The amazing winners of 2019's Travel Photographer of the Year contest
01/22/2020Epic mountains, a polar bearing meeting a wolf and a smoking race car: The incredible winners of the 2019 Travel Photographer of the Year contest
- Photographers from 144 countries submitted over 20,000 stunning pictures to the annual competition
- The overall winner and scooping the title of Travel Photographer of the Year 2019 is Katy Gomez Catalina
- Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2019 is 11-year-old Indigo Larmour – one of the youngest ever entrants
- MailOnline Travel has been granted permission to publish a selection of the winning and shortlisted images
The amazing winning and shortlisted images from the 2019 Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been revealed – and they are guaranteed to enchant, fascinate, and prompt the jaw to generally drop.
Photographers from 144 countries submitted over 20,000 stunning pictures in categories including endangered planet, people and cultures, thrills and adventures and dusk to dawn.
With a portfolio of ‘atmospheric and diverse’ black-and-white images captured around the globe, amateur photographer Katy Gomez Catalina, from Spain, scoops the top prize and the title of Travel Photographer of the Year 2019.
Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2019 is 11-year-old Indigo Larmour – one of the youngest-ever entrants to take the crown. The youngster, who is Irish, won over the international panel of judges with the images she snapped during travels across India.
Other amazing podium pictures include an incredible shot of crabeater seals resting on broken ice in Antarctica, a fascinating photo of a band of wild stallions in the Utah desert and a mesmerising image of the biggest waterfall in the Faroe Islands.
The winning images can be seen at the Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition at London’s Coal Drops Yard from April 7 to May 12, 2020. They will also be on show at Chester Cathedral in June and at the Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah in the UAE in September. MailOnline Travel has kindly been granted permission to publish a stunning selection of the 177 winning and shortlisted images. Scroll down to see our picks of the bunch…
This dramatic shot shows Lake Gosaikunda, a high mountain lake in the Himalayas, underneath the Milky Way. It was captured by Ukrainian photographer Yevhen Samuchenko, the runner up in the dusk to dawn category’s portfolio prize
Italian photographer Marco Grassi is commended in the thrills and adventures category thanks to this spectacular image of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo mountains in the Italian Dolomites. He describes the mountains as ‘some of the most spectacular peaks in Italy’
American photographer Brian Clopp is the winner of the portfolio prize in the thrills and adventures category. This image that he snapped shows a band of wild stallions walking towards a looming dust cloud on Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. He said: ‘The stallions are accustomed to their harsh desert environment and face whatever challenges nature throws their way’
Highly commended photographer Marco Grassi is pictured shooting in the middle of the night from the top of one of the highest peaks on Senja Island, Norway. This picture is listed in the thrills and adventures category
Amit Eshel, an Israeli photographer, snapped this sweet image of Eurasian brown bears in Oulu province in Finland. This photo is given a special mention in the endangered planet category. Amit said: ‘After a long wait, my efforts bore fruit and I was privileged to witness this beautiful family of a mother and triplet wild Eurasian brown bears stepping out of the forest and playing in this beautiful setting’
Russell Millner receives a special mention in the thrills and adventures category for this fascinating image of a bear and a wolf in Nanuk, Hudson Bay, Canada. The British photographer explained: ‘This wolf approached the bear, it seemed to be the alpha female. After this wary meeting of apparent mutual respect, each continued about their business, tolerant of the other’
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