The winners of the 2009 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards have been revealed.
Thousands of entries were received from photographers in almost 70 countries; the greatest spread of international entries in the awards’ history. The overall winner – and Travel Photographer of the Year 2009 – is GMB Akash from Bangaladesh, and the Young Travel Photographer of the Year is 15 year-old Courtney Krawec from Australia. Individual category awards have been won by photographers from the UK, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, India, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, and USA.
From tranquil British landscapes and magnificent wildlife portraits to thought-provoking images of Romanian orphans and colourful shots of Indian festivals the 2009 Travel Photographer of the Year winning entries have something to appeal to all lovers of travel, nature and photography.
Akash’s vibrant yet poignant images of rail travel in his home country and his portfolio depicting the ship-breaking industry in Pakistan all showed how imagery can tell a story, and won unanimous praise from the judges.
The entries were judged by a panel of experts that included the photographic director of Conde Nast Traveller, renowned photographers Steve Bloom, Jeremy Hoare, Nick Meers, and Chris Weston, and the editors of British Journal of Photography, Practical Photography and Germany’s Fotomagazin.
Ninety images from TPOTY 2009 can be viewed online in the Winners’ Gallery at www.tpoty.com and will be published in the new Travel Photographer of the Year book Journey Three, which will be available in February 2010. Containing the winning and other highly-placed images from the past three years of the TPOTY awards, Journey Three is priced at £25.00. And the winning images will be given their first public display at Adventure Travel Live at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London on January 29th, 30th and 31st, 2010, where showgoers will be able to buy the first copies of Journey Three.
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