2016 Winners

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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

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

San Bartolomé de Pinares, 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

Our sponsors and partners

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