Travel & Humanitarian Photos
Winners of the illustrious Travel Photographer of the Year competition have just been announced and the winning images are, as always, impressive, eclectic and inspiring. This is the first year for four years where I didn’t make the shortlist, I think it will be something to do with not having entered 
However, as with previous years, being amongst the winners would have been a terrific honour. The images are varied, come from entrants in dozens of different countries and reflect a wide range of topics and subjects. I notice that there are a few HDR images amongst this year’s winning entries. Thankfully, not the overblown, other-worldly examples that often make my computer monitor shiver and weep.
Akash, from Bangladesh, is the Travel Photographer of the Year, with some lovely story-telling images that show great movement. I’m a sucker for long-exposures and Akash’s are beautifully executed. I especially like this image of a young woman perching between the carriages of a moving train.
My personal favourite is this lovely street scene from Douglas Ljungkvist, runner-up in the “New Talent” category. How beautifully observed.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted entrants and congratulations too to the organisers and judges of the TPOTY competition, which continues to attract plaudits and goes from strength to strength.
You’re always in my top three travel togs Gavin. Year in and year out!
Cheers!
PS: Nice new headshot.
I wasn’t aware of this competition, but now I’ll get my students working in studying the site. They’ll have the work cut out for them when travelling to Asia in March. And I think your new blog design is just excellent. Very nice work.
Thanx for interesting post Gavin! A lot of strong and very good works there..
Maybe I’ll try next year)..