The result of Travel photographer of the year contest in 2016 has been announced and there are even some photos of 13 to 14 year-old photographers.
There are works from over 132 countries to participate in this contest with different areas: cities, architectures, human to culture, wild nature… And these photos will be exhibited in Gallery of UK City of Culture Celebrations in 5, 6/2017 and at Greenwich University, London in 8, 9/2017.
Joel Santos (Portugal) was the winner of TPTY. This is the photos of Ashanti fish men taken at Bosumtwi Lake, Ashanti, Ghana.
Another impressive photo of Joel Santos is this one. It was taken from above at Salt desert , Danakil, Ethiopia. The people were making salt and transfer it.
Michele Palazzo (Italy) won the prize for the photo” The city: architecture and space” with snow surrounds Flatiron Building, New York, US.
Courtney Moore, an 18 teenager won the prize with the photo of a fog sitting on the beach in New Jersey, US.
Ruiyuan Chen (China) won the prize for the area of “Human” by the photo of a Yi ethnic man living on Daliang Mount, Tu Xuyen province, China.
Parpan Basak, 14 years old, is the youngest winner with a lively photo of fishing in India. The judges said that the photo of Darpan ad strong transmission power.
A photo of a herd of flying flamingos on Natron salt lake, Tanzania taken by Ankit Kumar, 13 years old.
Photographer Beniamino Pisati won the prize in the area of “Journey & adventure” with the photo taken in Bayankhongor, Mongolia. The judges said that:” This photo is very impressive, it makes people to focus on the activities, beauty of human and horses in Bayankhongor. These activities show people the liveliness”.
Craig Easton (US) was the winner in the area of “Land, sea and sky” with the photo of a monk walking alone on a road by Kirby Marine Lake.
The photo of a dance of local people in Andalucia, Spain taken by Timothy Allen (UK).