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The Top Award-Winning Travel Photos

  • The Minch, Western Isles, Scotland. This is a series of images called ‘Dreich’ – an old Scottish word to describe the wet, grey, miserable, dank. <br>Craig Easton, UK, <br>Camera: Nikon D3X <br><br>Winner: the Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 <br><br>The Cutty Sark Award for the overall winner is presented by Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky. They are rewarding Craig with £2,500 in cash, an expenses-paid international photography commission with £2,500 commission fee, and the chance to work with their master blender and blend his own whisky, design his own label, and bottle up to 50 bottles of the resulting unique blend. Though he lives in England, Craig is a Scotsman by birth, so this should be entirely appropriate for him!
    1/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    The Minch, Western Isles, Scotland. This is a series of images called ‘Dreich’ – an old Scottish word to describe the wet, grey, miserable, dank.
    Craig Easton, UK,
    Camera: Nikon D3X

    Winner: the Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2012

    The Cutty Sark Award for the overall winner is presented by Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky. They are rewarding Craig with £2,500 in cash, an expenses-paid international photography commission with £2,500 commission fee, and the chance to work with their master blender and blend his own whisky, design his own label, and bottle up to 50 bottles of the resulting unique blend. Though he lives in England, Craig is a Scotsman by birth, so this should be entirely appropriate for him!
    TPOTY
  • Paris, France. French privacy laws now dictate that I had to ensure that no-one was recognisable in the images, which led me to the idea of silhouettes against an iconic background. <br><br>Craig Easton, UK <br><br>Camera: Nikon D3X 100 <br><br>Winner: the Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2012
    2/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Paris, France. French privacy laws now dictate that I had to ensure that no-one was recognisable in the images, which led me to the idea of silhouettes against an iconic background.

    Craig Easton, UK

    Camera: Nikon D3X 100

    Winner: the Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2012
    TPOTY
  • Siberia, Russia. Yamalo Nemets’ winter camp in the tundra. This young girl collects wood in the forest. <br><br>Alessandra Meniconzi, Switzerland<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 1DS Mk3 <br><br>Winner, New Talent award For her success in the New Talent category ‘Another World’, <br><br>Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland) – a graphic designer, teacher and semi-professional photographer, who is hoping to become a full-time photographer - wins a trip to the Gnaoua and World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco with sustainable travel specialists Tribes Travel, a Fujifilm FinePix X100 camera, Plastic Sandwich leather portfolio book or iFolio, plus a Digimarc for Images Professional Edition subscription and Adobe Photoshop CS6 software.
    3/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Siberia, Russia. Yamalo Nemets’ winter camp in the tundra. This young girl collects wood in the forest.

    Alessandra Meniconzi, Switzerland

    Camera: Canon EOS 1DS Mk3

    Winner, New Talent award For her success in the New Talent category ‘Another World’,

    Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland) – a graphic designer, teacher and semi-professional photographer, who is hoping to become a full-time photographer - wins a trip to the Gnaoua and World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco with sustainable travel specialists Tribes Travel, a Fujifilm FinePix X100 camera, Plastic Sandwich leather portfolio book or iFolio, plus a Digimarc for Images Professional Edition subscription and Adobe Photoshop CS6 software.
    TPOTY
  • Groundnut harvest near Bagan, Burma <br><br>Philip Lee Harvey, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk2 <br><br>Winner, People Watching portfolio
    4/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Groundnut harvest near Bagan, Burma

    Philip Lee Harvey, UK

    Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk2

    Winner, People Watching portfolio
    TPOTY
  • Black sand beaches near the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland. <br><br>Joshua Holko, Australia<br>Camera: Canon EOS 1DS MK3 <br><br>Highly Commended, One Shot ’Water’ (single image category)
    5/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Black sand beaches near the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland.

    Joshua Holko, Australia
    Camera: Canon EOS 1DS MK3

    Highly Commended, One Shot ’Water’ (single image category)
    TPOTY
  • Kara tribe warrior, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia <br><br>Jan Schlegel, Germany <br><br>Camera: Ebony field SV45T1 4 x 5 inch camera <br><br>Runner-up, People Watching portfolio<br><br>The Runners-up in each portfolio category win a Digimarc for Images Professional subscription, a Plastic Sandwich leather portfolio or iFolio, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software.
    6/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Kara tribe warrior, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

    Jan Schlegel, Germany

    Camera: Ebony field SV45T1 4 x 5 inch camera

    Runner-up, People Watching portfolio

    The Runners-up in each portfolio category win a Digimarc for Images Professional subscription, a Plastic Sandwich leather portfolio or iFolio, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software.
    TPOTY
  • Cocos Island, Costa-Rica Hammerhead sharks swim toward a ‘cleaning station’, where small fishes help them to get rid of parasites. <br><br>Dmitry Miroshnikov, Russia <br><br>Camera: Canon 5D Mark II <br><br>Commended, New Talent category
    7/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Cocos Island, Costa-Rica Hammerhead sharks swim toward a ‘cleaning station’, where small fishes help them to get rid of parasites.

