2016 Winners

Travel Photographer of the Year

Winner: Joel Santos, Portugal

Young Travel Photographer of the Year

Winner: Darpan Basak (age 14)

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

Winner: Courtney Moore, USA (age 18)

Runner-up: Zijie Gong, China (age 16)

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

Winner: Ankit Kumar, India (age 13)

Runner-up: Hugo Berman, France (age 12)

2016 Winners – Portfolios

Mankind

Winner: Ruiyuan Chen, China

Runner-up: Panos Laskarakis, Greece

Highly commended: Timothy Allen, UK

Highly commended: Stéphanie Buret, Switzerland

Commended: Hugo Bes, Netherlands

Best Single Image in a Mankind portfolio. Winner: Jeremy Woodhouse, UK

Coltesti, Romania

Special Mention

Land, Sea, Sky

Winner: Craig Easton, UK

Runner-up: Stephan Fürnrohr, Germany

Highly commended: Sandra Bartocha, Germany

Best Single Image in a Land, Sea, Sky portfolio. Winners: Sandra Bartocha, Germany (l) and Stephan Fürnrohr, Germany (r)

Special Mention

Journeys & Adventures

Winner: Beniamino Pisati, Italy

Runner-up: Timothy Allen, UK

Highly commended: Johnny Haglund, Norway

Commended: Sonnge Cui, China

Best Single Image in a Journeys & Adventures portfolio. Winner: Lluís Salvadó, Spain

San Bartolomé de Pinares, Spain

Special Mention

2016 Winners – Single Images

Shaped by Light

Winner (Biran Zhao, China), Runner-up, Highly Commended, Commended and Special Mentions

Cities: Architecture

Winner (Michele Palazzo, Italy), Runner-up, Highly Commended, Commended and Special Mentions

Wildlife and Nature

Winner (Luke Massey, UK), Runners-up, Highly Commended, Commended and Special Mentions

Smart Shot – iTravelled

Winner (Marina Spironetti, Italy), Runner-up, Highly Commended and Commended

2016 Winners – New Talent

Winner, New Talent

Alison Cahill, UK

Runner-up, New Talent

Dong Xiaolian, China

Highly commended, New Talent

Raimondo Norberto Giamerduca, Italy

Commended, New Talent

Ye Hongbing, China

Our sponsors and partners

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