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TPOTY - Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 Winners' Gallery

Welcome to the gallery of the 2015 winning images. We hope you enjoy them. Travel Photographer of the Year is proud to showcase another great set of images, as the 2015 winners add fresh perspectives on our world through the eyes of talented amateur, semi-professional and professional photographers. The winning images from Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 are displayed below and will be exhibited at the Museum of London Docklands in London next summer (2016). For details of our other exhibitions please visit the touring exhibitions page.

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Updated 1411 GMT (2211 HKT) December 22, 2015

Another "water" category winner shows salt flats in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia's Afar region. Portuguese photographer Joel Santos's image shows a salt miner taking a camel caravan to a mining site.(Photo: Joel Santos/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Salt flats (Ethiopia) – Another "water" category winner shows salt flats in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia's Afar region. Portuguese photographer Joel Santos's image shows a salt miner taking a camel caravan to a mining site.(Photo: Joel Santos/www.tpoty.com)
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Chinese photographer Zhu Jingyi scooped the competition's "new talent" prize for a series of images depicting street culture of Jiangsu, the province to the north of Shanghai. Among his subjects is this blacksmith. (Photo: Zhu Jingyi/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Blacksmith (China) – Chinese photographer Zhu Jingyi scooped the competition's "new talent" prize for a series of images depicting street culture of Jiangsu, the province to the north of Shanghai. Among his subjects is this blacksmith. (Photo: Zhu Jingyi/www.tpoty.com)
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Is one of these birds trying to catch a ride? It's hard to say in this photo of avian interaction by Chinese photographer Jianhui Liao taken in Jiangxi province's Nanchang. (Photo: Jianhui Liao/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Nanchang (China) – Is one of these birds trying to catch a ride? It's hard to say in this photo of avian interaction by Chinese photographer Jianhui Liao taken in Jiangxi province's Nanchang. (Photo: Jianhui Liao/www.tpoty.com)
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The business of death in Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganges in northeastern India is the subject of Austalian Gary Pullar's image. <br />Here, the "doms," or caretakers who manage the cremation process clamber over the remnants of discarded shrouds. Photo: Gary Pullar/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Varanasi (India) – The business of death in Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganges in northeastern India is the subject of Austalian Gary Pullar's image. 
Here, the "doms," or caretakers who manage the cremation process clamber over the remnants of discarded shrouds. Photo: Gary Pullar/www.tpoty.com)
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Another image from the "faces, people, encounters" category shows the ritual scarring endured by a member of a so-called crocodile cult of people who believe they share a common ancestry with reptiles. Brit Stuart Redler took this photo in Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Stuart Redler/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Middle Sepik (Papua New Guinea) – Another image from the "faces, people, encounters" category shows the ritual scarring endured by a member of a so-called crocodile cult of people who believe they share a common ancestry with reptiles. Brit Stuart Redler took this photo in Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Stuart Redler/www.tpoty.com)
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Another Brit, Tim Allen, earned a "faces, people, encounters" runner-up prize for this image of Kazakh wedding season in Western Mongolia's Altai Mountains, Western Mongolia.(Photo Tim Allen/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Altai Mountains (Western Mongolia) – Another Brit, Tim Allen, earned a "faces, people, encounters" runner-up prize for this image of Kazakh wedding season in Western Mongolia's Altai Mountains, Western Mongolia.(Photo Tim Allen/www.tpoty.com)
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It's not just people who struggle with early morning starts. Austrian photographer Brigitta Moser's "nature and wildlife" photo shows a meerkat getting to grips with the day in Little Karoo, South Africa.(Photo: Brigitta Moser/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Meerkat (South Africa) – It's not just people who struggle with early morning starts. Austrian photographer Brigitta Moser's "nature and wildlife" photo shows a meerkat getting to grips with the day in Little Karoo, South Africa.(Photo: Brigitta Moser/www.tpoty.com)
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Canadian Larry Louie traveled to the Tibetan Tagong grasslands of Sichuan province to capture prayer flags fluttering under leaden skies. His image was selected as winner in the "colors of the world" category. (Photo: Larry Louie/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Tibetan prayer flags (China) – Canadian Larry Louie traveled to the Tibetan Tagong grasslands of Sichuan province to capture prayer flags fluttering under leaden skies. His image was selected as winner in the "colors of the world" category. (Photo: Larry Louie/www.tpoty.com)
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Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten was named overall winner of the competition for a series of black and white images from across the planet. Here a great white pelican checks out Van Oosten's camera with his beak aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean at Walvis Bay, Namibia. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Great white pelican (Namibia) – Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten was named overall winner of the competition for a series of black and white images from across the planet. Here a great white pelican checks out Van Oosten's camera with his beak aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean at Walvis Bay, Namibia. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
