From exhilarating sunsets to spectacular mountains and the glow of the Northern Lights, the Landscape Photo of the Year photo contest has already revealed the winners of this international contest that rewards the beauty of many corners of our planet.
In this year’s edition, which totals number six, more than 3,400 photographs of almost 1,000 applicants from around the world (professionals and amateur photographers) have participated with their best photographic works.
This year’s winner
Russian Oleg Ershov was named Photographer of the Year this year for his photos of Cumbrian beaches and Icelandic currents. Oleg is not a professional photographer, but an amateur who finances his passion for photography by working for a food distribution company. Ershov, a very skilled photographer, presented a collection of spectacular vertical images. The award for best landscape photographer of the year has won a prize endowed with 10,000 dollars.
A panel of expert judges, such as Contact Press Images co-founder David Burnett and ON LANDSCAPE magazine editor Tim Parkin, have had to select, from among the more than 3,400 entries of urban and natural landscapes which have been the best. captured the beauty of our settings.
This year’s contest has also brought us impressive images from new award categories included in this sixth edition : the Snow and Ice Prize, which went to Bulgarian photographer Vaseline Atanasov, the Lone Tree Prize, which was awarded to German photographer Anke Butawitsch , and the Heavenly Cloud Award, which was collected by American photographer Brandon Yoshizawa.
Do you think beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Well, enjoy with this selection of the winning images of the Landscape photo of the year. We are sure that you will find them impressive.
If you want to know more details about the winning images this year, we recommend you visit the official website of the contest. There is no doubt that, in its sixth year, the impressive photo contest once again offers us an impressive array of images that highlight the beauty of the natural world.
