Congratulations to all Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) 2025 finalists!
WOW, great entries this year and, as always, a very high standard. So if you are not one of our finalists, please do not be too disappointed. There are a record 43 nationalities on these shortlists. There were entries from three new countries as well – Bolivia, Colombia and Kuwait.
All finalists have been or will be emailed by 23rd November with instructions telling them what they need to do next to be a part of the final judging round. This is also on the Information for Finalists page
If your name appears here and you have not received an email, please check your spam/junk folder first and, if you can still not see an email, please contact us!
DEADLINE For High Res & RAW Files – Friday 5th December
IF YOU DON’T RESPOND, YOU WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL JUDGING.
We also ask that you don’t publish your image(s) on social media at this stage because the awards are judged anonymously. Thank you.
Portfolio – Adventures & Experiences
- Alessandra Manzotti, Italy
- Angiolo Manetti, Italy
- Armand Sarlangue, France
- Beata Whitehead, USA
- Dan McKenzie-Cossou, UK
- F.Dilek Yurdakul, Turkey
- Frederico Figueriedo Cerdeira, Brazil
- Johnny Haglund, Norway
- Katy Gomez Catalina, Spain
- Liesel Geertsema, New Zealand
- Marko Dimitrijevic, Switzerland
- Mohammad Shahriar Foisal, Bangladesh
- Neill Giese, USA
- Patricia Mora, Spain
- Sara Bardotti, Italy
- Stuart Dunn, UK
- Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
Best Single Images in a Portfolio – Adventures & Experiences
- Agnieszka Wieczorek, Poland
- Alessandro Malaguti, Italy
- Ana Backhaus, Portugal
- Angiolo Manetti, Italy
- Armand Sarlangue, France
- Beata Whitehead, USA
- Beng Tiong Ng, Singapore
- Erhan Coral, Turkey
- Frederico Figueriedo Cerdeira, Brazil
- F.Dilek Yurdakul, Turkey
- Giovanna Arnaud Fleming, Italy
- Liesel Geertsema, New Zealand
- Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic
- Mateo Borrero Pabón, Colombia
- Neill Giese, USA
- Roberto Cornacchia, Italy
- Robin Yong, Malaysia
- Stuart Dunn, UK
- Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
- Yohan Terraza, France
Portfolio – Culture, Heritage & Beliefs
- AndreJa Ravnak, Slovenia
- Athanasios Maloukos, Greece
- Beata Whitehead, USA
- Dashawatar Gopalkrishna Bade, India
- Giandomenico Nigro imperiale, Italy
- Hemi Kerem, Israel
- Jan Skwara, Poland
- Kristyn Taylor, Australia
- Mitchell Kanashkevich, Australia
- Natalie Kidd, Australia
- Neill Giese, USA
- Shyjith Onden Cheriyath, India
- Stefano Tomassetti, Italy
- Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
- Thibault Gerbaldi, France
- Yousef Naser, Egypt
- Yousif Albadi, United Arab Emirates
Best Single Images in a Portfolio – Culture, Heritage & Beliefs
- Agnieszka Wieczorek, Poland
- Andrea Peruzzi, Italy
- Athanasios Maloukos, Greece
- Costanza Rossi, Italy
- Cristian Constantinescu, USA
- Dashawatar Gopalkrishna Bade, India
- Frank Jacobs, Belgium
- Gabi Steiner, Austria
- Guangjian Li, China
- Guillaume Petermann, France
- Hector Ruiz Golobart, Spain
- Hemi Kerem, Israel
- Jorge Fernández Garcés, Spain
- Katarzyna Battenfeld, Germany
- Liesel Geertsema, New Zealand
- Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic
- Martin Siering, Germany
- Mitchell Kanashkevich, Australia