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Another image by overall winner Marsel van Oosten shows giant cypress tress on a bayou in Lousiana's Atchafalaya Basin on a misty morning. The area is the largest wetland in the United States. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Atchafalaya Basin (Louisiana) – Another image by overall winner Marsel van Oosten shows giant cypress tress on a bayou in Lousiana's Atchafalaya Basin on a misty morning. The area is the largest wetland in the United States. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
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Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang is among the finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 competition (<a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.tpoty.com" href="http://www.tpoty.com" target="_blank">www.tpoty.com</a>). Ly's image of a man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province earned a special mention from judges. (Photo: Ly Hoang/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Bamboo fishing baskets (Vietnam) – Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang is among the finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 competition (www.tpoty.com). Ly's image of a man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province earned a special mention from judges. (Photo: Ly Hoang/www.tpoty.com)
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The warm, rich colors don't detract from the obvious chill factor in this image by Germany's Gunar Streu, which was commended in the "moment of light" category. The photo shows a cabin covered in hoar frost in the Dundret nature reserve, Swedish Lapland, as northern lights illuminate the dusk sky. (Photo: Gunar Streu/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Dundret nature reserve (Sweden) – The warm, rich colors don't detract from the obvious chill factor in this image by Germany's Gunar Streu, which was commended in the "moment of light" category. The photo shows a cabin covered in hoar frost in the Dundret nature reserve, Swedish Lapland, as northern lights illuminate the dusk sky. (Photo: Gunar Streu/www.tpoty.com)
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Polish photographer Rafal Ziejewski earned a special mention in the "faces, people, encounters" section of the competition for his image of a young girl of the Dassanech tribe in Omorate, Ethiopia.(Photo:Rafal Ziejewski/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Omorate (Ethiopia) – Polish photographer Rafal Ziejewski earned a special mention in the "faces, people, encounters" section of the competition for his image of a young girl of the Dassanech tribe in Omorate, Ethiopia.(Photo:Rafal Ziejewski/www.tpoty.com)
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American Spencer Cox, 18, was named Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 15 to 18) for a series of atmospheric images of Iceland, including this chunk of ice on Jökulsárlón beach. (Photo: Spencer Cox/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Jökulsárlón beach (Iceland) – American Spencer Cox, 18, was named Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 15 to 18) for a series of atmospheric images of Iceland, including this chunk of ice on Jökulsárlón beach. (Photo: Spencer Cox/www.tpoty.com)
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A timeless image that could've been taken anywhere across rural Europe, anytime over the past century, earns Australian Kanashkevich Mitchell the top prize in the "faces, people, encounters" category. His photo shows a Hungarian-Romanian man taking a break from plowing a field in Maramures, Romania. (Photo: Kanashkevich Mitchell/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Maramures (Romania) – A timeless image that could've been taken anywhere across rural Europe, anytime over the past century, earns Australian Kanashkevich Mitchell the top prize in the "faces, people, encounters" category. His photo shows a Hungarian-Romanian man taking a break from plowing a field in Maramures, Romania. (Photo: Kanashkevich Mitchell/www.tpoty.com)
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American Chase Guttman, 18, is another Young Travel Photogapher of the Year winner. His entry documented life in the landlocked African kingdom of Lesotho, including this image of a Basuto tribal leader and local shepherds in Semonkong. (Photo: Chase Guttman/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Tribal leader and shepherds (Lesotho) – American Chase Guttman, 18, is another Young Travel Photogapher of the Year winner. His entry documented life in the landlocked African kingdom of Lesotho, including this image of a Basuto tribal leader and local shepherds in Semonkong. (Photo: Chase Guttman/www.tpoty.com)
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In the cold northerly wilderness of Yakutia in Russia, a wolf hunter poses with the head of his prey in this grizzly scene captured by Brit James Morgan. The image was a winner in the nature and environment catergory. (Photo: James Morgan/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Wolf hunter (Russia) – In the cold northerly wilderness of Yakutia in Russia, a wolf hunter poses with the head of his prey in this grizzly scene captured by Brit James Morgan. The image was a winner in the nature and environment catergory. (Photo: James Morgan/www.tpoty.com)
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Spanish photographer Francisco Mingorance was a runner up in the nature and environment category for this image of the Rio Tito in Andalucía. The river runs red due to iron dissolved into the water.(Photo: Francisco Mingorance/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Rio Tinto (Spain) – Spanish photographer Francisco Mingorance was a runner up in the nature and environment category for this image of the Rio Tito in Andalucía. The river runs red due to iron dissolved into the water.(Photo: Francisco Mingorance/www.tpoty.com)
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German photographer Uli Kunz captured this jumping man in a tunnel beneath the North Sea island of Heligoland, a popular German tourist resort. The image was a winner in the competition's "moment in light" category. /www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Heligoland (Germany) – German photographer Uli Kunz captured this jumping man in a tunnel beneath the North Sea island of Heligoland, a popular German tourist resort. The image was a winner in the competition's "moment in light" category. /www.tpoty.com)
