Travel Photographer of the Year - 2023

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Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) awards are run by photographers for photographers. TPOTY is truly global – wherever you live in the world and whether you are amateur or professional, beginner or expert, young or old.1

Join us today as we enjoy the fabulous photos taken by photographers around the world and winners in a range of categories as a Travel Photographer of the Year - 2023

From lyrically beautiful images of European agricultural landscapes to breathtaking aerial shots of elephants, searching for food on rubbish dumps, and from intriguing portraits of shamans performing rituals on a frozen Siberian lake to an inspirational portfolio showing athletes still competing in their 80s and 90s and photographs, capturing the friendship between a rescued pangolin and her carer, the winning images in the 2023 international, Travel Photographer of the Year awards show us the highs and lows of life on this planet, captured through the lenses of enormously talented photographers of all ages from around the globe.1

Travel Photographer of the Year - the 2023 winners are:

  • Overall Winner: Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 – AndreJa Ravnak, Slovenia
  • Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 – Caden Shepard Choi, USA (age 14)
  • Young Travel Photographer of the Year: Winner, 15-18 years – Lilly Zhang, USA (age 17)
  • Young Travel Photographer of the Year: Winner, 14 years & under – Zayan Durrani, USA, (age 14)
  • Portfolio Winner: Landscape & Environment – Armand Sarlangue, France
  • Portfolio Winner: Nature, Wildlife & Conservation – Martin Broen, USA
  • Portfolio Winner: People & Cultures – Athanasios Maloukos, Greece
  • Portfolio Winner: Visual Stories – Alain Schroeder, Belgium
  • MPB One Shot Winner: A Quieter Life – Ignacio Palacios, Australia/Spain
  • MPB One Shot Winner: Above, Eye Level, Below – Josien van Geffen, Netherlands
  • MPB One Shot Winner: Leisure & Adventure – Andrea Peruzzi, Italy
  • People’s Choice Winner: Rohan Neel Shah, Kenya
  • MPB Video World in Motion Winner: Matthew Williams-Ellis, UK
  • The PhotoCloser award: Caden Shepard Choi (USA), F Dilek Yurdakul (Turkey) and Jack Lawson (UK).1

Settle back in your favourite armchair and browse through these incredible and often touching photos. Once you click on the bookmark, go to 2023.

Can you pick a favourite? I tried but I loved too many!

Winners’ Galleries - Travel Photographer of the Year
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Credits:
1. tpoty.com