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
Special Mention
Craig Easton, UK 
Ricardo Stuckert, Brazil 
Sue O’Connell, UK 
Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands 
Jacob Maentz, USA
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
Sergey Pesterev, Russia 
Margaret Soraya, UK 
Ben McRae, Australia 
Martin Siering, Germany 
Sergey Pesterev, Russia
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
Special Mention
Ly Hoang Long, Vietnam 
Luke Duggleby, UK 
Jason Edwards, Australia 
Stuart Butler, UK
2016 Winners – Single Images
Shaped by Light
Winner (Biran Zhao, China), Runner-up, Highly Commended, Commended and Special Mentions
Biran Zhao, China
Songge Cui, China 
Jeremy Woodhouse, UK 
Felicia Simion, Romania 
Piotr Grochala, Poland 
Minqiang Lu, China 
Ruiyuan Chen, China
Cities: Architecture
Winner (Michele Palazzo, Italy), Runner-up, Highly Commended, Commended and Special Mentions
Neville Morgan, UK 
Dominic Byrne, Ireland 
Fengkui Wang, China 
Lu Wenpeng, China 
Zhiwen Huang, China
Wildlife and Nature
Winner (Luke Massey, UK), Runners-up, Highly Commended, Commended and Special Mentions
Kyle Adler, USA 
Rudi Sebastian, Germany 
Matthew Williams – Ellis, UK 
Ryan Green, Ireland 
Marco Urso, Italy 
Magdaléna Straková, Czech Republic 
Anette Mossbacher, Germany
Smart Shot – iTravelled
Winner (Marina Spironetti, Italy), Runner-up, Highly Commended and Commended
Britta Baumann, Germany 
Nicola Young, UK 
Jing Guo, China
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
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