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Dutchman Jasper Doest departs from the traditional tourism trail to take this photo of water being sprayed over a municipal waste site to dilute acids. The image, taken in Marchena, southern Spain, was a winner in the competition's "water" category. (Photo: Jasper Doest/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Marchena (Spain) – Dutchman Jasper Doest departs from the traditional tourism trail to take this photo of water being sprayed over a municipal waste site to dilute acids. The image, taken in Marchena, southern Spain, was a winner in the competition's "water" category. (Photo: Jasper Doest/www.tpoty.com)
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Another "water" category winner shows salt flats in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia's Afar region. Portuguese photographer Joel Santos's image shows a salt miner taking a camel caravan to a mining site.(Photo: Joel Santos/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Salt flats (Ethiopia) – Another "water" category winner shows salt flats in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia's Afar region. Portuguese photographer Joel Santos's image shows a salt miner taking a camel caravan to a mining site.(Photo: Joel Santos/www.tpoty.com)
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Chinese photographer Zhu Jingyi scooped the competition's "new talent" prize for a series of images depicting street culture of Jiangsu, the province to the north of Shanghai. Among his subjects is this blacksmith. (Photo: Zhu Jingyi/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Blacksmith (China) – Chinese photographer Zhu Jingyi scooped the competition's "new talent" prize for a series of images depicting street culture of Jiangsu, the province to the north of Shanghai. Among his subjects is this blacksmith. (Photo: Zhu Jingyi/www.tpoty.com)
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Is one of these birds trying to catch a ride? It's hard to say in this photo of avian interaction by Chinese photographer Jianhui Liao taken in Jiangxi province's Nanchang. (Photo: Jianhui Liao/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Nanchang (China) – Is one of these birds trying to catch a ride? It's hard to say in this photo of avian interaction by Chinese photographer Jianhui Liao taken in Jiangxi province's Nanchang. (Photo: Jianhui Liao/www.tpoty.com)
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The business of death in Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganges in northeastern India is the subject of Austalian Gary Pullar's image. <br />Here, the "doms," or caretakers who manage the cremation process clamber over the remnants of discarded shrouds. Photo: Gary Pullar/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Varanasi (India) – The business of death in Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganges in northeastern India is the subject of Austalian Gary Pullar's image. 
Here, the "doms," or caretakers who manage the cremation process clamber over the remnants of discarded shrouds. Photo: Gary Pullar/www.tpoty.com)
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Another image from the "faces, people, encounters" category shows the ritual scarring endured by a member of a so-called crocodile cult of people who believe they share a common ancestry with reptiles. Brit Stuart Redler took this photo in Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Stuart Redler/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Middle Sepik (Papua New Guinea) – Another image from the "faces, people, encounters" category shows the ritual scarring endured by a member of a so-called crocodile cult of people who believe they share a common ancestry with reptiles. Brit Stuart Redler took this photo in Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Stuart Redler/www.tpoty.com)
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Another Brit, Tim Allen, earned a "faces, people, encounters" runner-up prize for this image of Kazakh wedding season in Western Mongolia's Altai Mountains, Western Mongolia.(Photo Tim Allen/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Altai Mountains (Western Mongolia) – Another Brit, Tim Allen, earned a "faces, people, encounters" runner-up prize for this image of Kazakh wedding season in Western Mongolia's Altai Mountains, Western Mongolia.(Photo Tim Allen/www.tpoty.com)
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It's not just people who struggle with early morning starts. Austrian photographer Brigitta Moser's "nature and wildlife" photo shows a meerkat getting to grips with the day in Little Karoo, South Africa.(Photo: Brigitta Moser/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Meerkat (South Africa) – It's not just people who struggle with early morning starts. Austrian photographer Brigitta Moser's "nature and wildlife" photo shows a meerkat getting to grips with the day in Little Karoo, South Africa.(Photo: Brigitta Moser/www.tpoty.com)
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Canadian Larry Louie traveled to the Tibetan Tagong grasslands of Sichuan province to capture prayer flags fluttering under leaden skies. His image was selected as winner in the "colors of the world" category. (Photo: Larry Louie/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Tibetan prayer flags (China) – Canadian Larry Louie traveled to the Tibetan Tagong grasslands of Sichuan province to capture prayer flags fluttering under leaden skies. His image was selected as winner in the "colors of the world" category. (Photo: Larry Louie/www.tpoty.com)
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Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten was named overall winner of the competition for a series of black and white images from across the planet. Here a great white pelican checks out Van Oosten's camera with his beak aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean at Walvis Bay, Namibia. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Great white pelican (Namibia) – Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten was named overall winner of the competition for a series of black and white images from across the planet. Here a great white pelican checks out Van Oosten's camera with his beak aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean at Walvis Bay, Namibia. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
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Another image by overall winner Marsel van Oosten shows giant cypress tress on a bayou in Lousiana's Atchafalaya Basin on a misty morning. The area is the largest wetland in the United States. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Atchafalaya Basin (Louisiana) – Another image by overall winner Marsel van Oosten shows giant cypress tress on a bayou in Lousiana's Atchafalaya Basin on a misty morning. The area is the largest wetland in the United States. (Photo: Marsel van Oosten/www.tpoty.com)
