Categories & Prizes
Portfolios
We've added a special Olympic category this year so there are four portfolio categories. Portfolios are compromised of four (4) related images.
New Talent Portfolio
For anyone aspiring to make a career in photography, New Talent is the category for you. Entries for this category are portfolios of six (6) related images which tell a story.
One Shot
One Shot is a single image category and is open to anyone
First Shot
First Shot is a single image category for less experienced or accomplished photographers. This category is only open to amateur photographers using basic SLR cameras, compact cameras or mobile phone.
Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2011
This special award is only open to younger entrants, aged 18 years and under at the closing date. Entries are divided into two age groups; 14 years old & under, 15 to 18 years old. All entries for this category are portfolios of four (4) images.
Judges' Special Award
- Young Photographers' Alliance award for the best emerging talent. This award will be given by the judges to the most interesting, creative and original entry from a photographer, aged 25 years and under, in either the New Talent or Young Travel Photographer of the Year categories. Find out more.
Travel Photographer of the Year 2011
The Travel Photographer of the Year 2011 will be the photographer who is judged to have submitted the best images in at least two of the portfolio categories - Cultures & Traditions, Natural Elements, Exotic & Spirit of Adventure.
Prizes
click on the categories to find out more about the prizes for Travel Photographer of the Year 2011.
Travel Photographer of the Year 2011 Categories & Themes
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Cultures & Traditions
Portfolio
Travel is an experience made richer by the cultures which we encounter - the people and their traditions. Many of these traditions are vanishing or changing as outside influences are adopted and integrated, while others remain deeply entrenched defining these cultures and anchoring them in a rich heritage.
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Natural Elements
Portfolio
The forces of nature - earth, air, fire & water - have shaped our world since the birth of the planet, creating diverse & breathtaking natural landscapes. This process of sculpting the landscape continues, sometimes influenced by man, producing devastation as well as creating beauty, as we are all too often reminded of when earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and storms strike.
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Exotic
Portfolio
Travel is aspirational, and the temptation to experience the exotic fills the travel ads, holiday brochures and lifestyle media. Exotic can be unusual or alluring, but it can also be simply different to the place or lifestyle which you're used to, a voyage of discovery or a journey into the unfamiliar.
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Spirit of Adventure
Portfolio
Travel and photography are inextricably linked with
adventure, exploration and discovery. The spirit to take up the
challenge of distance, climate or terrain, and to test human
strength, endurance, agility, guile and tenacity, is the spirit of
adventure which takes us to the top of the tallest mountain and the
bottom of the deepest ocean.
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Wild Moments
One Shot
This planet is teeming with a bewildering array of incredible wildlife, creating some amazing interactions and wild moments. And with so many travel opportunities there are also some crazy travel adventure of the most extreme kind to be experienced. Whether animal or human, go wild, capture the moment!
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Work, Rest, Play
First Shot
Three words which embrace life, each has with a story to tell. One or all of them are part of our travels, part of the journey, enriching the experience and making that journey interesting and unique, sometimes special.
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Diary of a Destination
New Talent
Telling a story in pictures is an important skill for any professional or aspiring professional photographer. It is much harder than it sounds but is the basis of any portfolio or commission brief and is essential to the success of both a shoot and a career in photography.
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Green
Young Photographer
Green is a colour associated with nature, with the environment, with ecology and much more. It is both a colour and a concept. Of all the many interpretations, what does green mean to you?
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Overall Winner
TRAVEL Photographer OF THE YEAR 2011
This is the Big One!
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