe.
Amateur and skilled photographers from additional than 150 countries submitted much more than 20,000 photographs in TPOTY 2023. The successful and put entries blend to sort a truly excellent assortment of up to date journey pictures. The winning pictures – which can all be considered in the on line Winners’ Gallery on tpoty.com – will first go on display screen at The Pictures & Online video Demonstrate at the NEC, Birmingham, Uk from 16-19 March and will also be showcased at Xposure in the UAE.
For the second calendar year in a row, a Slovenian photographer has taken the total honours. The Travel Photographer of the Calendar year 2023, AndreJa Ravnak, follows in the footsteps of her fellow countryman Matjaz Krivic, who took the title in 2022. AndreJa’s depiction of hop rising in Slovenia and her photos of rolling fields in Italy and Czechia (Czech Republic) mix a fairytale elegance with the composition one particular could count on from her ‘regular job’ as an architect.
TPOTY founder Chris Coe claimed: “There is a refined class about this year’s winners. This comes by way of in the two of AndreJa’s successful portfolios a single will take us into basic landscapes, with fragile colours and a textural elegance, the other into the hop fields, out of period and undressed completely ready for the future planting. Neither are clear topics, neither photographed at an best time of yr, and still they are the two participating and fairly attractive.”
Journey Photographer of the 12 months celebrates the probable stars of the upcoming through the Younger TPOTY awards – and this calendar year all a few young group winners are from the United States. 14-yr-old Caden Shepard Choi obtained the title of Younger Journey Photographer of the Calendar year 2023 for her extremely attained and perfectly noticed black and white story of how the Navajo people of Chinle, Arizona make wool, and use it in weaving. Another younger feminine photographer – 17-yr-aged Lilly Zhang – took leading honours in the Younger TPOTY 15-18 years category with an impeccable sequence of sensitive landscapes shot in Marsh Creek Point out Park in Pennsylvania, United states. And the Younger TPOTY 14 years and beneath classification was received by 14-12 months-aged Zayan Durrani for his superb photographs displaying the erupting Litli-Hrutur volcano in Iceland.
AndreJa Ravnak’s prize incorporates a £1000 money bursary from TPOTY, a personalised leather portfolio e book or iFolio from Plastic Sandwich, Radiant Photograph imaging computer software, a portfolio overview from leading New York agent Frank Meo, additionally copies of vacation and drinks journal Tonic and membership of the Royal Photographic Society. Caden Shepard Choi gets £500 from TPOTY, a Plastic Sandwich leather-based portfolio e-book or iFolio, Radiant Image imaging application, a location on a Image Legendary photography workshop (or photograph critique) furthermore Royal Photographic Society membership.
Specific categories and awards
French photographer Armand Sarlangue received the Landscape & Ecosystem portfolio category with an atmospheric sequence of images of the lush glacial landscapes of the Icelandic highlands. Japanese photographer Kazuaki Koseki’s sensitive image of the ‘submerged forest’ developed by reflections in Lake Shirakawa, Japan, won Greatest Single Image award in this group.
Martin Broen’s hanging black and white illustrations or photos displaying the dynamic patterns created by the Mobula ray migration in Baja California in Mexico secured best honours in the Nature, Wildlife & Conservation category. And Martin also won the award for Best Single Impression in this classification for his vibrant and assumed-provoking impression demonstrating how a discarded glass bottle in the ocean has turn into a ‘crystal palace’ for a modest, iridescent fish.
Greek photographer Athanasios Maloukos’ intriguing portfolio of shamans doing rituals on Siberia’s frozen Lake Baikal was the judges’ alternative in the Individuals and Cultures category, whilst Jack Lawson (United kingdom) obtained the Greatest One Picture award for his impression of associates of Nigeria’s countrywide amputee soccer team, the Special Eagles, education on the beach.
A former winner of Travel Photographer of the Year and common title on the TPOTY winner checklist in current yrs, the Belgian photographer Alain Schroeder, was the winner of the Visible Tales portfolio. Alain’s collection focusing on athletes in their 80s and 90s using section in the USAFT Masters Indoor Athletics Championships is inspirational and relocating. F.Dilek Yurdakul (Turkey), was awarded Very best Solitary Impression in this classification for her portrait of a younger Kalash schoolgirl in Chitral, Pakistan.
Portfolio group prizes incorporated TPOTY cash bursaries, a signed print by Nat Geo explorer/photographer and Cultural Sanctuaries Basis co-founder Chris Rainier, Genesis Imaging exhibition prints, Radiant Image imaging software, copies of Tonic journal and membership of the Royal Photographic Society.
MPB onboard for TPOTY
This 12 months Journey Photographer of the Calendar year welcomed MPB, the premier world platform to obtain, provide and trade used pictures and videography package, to the TPOTY sponsor line-up for the to start with time. The a few MPB One particular Shot classes challenged photographers to capture just about every group theme in just a solitary image – no straightforward task! The winner of MPB Just one Shot: A Quieter Existence was Ignacio Palacios (Australia/Spain) for his serene picture of a lone walker on a white sand dune at La Puna, Argentina. Dutch photographer Josien van Geffen’s strange perspective of the Highline 197 suspension bridge in Reutte, Austria, performs with viewpoint and performs tricks on the brain at to start with glance. It was the winner of MPB 1 Shot: Higher than, Eye Stage, Below. And Italian photographer Andrea Peruzzi’s joyous impression capturing an adventurous moment when a Bedouin jumps around a tiny gorge among rocks in historic Petra, Jordan took 1st prize in MPB Just one Shot: Leisure & Adventure.
MPB also supported the High definition video clip class, World in Motion, which was gained by British photographer and filmmaker Matthew Williams-Ellis for Karibu Nyumbani, a believed-provoking short movie highlighting the magnificence and depleted wildlife populations of the Mara North Conservancy, in Kenya.
All MPB A single Shot winners and the MPB Globe in Movement winner get £1,000 to invest on photographic products with MPB. They also acquire Radiant Picture imaging computer software, copies of Tonic magazine and membership of the Royal Photographic Culture.
The winner in a single category was not selected by the judges. The People’s Preference award was made a decision by users of the general public voting on the TPOTY web-site – and this yr the winner is aged just 15. The successful graphic, by Rohan Neel Shah (Kenya), exhibits a bewildered lone wildebeest in the middle of the frenzy that is the Fantastic Migration in the Maasai Mara.
Additional prizes and judging system
In this year’s awards, a few of the finalists will acquire an unusual option to have their do the job reviewed by a top rated New York photographers’ agent, Frank Meo from The PhotoCloser. The chosen photographers are Caden Shepard Choi (Usa), F Dilek Yurdakul (Turkey) and Jack Lawson (United kingdom).
The awards are judged anonymously by a 16-strong international panel of imaging authorities, who give their time and expertise freely to decide the awards. This year TPOTY welcomes a few new judges to the panel: New York-based mostly photographer’s agent, Frank Meo, wildlife, conservation and National Geographic photographer Jason Edwards and editorial photographer and Royal Photographic Society President, Simon Hill. All judging is concluded ‘blind’ – the judges do not know the identity or nationality of any entrants – and finalists will have to supply the Uncooked/unique picture documents for the final judging phase to ensure the validity of their entries.
For further more information about the awards, remember to go to www.tpoty.com
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