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Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang is among the finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 competition (<a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.tpoty.com" href="http://www.tpoty.com" target="_blank">www.tpoty.com</a>). Ly's image of a man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province earned a special mention from judges. (Photo: Ly Hoang/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Bamboo fishing baskets (Vietnam) – Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang is among the finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 competition (www.tpoty.com). Ly's image of a man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province earned a special mention from judges. (Photo: Ly Hoang/www.tpoty.com)
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The warm, rich colors don't detract from the obvious chill factor in this image by Germany's Gunar Streu, which was commended in the "moment of light" category. The photo shows a cabin covered in hoar frost in the Dundret nature reserve, Swedish Lapland, as northern lights illuminate the dusk sky. (Photo: Gunar Streu/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Dundret nature reserve (Sweden) – The warm, rich colors don't detract from the obvious chill factor in this image by Germany's Gunar Streu, which was commended in the "moment of light" category. The photo shows a cabin covered in hoar frost in the Dundret nature reserve, Swedish Lapland, as northern lights illuminate the dusk sky. (Photo: Gunar Streu/www.tpoty.com)
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Polish photographer Rafal Ziejewski earned a special mention in the "faces, people, encounters" section of the competition for his image of a young girl of the Dassanech tribe in Omorate, Ethiopia.(Photo:Rafal Ziejewski/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Omorate (Ethiopia) – Polish photographer Rafal Ziejewski earned a special mention in the "faces, people, encounters" section of the competition for his image of a young girl of the Dassanech tribe in Omorate, Ethiopia.(Photo:Rafal Ziejewski/www.tpoty.com)
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American Spencer Cox, 18, was named Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 15 to 18) for a series of atmospheric images of Iceland, including this chunk of ice on Jökulsárlón beach. (Photo: Spencer Cox/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Jökulsárlón beach (Iceland) – American Spencer Cox, 18, was named Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 15 to 18) for a series of atmospheric images of Iceland, including this chunk of ice on Jökulsárlón beach. (Photo: Spencer Cox/www.tpoty.com)
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A timeless image that could've been taken anywhere across rural Europe, anytime over the past century, earns Australian Kanashkevich Mitchell the top prize in the "faces, people, encounters" category. His photo shows a Hungarian-Romanian man taking a break from plowing a field in Maramures, Romania. (Photo: Kanashkevich Mitchell/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Maramures (Romania) – A timeless image that could've been taken anywhere across rural Europe, anytime over the past century, earns Australian Kanashkevich Mitchell the top prize in the "faces, people, encounters" category. His photo shows a Hungarian-Romanian man taking a break from plowing a field in Maramures, Romania. (Photo: Kanashkevich Mitchell/www.tpoty.com)
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American Chase Guttman, 18, is another Young Travel Photogapher of the Year winner. His entry documented life in the landlocked African kingdom of Lesotho, including this image of a Basuto tribal leader and local shepherds in Semonkong. (Photo: Chase Guttman/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Tribal leader and shepherds (Lesotho) – American Chase Guttman, 18, is another Young Travel Photogapher of the Year winner. His entry documented life in the landlocked African kingdom of Lesotho, including this image of a Basuto tribal leader and local shepherds in Semonkong. (Photo: Chase Guttman/www.tpoty.com)
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In the cold northerly wilderness of Yakutia in Russia, a wolf hunter poses with the head of his prey in this grizzly scene captured by Brit James Morgan. The image was a winner in the nature and environment catergory. (Photo: James Morgan/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Wolf hunter (Russia) – In the cold northerly wilderness of Yakutia in Russia, a wolf hunter poses with the head of his prey in this grizzly scene captured by Brit James Morgan. The image was a winner in the nature and environment catergory. (Photo: James Morgan/www.tpoty.com)
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Spanish photographer Francisco Mingorance was a runner up in the nature and environment category for this image of the Rio Tito in Andalucía. The river runs red due to iron dissolved into the water.(Photo: Francisco Mingorance/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Rio Tinto (Spain) – Spanish photographer Francisco Mingorance was a runner up in the nature and environment category for this image of the Rio Tito in Andalucía. The river runs red due to iron dissolved into the water.(Photo: Francisco Mingorance/www.tpoty.com)
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German photographer Uli Kunz captured this jumping man in a tunnel beneath the North Sea island of Heligoland, a popular German tourist resort. The image was a winner in the competition's "moment in light" category. /www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Heligoland (Germany) – German photographer Uli Kunz captured this jumping man in a tunnel beneath the North Sea island of Heligoland, a popular German tourist resort. The image was a winner in the competition's "moment in light" category. /www.tpoty.com)
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Dutchman Jasper Doest departs from the traditional tourism trail to take this photo of water being sprayed over a municipal waste site to dilute acids. The image, taken in Marchena, southern Spain, was a winner in the competition's "water" category. (Photo: Jasper Doest/www.tpoty.com)
 