- Philipp Schmieja, Germany
- Shyjith Onden Cheriyath, India
- Sue O’Connell, United Kingdom
- Thibault Gerbaldi, France
- Tittu Shaji Thomas, India
- Trevor Cole, Ireland
- Yousef Naser, Egypt
Portfolio – Landscape, Weather & Climate
- Agnieszka Wieczorek, Poland
- Alexey Kharitonov, Israel
- AndreJa Ravnak, Slovenia
- Armand Sarlangue, France
- Chen Kunping, China
- Ignacio Palacios, Australia
- Isabella Tabacchi, Italy
- Javier Herranz Casellas, Spain
- Kyle Adler, USA
- Lyu Meiling, China
- Marek Biegalski, Poland
- Martin Siering, Germany
- Mira Zaslove, USA
- Paul Sansome, UK
- Ridhima Singh, UK
- Suliman Alatiqi, Kuwait
- Xuejun Long, China
Best Single Images in a Portfolio – Landscape, Weather & Climate
- AndreJa Ravnak, Slovenia
- Armand Sarlangue, France
- Caroline Wimmer, Germany
- Charles Janson, USA
- Chen Kunping, China
- F.Dilek Yurdakul, Turkey
- Guichard, France
- Guillaume Petermann, France
- Ignacio Palacios, Australia
- Isabella Tabacchi, Italy
- Kyle Adler, USA
- Lyu Meiling, China
- Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic
- Martin Siering, Germany
- Marek Biegalski, Poland
- Paul Sansome, UK
- Pawel Zygmunt, Poland
- Qiu Jinlin, China
- Robert Bolton, UK
- Robin Yong, Malaysia
- Suliman Alatiqi, Kuwait
- Sun Qingsheng, China
- Tim Bird, UK/Finland
- Xuejun Long, China
- Yaniv Rozenman-Segal, Israel
- Yohan Terraza, France
- Yu Ningtai, China
- Yukio Nodo, Japan
- Zhang Xiaohua, China
Portfolio – Wildlife, Sealife, Birdlife
- Carlos Ramiro, Spain
- Charlie Wemyss-Dunn, UK
- Emma Parker, Australia
- Falko Düsterhöft, Germany
- Giacomo Marchione, Italy
- Huang Zhongfang, China
- Ignacio Palacios, Australia
- Mauro De Bettio, Italy
- Javier Herranz Casellas, Spain
- Katarzyna Battenfeld, Germany
- Kevin Yu Shi, USA
- Li Jianping, China
- Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic
- Mohammad Murad, Kuwait
- Panagiotis Dalagiorgos, Greece
- Ponlawat Thaipinnarong, Thailand
- Rick Beldegreen, USA
- Suliman Alatiqi, Kuwait
- Wayne Lai, China
- Yoshiki Nakamura, United States
Best Single Images in a Portfolio – Wildlife, Sealife, Birdlife
- Barbara Fleming, USA
- Beata Whitehead, USA
- Catherine Holmes, UK
- Charles Janson, USA
- Charlie Wemyss-Dunn, UK
- Daniel Hannabuss, UK
- Denys Kutsevalov, Ukraine
- Emma Parker, Australia
- Falko Düsterhöft, Germany
- George Dian Balan, Romania
- Giacomo Marchione, Italy
- Guangsheng Zhai, China
- Hira Punjabi, India
- Ignacio Palacios, Australia
- Itamar Matsry, Israel
- Jacha Potgieter, United Kingdom
- Javier Herranz Casellas, Spain
- Katarzyna Battenfeld, Germany
- Kevin Yu Shi, USA
- Kunal Gupta, India
- Laura Storm, UK
- Liesel Geertsema, New Zealand
- Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic
- Mohammad Murad, Kuwait
- Nadia Haq, USA
- Nathan Myhrvold, USA
- Nur Tucker, UK
- Panagiotis Dalagiorgos, Greece
- Ponlawat Thaipinnarong, Thailand
- Rick Beldegreen, USA
- Scott Portelli, Australia
- Serge Melesan, France
- Silke Hullmann, Germany
- Suliman Alatiqi, Kuwait
- Trevor LaClair, USA
- Turgay Uzer, USA
- Xiaowei Nie, China
- Xuejun Long, China
- Yan Zhang, Canada
- Yoshiki Nakamura, USA
Rising Talent Award
- Adriaan Devillé, Belgium
- Christopher Harrison, UK
- Dileep SS, India
- Doron Talmi, Israel
- Gabi Steiner, Austria
- Liesel Geertsema, New Zealand
- Maruša Uranjek, Slovenia
