Travel & Humanitarian Photos
The winners of the 2007 Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been announced at Cat Vinton is the lucky winner of a £2,500 Bursary and an opportunity to photograph the Dalai Lama. Looking at Cat’s winning images, I’m sure she’ll do justice to the opportunity and I really look forward to seeing her pictures in the future.
There were entries from 51 countries this year so it must have been a tough competition to judge. Looking through the winners, the standard looks as high as ever and I enjoy seeing so many different styles of travel photography represented.
The “One Place, Many Lives” category is the one that deals with travel portraiture and you’ll see a certain UK photographer by the name of Gavin Gough among the finalists. I’m chuffed to bits to be associated with such great images and, although I’m not a winner this year, am delighted to have got so far.
It’s no exaggeration for me to say that looking at Tim Allen’s and Larry Louie’s winning images gives me goose-bumps. Tim’s use of colour and his composition is so impressive and Larry’s monochrome images have the most delicious light. Gary Wornell’s images from Finland are really bold and I’m pleased to see the judges pulling out images like that for recognition. Personally, I think it’s good to see a variety of styles.
Finally, Jean-Calude Louis’ portraits have bags of character – these are the images probably closest to mine in terms of style, although I wish I’d taken any of his four portfolio images. I love the one of the two kids at the window especially.
If I ever remember what images I submitted (honestly, my memory is shocking) then I’ll post them here.
In the mean time, I guess I’d better start thinking of my entries for 2008!
Travel Photographer of the Year 2007 winners
One Place, Many Lives Category