20 photos: Travel photographer of the year 2015: The winning images
Marchena (Spain) – Dutchman Jasper Doest departs from the traditional tourism trail to take this photo of water being sprayed over a municipal waste site to dilute acids. The image, taken in Marchena, southern Spain, was a winner in the competition's "water" category. (Photo: Jasper Doest/www.tpoty.com)
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(CNN)When travel photography is bad, it's very bad. We've all seen enough dull sunset snaps to last a lifetime.

But when it's good, it's good enough to make us want to dive right into the image itself. Or at least figure out how we can go see the real thing for ourselves.

The winners of the 2015 Travel Photographer of the Year contest definitely fall into the good category. Surprisingly colorful images of the bleak, frozen Arctic sit alongside black-and-white renderings of steamy swamps in America's deep south.

Check out the selection of winners and runners-up in the above gallery.

Anyone visiting London can see the full line-up in the city's Museum of Docklands in summer 2016. They're also available on the competition's website: www.tpoty.com

 

 
 

5th INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY - ISF WORLD CUP 2016. €1,000 FOR THE BEST AUTHOR

World circuit of Photography: 5 Salons, 5 countries; FRANCE, ITALY, MACEDONIA, SPAIN, VIETNAM organized by Image Sans Frontière - France. * General Chairman: Ly Hoang Long * Closing date: October 05th, 2016

Photo Book Cover "Rarely Seen" by The Netherlands/Belgium NG

Special thanks for National Geographic (the Netherlands and Belgium) editor, who chose my image as the cover of "Rarely Seen": https://www.dezwerver.nl/c/boeken/fotoboeken/9789059566743/fotoboek-onbekende-wereld-national-geographic/

Vietnamese Travel Photographer Makes Finalist List for International Award

Thanks Saigoneer for this article http://saigoneer.com/vietnam-travel/6082-vietnamese-travel-photographer-makes-finalist-list-for-international-award

Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year

111 shortlisted works of outstanding photographic art will go on show at the Royal Geographical Society in London from 22 June to 10 July 2015. These are from a submission of over ten thousand images to the 2015 competition by photographers and filmmakers from across sixty countries internationally. The works will then commence a tour of forest venues nationally, supported by the Forestry Commission England, beginning at Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre, Cumbria from18 July - 7 September 2015.

Khai mạc Triển lãm “Giải thưởng nhiếp ảnh Heritage - Hành trình di sản 2014”

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