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PRESS RELEASE: April 29, 2026
A WORLD OF TRAVEL THROUGH AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY – IT’S TIME TO GO EXPLORING AND ENTER
Travel Photographer of the Year opens its 24th annual award for entries
The annual search for the very best travel photographs has begun with the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) 2026 is now open. It’s a chance for photographers around the globe to showcase their best and most inspiring images on an international stage. Travel encompasses many aspects of life so whether you photograph people, landscapes, wildlife, underwater, street-life or any other element of travel photography, now’s your chance to make an impact and bring your photography to the world. Amateur and professional photographers of all ages and from anywhere in the world are invited to submit their very best work in one of the world’s leading photographic competitions. Entries close on 12th October.
TPOTY 2026 has a range of 2026 categories reflecting the breadth and diversity of travel photography, and entrants will be competing not only for a selection of prizes, but also for the international exposure and acclaim that comes from achieving success in these awards. TPOTY winners gain tremendous media exposure and feature in UK and international exhibitions.
The awards are judged by a 15 strong international judging panel of enormously respected and talented judges, who give their time and expertise freely to judge the awards. To avoid any bias the judging is done blind and the names of the entrants and their images are not known until after the judging is complete. The awards are about photography so AI-generated images are not permitted.
Categories and prizes
TPOTY 2026 has four portfolio categories: ‘Adventures & Journeys’, ‘Cultures, Traditions & Celebrations’, ‘Landscapes – Natural & Urban’ and ‘Wildlife, Sealife, Birdlife’. There are also four One Shot single-image categories: ‘In Nature’, ‘People of the World’, ‘Street’ and ‘Travel in Black & White’.
The Overall Winner – the Travel Photographer of the Year 2026 – will be the entrant who submits the best two portfolios across any of the four portfolio categories, and entry to this is automatic and free. In addition for younger photographers, there is Young Travel Photographer of the Year, which is open to photographers aged 18 and under and has awards in two different age groups. The Young TPOTY theme is ‘Discovering the World’.
Travel Image of the Year will be awarded to one of the winners of the four One Shot categories or one of the four Best Single Image in a Portfolio winners. And for anyone who fancies themselves as a judge, there will also be the People’s Choice award – which attracts thousands of votes – for the general public to choose their favourite image from the finalists.
The winners of the last year’s Rising Talent Award are about to head off to Sri Lanka for 9 days of intensive mentoring – courtesy of Sri Lanka Tourism and Jetwing Hotels. They will be mentored by leading American travel photographer Elia Locardi, fine art photographer and visual storyteller Krystal Chryssomallis and travel photographer and mentor Chris Coe. They’ll also be mentored by two of Sri Lanka’s top wildlife photographer. It’s a unique, not to be missed opportunity. This Rising Talent Award returns this year with another opportunity for the winning amateur or semi-professional photographers to be mentored as TPOTY support them with developing their photography.
With support also coming from Radiant Imaging Labs, Eye for the Light, Genesis Imaging (now Genesis Metro) and The PhotoCloser, as well as Sri Lanka Tourism and Jetwing Hotels, the awards offer some excellent prizes including nearly £10,000 in cash bursaries, photographic equipment, magnificent exhibition quality prints, portfolio reviews, photo tuition and mentoring….
PRESS RELEASE: January 26, 2026
A SPARKLINGLY DIVERSE SELECTION OF TRAVEL IMAGES LIGHT UP 2025 WINNERS
The world’s most prestigious travel photography award – Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) – transports you to every continent with the stunning 2025 winning images
- Overall Winner: the Travel Photographer of the Year 2025 – Athanasios Maloukos, Greece
- Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2025 – Jamie Smart, UK (age 10)
- Young TPOTY Winner, 15-18 years – Matei Mărăcineanu, Romania (age 15)
- Young TPOTY Winner, 14 years & under – Naomi Cech, Czech Republic/Czechia (age 11)
- Portfolio Winner: Adventures & Experiences – Sara Bardotti, Italy
- Portfolio Winner: Culture, Heritage & Beliefs – Mitchell Kanashkevich, Australia
- Portfolio Winner: Landscape, Weather & Climate – Paul Sansome, UK
- Portfolio Winner: Wildlife, Sealife, Birdlife – Mohammad Murad, Kuwait
- One Shot Winner: Green Planet – John Edwards, USA
- One Shot Winner: Slow Travel – Teo Chin Leong, Singapore
- One Shot Winner: Travel in Monochrome – Dana Allen, USA
- One Shot Winner: Travel Portraits – Rahsan Firtina, Turkey
- Rising Talent Winners: Maruša Uranjek, Slovenia; Silke Hullmann, Germany; Christopher Harrison, UK; Liesel Geertsema, New Zealand; Sue O’Connell, UK
- People’s Choice Winner: Mark Julian Edwards, UK
- NEW AWARD – Travel Image of the Year 2025 – Dana Allen, USA
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The winning images from the 2025 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) have been revealed. These images are, as always, of the highest standard and they show the wide diversity of travel photography, both in subject matter and style. This shines through in photographs which ranges from intimate and amusing portraits to atmospheric landscapes and shots which capture earth’s climate capture and its inhabitants, both large and small. In a divided world these winners bring together people from a range of cultures and religions, the collection complimented by some incredible wildlife moments. The result is an stunning visual journey around our planet, capturing its breathtaking moods and colours, supported by some fabulously strong black and white imagery.
