May 5, 2011

Travel Photographer of the Year – in pictures

An exhibition of images from the Photographer of the Year competition is now on show at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Here's a selection of the winners and runners-up

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — The Great Mosque of Djenné, the largest mud brick building in the world. Photograph by Larry Louie, Canada, overall winner of Travel Photographer of the Year 2010.
Photograph: Larry Louie Photograph: Larry Louie /PR

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year — Wangi Wangi island, Indonesia. "While few young children are now born on boats, the ocean is still very much their playground. Here Enal plays with his 'pet' shark." Photograph by James Morgan, UK, winner of Portfolio – Encounters category.
Photograph: James Morgan Photograph: James Morgan/Action images

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — Evening milking in Shine-Ider area, Mongolia. "After a long day of travelling through the Mongolian countryside, my travel companions and I were invited to stay the night by this kind local family." Photograph by Kym Morris, Australia, commended in Portfolio – Encounters category.
Photograph: Kym Morris Photograph: Kym Morris/Action images

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — A sadhu making his way out of a cloud of colours during the Holi festival in India. Photograph by Poras Chaudary, India, special mention in Best Single Image in a Portfolio – Encounters category.
Photograph: Poras Chaudary Photograph: Poras Chaudary

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — Four mountains seen across the Greenland ice cap illuminated by the midnight sun during a British mountaineering expedition to Knud Rasmussen Land. Photograph by Quintin Lake, UK, winner of 'Portfolio – Amazing Places' category.
Photograph: Quintin Lake Photograph: Quintin Lake

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographeer of the Year Competition — In the South China Sea off the Philippines, fishermen dive to a depth of 40m with "hookah pipes" – air supplied through a pipe from the surface. Picture by Timothy Allen, UK, runner up of Portfolio – Amazing Places category.
Photograph: Timothy Allen Photograph: Timothy Allen

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — A mass ordination of 34,000 monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Thailand. Now fully ordained, the monks wear the orange robes they received earlier that morning, and simultaneously bow in prayer. Photograph by Luke Duggleby, UK, commended in Portfolio - Amazing Places category.
Photograph: Luke Duggleby Photograph: Luke Duggleby

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — "This was shot just after a sunset on the roof of a palace at Shugruf village in the Haraz Mountains of Yemen. No extra lighting was used. The sun has just set (see the top right corner of the image) and mist has started to rise from the valley below." Photograph by Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia, winner of Best Single Image in a Portfolio - Amazing Places category.
Photograph: Matjaz Krivic Photograph: Matjaz Krivic

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year — The Cham dance, Punakha Dzong, Bhutan. The dance is performed by monks who have trained and practised for several years and memorised the intricate choreography. With their black hats and costumes emblazoned with protective deities, they twirl and jump to thunderous horns, drums and crashing cymbals. Photograph by Richard Murai, USA, winner of Portfolio - World In Motion category.
Photograph: Richard Murai Photograph: Richard Murai

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photoragpher of the Year Competition — Shark being transported by motorbike, Vietnam. Photograph by Hans Kemp, the Netherlands, runner up of Portfolio - World in Motion category.
Photograph: Hans Kemp Photograph: Hans Kemp/PR

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year — Tap tap bus, Haiti. "The name of this Haitian form of transportation describes the sound that passengers make to get the driver to stop: tap-tap." Photograph by Jordi Cohen, Spain, winner of Best Single Image in a Portfolio - World In Motion category.
Photograph: Jordi Cohen Photograph: Jordi Cohen/Action images

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — A passenger enjoys the incredible calm of the seascape on board an Alaskan expedition vessel. Photograph by Eric Kruszewski, USA, winner of New Talent 2010 - Sell It! category.
Photograph: Eric Kruszewski Photograph: Eric Kruszewski/PR

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — During the annual salmon runs, an adolescent brown bear hones her hunting skills, seen on a journey to Alaska by Eric Kruszewski, USA, winner of New Talent 2010 - Sell It! category.
Photograph: Eric Kruszewski Photograph: Eric Kruszewski/PR

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — A hot air balloon reflected in water in the Yarra Valley, Australia. By Tim Barker, Australia, runner up in the One Shot Adventures category.
Photograph: Tim Barker Photograph: Tim Barker/PR

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competitino — Tribes people, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. "I was shooting in Papua New Guinea for the BBC’s landmark documentary Human Planet. I randomly met these guys in the forest near a local singsing ritual. We couldn’t understand each other, and I don’t know anything about them, who they are, or where they came from..." Photograph by Timothy Allen, UK, highly recommended in One Shot Adventures category.
Photograph: Timothy Allen Photograph: Timothy Allen

Travel Photographer Comp: Travel Photographer of the Year Competition — Parrots, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. "This image was taken using a tripod to hoist my camera to tree level. As the birds became curious, they inched their way towards my lens just as the self timer went off." Photograph by Chase Guttman, USA, aged 13, winner of the Young TPOTY (age 14 and under), Big World Small World category.
Photograph: Chase Guttman Photograph: Chase Guttman/Action images

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