2016 and 2017 treated us with quite a few breathtaking travel photography shots, and 2018 is no exception. The jury of the Travel Photographer of the Year photo contest (TPOTY) have just announced their winners, and they perfectly portray the beautiful diversity of our colorful world and exotic places. The best photographers from 142 countries submitted more than 20,000 beautiful pictures to the competition, but only one took home the grand prize. Stefano Pensotti was named the Travel Photographer of the Year in this photography contest for his stunning portfolio of eight photographs, depicting how ordinary citizens engaged with their surroundings across several different continents. Scroll down to check out the best photos of the rest of the winners.
More info: tpoty.com
#21 Travel Portfolio, Winner, Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia
“Onno, a teenage girl from the Arbore tribe.”
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111points
#22 Travel - Winner, Best Single Image, Philip Lee Harvey, United Kingdom
"Sand divers freedive down to the bottom of the Niger river to collect sand for the building industry. It’s an extremely dangerous job from which many don’t return.”
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107points
#23 Hot/Cold, Runner-Up, Andrew James, United Kingdom
"Snowy meet-cute between an elephant seal and a Gentoo penguin"
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101points
#24 Hot/Cold, Winner, He Jian, China
“The local people who walked on the pilgrimage road were pious and pure.”
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99points
#25 Hot/Cold, Runner-Up, Philip Lee Harvey, United Kingdom
"Snow seldom lays for long in London, but when it does, people make snowmen all around the city"
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98points
#26 Travel, Special Mention, Yingting Shih, Taiwan
"A red crane cleaning its own feathers looks like a taijitu. A taijitu is a symbol or diagram representing Taiji (Supreme Ultimate) which contains one circle with an inner pattern of symmetry representing yin and yang. The concept of Taiji can be traced back to the Daoism in the Dao De Jing. The oneness of the Dao implies the ideal way of existing and the perfect path of balance in our world."
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97points
#27 Tranquillity, Commended, Scott Portelli, Australia
“Dusky Dolphins travel together in great numbers in the deep canyons of the Kaikoura in search of food.”
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97points
#29 Young Travel Photographer Of The Year, Winner, Isabella Smith, United States
“This really grabbed my attention! I thought this local boy using oranges as balls, was the opposite of kids in my country playing with expensive toys.”
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93points
#30 Travel,commended, Mauro Di Bettio, Italy
“Taj and Akash travel every day from station to station with their mother, begging to make a living.”
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85points
#31 Travel Portfolio, Winner, Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia
"Kids playing on the main minaret of the Grand Masjid in Bani, Burkina Faso, during Eid al-Fitr"
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84points
#32 Trave, Highly Commended, Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic
"A young mahout rests in the shade underneath his elephant Shanti"
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84points
#33 Travel Photographer Of The Year, Overall Winner, Stefano Pensotti, Italy
"Széchenyi Baths, built in 1913, is the most popular the inhabitants of Budapest who come here to relax with friends"
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81points
#35 Hot/Cold, Highly Commended, Joshua Holko, Australia
"Joshua photographing polar bears during winter storm in Svalbard"
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81points
#37 Faces, People, Cultures, Highly Commended, Tariq Zaidi, United Kingdom
“Elie, 45, struts his stuff in the streets of Brazzaville. He has been a Sapeur for 35 years and his elaborate outfits bring joy to himself and his community.”
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76points
#38 Travel - Special Mention, Paul Sansome, United Kingdom
"Iceland is simply extraordinary - a unique wilderness of volcanic landscapes, stunning waterfalls, vast, empty beaches and great bird life.The Icelandic people are defined by their relationship with this land and the human impact of remote farms, isolated churches and fishing villages contribute to the photographers subject matter"
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71points
#39 Beauty Of Light,commended, Oscar Tarneberg, United Kingdom
This is a famous highway intersection in Shanghai where two of the city’s core arteries meet.
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69points
