2014 Winners

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Travel Photographer of the Year

Winner: Philip Lee Harvey, UK

North West Namibia – Himba tribeswoman.
Lalibela, Ethiopia – pilgrims pray to the Church of St. George.
Lalibela, Ethiopia – priest blessing pilgrims at St. George’s Church.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
Lalibela, Ethiopia – pilgrim at Beta Gabriel-Rafael Church.
North West Namibia – Himba tribeswoman’s necklace and jewellery.
North West Namibia – Himba tribeswoman’s hair
North West Namibia – Himba tribeswoman’s wrist with bracelets.

Young Travel Photographer of the Year

Winner: Samuel Fisch, USA (age 17)

Burano, Italy
Burano, Italy
Burano, Italy
Burano, Italy

Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 15 to 18)

Winner: Georgia Mulholland, Australia (age 18)

Thira, Santorini, Greece
Oia, Santorini, Greece
Paros, Greece
Mykonos, Greece

Runner-up: George Warr, UK (age 16)

Fisherman, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar
Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung Monastery, Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar
Phaung Daw Oo Market, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar
Maing Thauk Village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar

Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 14 and under)

Winner: Michael Theodric, Indonesia (age 12)

Borobudur Temple, Malang, centre of Java, Indonesia
Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta, centre of Java, Indonesia
Prambanan Temple, Yogyakarta, centre of Java, Indonesia
Yogyakarta, centre of Java, Indonesia

Runner-up: Arthur Allen, UK (age 10)

Baby crocodiles, Aswan, Egypt
Stuffed crocodile over old house door, Esna, Egypt
Stuffed crocodile, Aswan, Egypt
Mummified crocodile, Temple of Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo, Egypt

Runner-up: Will Jenkins, UK (age 11)

Aldeburgh beach in Suffolk, UK
Aldeburgh beach in Suffolk, UK
Aldeburgh beach in Suffolk, UK
Mlini in Croatia

2014 Winners – Portfolios

Tribes

Winner: Nick Ng Yeow Kee, Malaysia

A greying society that is being left out of modernization. Rural Yunnan,China.
A greying society that is being left out of modernization. Rural Yunnan,China.
A greying society that is being left out of modernization. Rural Yunnan,China.
A greying society that is being left out of modernization. Rural Yunnan,China.

Runner-up: Nikos Vavdinoudis, Greece

The old pagan ritual of the bell-bearers. Nikisiana village, Kavala, Greece.
The old pagan ritual of the bell-bearers. Monastiraki village, Greece.
The old pagan ritual of the bell-bearers. Volakas village, Drama, Greece
The old pagan ritual of the bell-bearers. Pirgoi village, Greece.

Highly commended: Arne Strømme, Norway

Commended: Tim Gerard Barker, Australia

Gathering honey, Burigoalini, Sundarbans National Park, Khulna Division, Bangladesh.
Gathering honey, Burigoalini, Sundarbans National Park, Khulna Division, Bangladesh.
Gathering honey, Burigoalini, Sundarbans National Park, Khulna Division, Bangladesh. After scattering bees using smoke Maualis (honey-hunters) cut honeycomb from a tree in the forest near Burigoalini
Gathering honey, Burigoalini, Sundarbans National Park, Khulna Division, Bangladesh.

Earth, Air, Fire, Water

Winner: Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands

Deadvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Deadvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Deadvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Deadvlei, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Runner-up: Peter Karry, UK

Spittal, Northumberland, England Hasselblad XPan
Spittal, Northumberland, England SONY DSC
Spittal, Northumberland, England Hasselblad XPan
Spittal, Northumberland, England Hasselblad XPan

Highly commended: Ignacio Palacios, Spain / Australia

Perito Moreno, Patagonia, El Calafate, Argentina Lake and glaciar Grey in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Salar de Uyuni, Uyuni, Bolivia Salar de Uyuni hexagons at sunset
Tatio Geysers at sunrise, Atacama Desert, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Tatio Geysers at sunrise, Atacama Desert
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile Perito Moreno Glacier

Commended: Thomas Haney, USA

Cape Kiwanda, Pacific City, Oregon, USA
200 foot long sea tunnel, Cape Kiwanda, Oregon, USA
30 foot tall trees, Hastings Fire, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Hastings Fire, near Fairbanks, Alaska, USA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Commended: Nicolas Lotsos, Greece

Disko Bay, Greenland.
Disko Bay, Greenland.
Disko Bay, Greenland.
Disko Bay, Greenland.

Spirit of Adventure

Winner: Piotr Trybalski, Poland

On the way to Dalsnibba mountain, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway
Storseisundet Bridge, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
Nibbevei road. Dalsnibba mountain, Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway
Trollstigen- road in Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway

Runner-up: Terry Steeley, UK

Taj Mahal Cenote, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Kukulkan Cenote, Riviera Maya, Mexico
The Pit Cenote, Riviera Maya, Mexico
The Pit Cenote, Riviera Maya, Mexico

Highly commended: Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands

Tassili N’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
Tassili N’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
Tassili N’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
Tassili N’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria

Commended: Gonçalo Barriga, Portugal

Off the coast of Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal – the Tall Ships Races event.
Off the coast of Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal – the Tall Ships Races event.
Off the coast of Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal – the Tall Ships Races event.
Off the coast of Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal – the Tall Ships Races event.

Commended: Barbara Dall’Angelo, Italy

Masai Mara, Kenya
Masai Mara, Kenya
Masai Mara, Kenya
Masai Mara, Kenya

2014 Winners – Single Images

One Moment

Winner, Runner-up, Highly commended and Commended

‘Les Sapeurs ‘, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo “Les Sapeurs” are a unique group of people who wanders the streets of Kinshasa with expensive designer clothes despite the poverty around them.
Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam
Fur merchant, Srinegar, Kashmir, India
Bali, Indonesia
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia – Germany
Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy

Monochromal

Winner, Runner-up, Highly commended and Commended

Johnny Haglund, Norway
Sue O’Connell, UK
Nicole Cambre, Belgium
Neil Buchan-Grant, UK
Philip Field, UK

Wild & Vibrant

Winner, Runner-up, Highly commended and Commended

Joshua Holko, Australia
Marco Urso, Italy
Mike Reyfman, USA
Andrew Newey, UK
Tim Bird, UK
Marco Urso, Italy
Jason Freeman, Australia

2014 Winners – New Talent

Travelogue

Winner: Massimiliano Fabrizi, Italy

Runner-up: Adam Balcy, Poland

Highly commended: Wenpeng Lu, China

Commended: Felicia Simion, Romania

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