2025 sees our first overall winner from Greece. The Travel Photographer of the Year 2025, Athanasios Maloukos, treats us to some extremely atmospheric and intense images of a whirling devotion in Konya, Turkey and the Night of Sorrows: The ‘Yacente’ Procession in Zamora, Spain. Athanasios is an amateur photographer with a passion for photographing people and culture.
TPOTY founder Chris Coe said: “Shot in low light, these images require immense skill to get right. Shooting on the edge like this requires very careful use of shutter speed to selectively freeze and blur the movements in these two ceremonies. Here the hints of movement alongside the frozen elements enhance the atmosphere and drama in Athanasios’s photographs. This is all achieved in camera without over-processing, and conveys the depth and intensity of each moment.”…..
PRESS RELEASE: September 22, 2025
WIN A TRIP TO SRI LANKA – FINAL CALL & TPOTY MENTORING SCHEME
Last Chance to Enter the World’s Most Presigious Travel Photography Award
● Deadline approaching — enter by October 13, 2025
● £10,000 cash prize package
● NEW – a 7-day cultural journey in Sri Lanka courtesy of Visit Sri Lanka and Jetwing Hotels
● NEW – 5 Rising Talent winners to experience an exclusive interna7onal mentorship in Sri Lanka, including with some of the Sri Lanka’s leading wildlife photographers
● NEW – Travel Image of the Year automatically selected from all entries
● Free 30-day trial of Radiant Photo soXware for all entrants — approved within compe77on rules
PRESS RELEASE: June 3, 2025
PEOPLE, LANDSCAPES, WILDLIFE AND MORE – ITS TIME TO TRAVEL THE WORLD
Travel Photographer of the Year opens its 23rd annual award for entries
PRESS RELEASE: January 26, 2025
TOP TRAVEL IMAGES ARE REVEALED
The world’s most prestigious travel photography award – Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) – explores the world in stunning images through the 2024 winners.
PRESS RELEASE: September 10th 2024
FINAL CALL FOR ENTRIES – TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2024
New international exhibitions to showcase winners in Bolivia, China, UAE and UK
Entries for the 2024 international Travel Photographer of the Year competition (TPOTY) close on 6th October, so amateur and professional photographers of all ages and from all countries have less than four weeks left to submit their images to this global contest, which celebrates its 22nd award this year. As well as £10,000 in cash plus other prizes, the winning entrants will see their work showcased in international exhibitions in the UAE, UK and – soon to be confirmed – China next year…
PRESS RELEASE: May 30 2024
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR’S 22ND AWARD LAUNCHES
FOCUSING ON EXCELLENCE, LOOKING FOR TALENT Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 opens its 22nd award for entries
The search is on once again to find and showcase truly exceptional travel photographers – entries are now open for the 2024 edition of the international Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY). Amateur and professional photographers of all ages and from anywhere in the world are invited to submit their very best work in one of the world’s leading photographic competitions. Entries close on 6 October…
PRESS RELEASE: January 22 2024
THE 2023 TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR WINNERS ARE REVEALED
From lyrically beautiful images of European agricultural landscapes to heartbreaking aerial shots of elephants searching for food on rubbish dumps, and from intriguing portraits of shamans performing rituals on a frozen Siberian lake to an inspirational portfolio showing athletes still competing in their 80s and 90s and photographs capturing the friendship between a rescued pangolin and her carer, the winning images in the 2023 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards show us the highs and lows of life on this planet, captured through the lenses of enormously talented photographers of all ages from around the globe.
PRESS RELEASE: May 10 2023
TPOTY 2023 OPENS FOR ENTRIES
Entries are now open for the 2023 international Travel Photographer of the Year competition (TPOTY), which celebrates its 21st award this year.
PRESS RELEASE: April 4 2023
‘‘INSPIRING PHOTOGRAPHY’
Travel Photographer of the Year brings leading international photographers together for an inspiring weekend of talks at the Royal Photographic Society (May 27 & 28)
PRESS RELEASE: January 27 2023
POWERFUL AND POIGNANT IMAGES OF A WORLD OF TRAVEL
The winners of the 2022 Travel Photographer of the Year awards are revealed
PRESS RELEASE: October 6 2022
FINAL CALL FOR ENTRIES – TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022
Extra prizes added for this year – plus, Royal Photographic Society exhibition to showcase the winning images
PRESS RELEASE: September 28 2022
TRAVEL THE WORLD AT CHESTER CATHEDRAL
Magnificent exhibition runs from 2027 October
PRESS RELEASE: April 22 2022
TPOTY 2022 OPENS FOR ENTRIES
Travel Photographer of the Year celebrates its 20th award.
PRESS RELEASE: April 13 2022
TAKE A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD AT LONDON’S GRANARY SQUARE
Free open-air exhibition of 138 world-class images 13 April – 31 May.
PRESS RELEASE: January 24 2022
RETURNING TO A WORLD OF TRAVEL
The winners of the 2021 Travel Photographer of the Year awards are revealed.
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