- Ngar Shun Victor Wong, Hong Kong
- Paolo Cinque, Italy
- Sara Bardotti, Italy
- Saranya Padmanaban, India
- Sergej Holzmann, Germany
- Silke Hullmann, Germany
- Sue O’Connell, United Kingdom
One shot – Green Planet
- Agnieszka Wieczorek, Poland
- AndreJa Ravnak, Slovenia
- Bing Zhao, China
- Catherine Holmes, UK
- Denys Kutsevalov, Ukraine
- Emily M. Wilson, USA
- Gilberto Costa, Portugal
- Graeme Davies, Australia
- Ignacio Palacios, Australia
- John Edwards, USA
- Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic
- Marek Biegalski, Poland
- Maruša Uranjek, Slovenia
- Ngar Shun Victor Wong, Hong Kong
- Ozlem Buyukevren, Turkey
- Ridhima Singh, UK
- Robert Bolton, UK
- Scott Portelli, Australia
- Sun Shuangcai, China
- Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
- Thomas Ackermann, Germany
- Trevor LaClair, USA
- Wayne Lai, China
- Wang Zhenling, China
- Xuejun Long, China
- Yanben Feng, China
- Ye Xingan, China
- Yuan Xu, USA
One shot – Slow Travel
- Ana Backhaus, Portugal
- Chen Kin, China
- Chris Fleet, UK
- Christopher Harrison, UK
- Conor Ryan, Ireland
- Eva Haahti, Finland
- F.Dilek Yurdakul, Turkey
- Gaohua Zheng, China
- George Turnbull, UK
- Gilberto Costa, Portugal
- İsmail Serhat Şahin, Turkey
- Jan Skwara, Poland
- Katy Gomez Catalina, Spain
- Lance McMillan, Canada
- Md. Arifuzzaman, Bangladesh
- Stefano Tomassetti, Italy
- Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
- Timon Halbach, UK
- Thibault Gerbaldi, France
- Tom Bourdon, UK
- Tom Shlesinger, Israel
- Tori Savage, Australia
- Wu Shuai, China
- Yousif Albadi, UAE
One shot – Travel in Monochrome
- Agnieszka Wieczorek, Poland
- Ales Krivec, Slovenia
- AndreJa Ravnak, Slovenia
- Chen Jianglin, China
- Dana Allen, USA
- Daniele Bellucci, Italy
- Erhan Coral, Turkey
- Giovanna Arnaud Fleming, Italy
- James Lindsay, UK
- Javier Herranz Casellas, Spain
- Johnny Haglund, Norway
- Jo Martindale, UK
- Mohammad Shahriar Foisal, Bangladesh
- Prashant Chacko, India
- Ravikumar Jambunathan, India
- Raymond Yen Chao, USA
- Robert Bolton, UK
- Roberto Cornacchia, Italy
- Ronny Brits, Belgium
- Shyjith Onden Cheriyath, India
- Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
- Thibault Gerbaldi, France
- Trevor Cole, Ireland
- Xuejun Long, China
One shot – Travel Portraits
- Alessandra Manzotti, Italy
- Alessandro Malaguti, Italy
- Andrea Peruzzi, Italy
- Andrew Newey, UK
- Anna Geros, Germany
- Costanza Rossi, Italy
- Frances Bruchez, Switzerland
- Hira Punjabi, India
- Marc Ehrenbold, Switzerland
- Marie-Carmen Hughes, France
- Mark Julian Edwards, UK
- Rahsan Firtina, Turkey
- Sandipani Chattopadhyay, India
- Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
- Thibault Gerbaldi, France
- Tittu Shaji Thomas, India
- Trevor Cole, Ireland
Young TPOTY – 2025
Portfolio – 14 and under – Journeys & Adventures
- Ankur Chatterjee, USA
- Bingchen HU, USA
- Jack Brackley, UK
- Jamie Smart, UK
- Jayden Thomson, Australia
- Naomi Cech, Czech Republic
- Tomos Roberts, UK
- Zoe Wacker, USA
Portfolio – 15-18 Years – TJourneys & Adventures
- Annie Wei, China
- Arthur Cech, France
- Ethan Alpert, UK
- Indigo Larmour, Ireland
- Jacob Carlson, USA
- Kabiur Rahman Riyad, Bangladesh
- Matei Mărăcineanu, Romania
- Miguel Sanchez, Spain
- Rohan Neel Shah, Kenya
- Sophia Kissling, USA
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