    Dmitry Miroshnikov, Russia

    Camera: Canon 5D Mark II

    Commended, New Talent category
    TPOTY
  • Brandseth Valley, Voss, Norway <br><br>Hilde Foss, Norway<br><br>Camera: Canon 7D <br><br>Winner, One Shot ’Water’ (single image category)<br><br>Norwegian amateur photographer Hilde Foss’s exhilarating image of a kayaker took the top prize, winning her a Fujifilm X10 digital camera, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 and a collection of Travel Photographer of the Year books.
    8/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Brandseth Valley, Voss, Norway

    Hilde Foss, Norway

    Camera: Canon 7D

    Winner, One Shot ’Water’ (single image category)

    Norwegian amateur photographer Hilde Foss’s exhilarating image of a kayaker took the top prize, winning her a Fujifilm X10 digital camera, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 and a collection of Travel Photographer of the Year books.
    TPOTY
  • Grand Gedeh, Liberia. Children watch an Oxfam team at work. <br><br>Timothy Allen, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon 5D Mark II. <br><br>Winner, Best Single Image in a People Watching portfolio<br><br>The winner in this category receives a Giclee exhibition print from Genesis Digital Imaging, a print of an historic image from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) archive, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    9/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Grand Gedeh, Liberia. Children watch an Oxfam team at work.

    Timothy Allen, UK

    Camera: Canon 5D Mark II.

    Winner, Best Single Image in a People Watching portfolio

    The winner in this category receives a Giclee exhibition print from Genesis Digital Imaging, a print of an historic image from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) archive, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    TPOTY
  • Spitsbergen, Norway: A fox about to scavenge the skeleton of a seal which had been caught by a polar bear. <br><br>Michal Jastrzebski, Poland<br><br>Camera: Nikon D3S <br><br>Commended, Wild Planet portfolio
    10/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Spitsbergen, Norway: A fox about to scavenge the skeleton of a seal which had been caught by a polar bear.

    Michal Jastrzebski, Poland

    Camera: Nikon D3S

    Commended, Wild Planet portfolio
    TPOTY
  • Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic <br><br>Uli Kunz, Germany<br><br>Camera: Canon 5D Mk2 <br><br>Runner-up, Wild Planet portfolio
    11/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

    Uli Kunz, Germany

    Camera: Canon 5D Mk2

    Runner-up, Wild Planet portfolio
    TPOTY
  • Spitsbergen, Norway Glaucous gulls fight over scraps left by a polar bear<br><br>Michal Jastrzebski, Poland<br><br>Camera: Nikon D3S <br><br>Winner, Best Single Image in the Wild Planet portfolio category<br><br>Each individual winner in the Best Single Image category receives a Giclee exhibition print from Genesis Digital Imaging, a print of an historic image from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) archive, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    12/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Spitsbergen, Norway Glaucous gulls fight over scraps left by a polar bear

    Michal Jastrzebski, Poland

    Camera: Nikon D3S

    Winner, Best Single Image in the Wild Planet portfolio category

    Each individual winner in the Best Single Image category receives a Giclee exhibition print from Genesis Digital Imaging, a print of an historic image from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) archive, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    TPOTY
  • Kiskunsagi National park, Hungary - <br>Grey heron <br><br>Sue Flood, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon 1DS3 <br><br>Special Mention, Wild Planet
    13/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Kiskunsagi National park, Hungary -
    Grey heron

    Sue Flood, UK

    Camera: Canon 1DS3

    Special Mention, Wild Planet
    TPOTY
  • Namib desert, Namibia <br><br>Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands<br><br>Camera: Nikon D3S <br><br>Winner, Wild Planet portfolio<br><br>Marsel van Oosten’s stunning images of the Namibian night sky won the Dutch photographer the Wild Planet portfolio category, and a prize of a tailormade trip to Kenya with adventure travel experts Explore, plus Adobe Photoshop CS6 software.
    14/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Namib desert, Namibia

    Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands

    Camera: Nikon D3S

    Winner, Wild Planet portfolio

    Marsel van Oosten’s stunning images of the Namibian night sky won the Dutch photographer the Wild Planet portfolio category, and a prize of a tailormade trip to Kenya with adventure travel experts Explore, plus Adobe Photoshop CS6 software.
    TPOTY
  • Dust storm approaching Burning Man Festival, USA<br><br>Lung Liu, Canada<br><br>Camera: Pentax K20D <br><br>Winner, Journeys portfolio
    15/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Dust storm approaching Burning Man Festival, USA

    Lung Liu, Canada

    Camera: Pentax K20D

    Winner, Journeys portfolio
    TPOTY
  • Maciachini Centre, Via Carlo Imbonati, Milan, Italy <br><br>Tom McLaughlan, UK<br><br>Camera: CANON 5D MARK II <br><br>Commended, Journeys portfolio
    16/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Maciachini Centre, Via Carlo Imbonati, Milan, Italy

    Tom McLaughlan, UK

    Camera: CANON 5D MARK II

    Commended, Journeys portfolio
    TPOTY
  • Siberut Island, West Sumatra, Indonesia<br><br>Andrew Newey, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II <br><br>Winner, Best Single Image in a Journeys portfolio
    17/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Siberut Island, West Sumatra, Indonesia

    Andrew Newey, UK

    Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II

    Winner, Best Single Image in a Journeys portfolio
    TPOTY
  • Masai Mara, Kenya <br><br>David Lazar, Australia<br><br>Camera: Nikon D700 <br><br>Special Mention, Journeys
    18/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Masai Mara, Kenya

    David Lazar, Australia

    Camera: Nikon D700

    Special Mention, Journeys
    TPOTY
  • Rapa das Bestas (Shearing of the Beasts) festival, Sabucedo, Galicia, Spain. <br><br>Enrique López-Tapia, Spain <br><br>Camera: Nikon D300 <br><br>Winner, Celebration portfolio category
    19/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Rapa das Bestas (Shearing of the Beasts) festival, Sabucedo, Galicia, Spain.

    Enrique López-Tapia, Spain

    Camera: Nikon D300

    Winner, Celebration portfolio category
    TPOTY
  • Shoreditch, London, England <br><br>Anka Sliwa, UK<br><br>Camera: Nikon D80 <br><br>Winner, First Shot – Big City (beginners’ single image category)<br><br>Anka Sliwa took home a Fujifilm FinePix XP150, a Photo Iconic photocourse, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    20/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Shoreditch, London, England

    Anka Sliwa, UK

    Camera: Nikon D80

    Winner, First Shot – Big City (beginners’ single image category)

    Anka Sliwa took home a Fujifilm FinePix XP150, a Photo Iconic photocourse, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    TPOTY
  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA <br><br>Samuel Fisch, USA (age 15)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner – Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2012<br><br>For his evocative portfolio of cowboys and horses,Samuel Fisch wins a Fujifilm X-S1 camera and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    21/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

    Samuel Fisch, USA (age 15)

    Camera: Nikon D7000

    Winner – Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2012

    For his evocative portfolio of cowboys and horses,Samuel Fisch wins a Fujifilm X-S1 camera and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
    TPOTY
  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA <br><br>Samuel Fisch, USA (age 15), Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner – Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2012
    22/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

    Samuel Fisch, USA (age 15), Camera: Nikon D7000

    Winner – Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2012
    TPOTY
  • Kilgoris, Trans Mara, Rift Valley Province, Kenya <br><br>Matthew Gillooley, USA (age 18)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D700 <br><br>Winner, Young TPOTY 15-18
    23/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Kilgoris, Trans Mara, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

    Matthew Gillooley, USA (age 18)

    Camera: Nikon D700

    Winner, Young TPOTY 15-18
    TPOTY
  • Ciocanesti, Dolj county, Romania <br><br>Felicia Simion, Romania (age 18)<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 7D <br><br>Runner-up, Young TPOTY 15-18
    24/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Ciocanesti, Dolj county, Romania

    Felicia Simion, Romania (age 18)

    Camera: Canon EOS 7D

    Runner-up, Young TPOTY 15-18
    TPOTY
  • Amish mud sale, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, USA <br><br>Chase Guttman, USA (age 16)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner, Young Photographers Alliance Award
    25/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Amish mud sale, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, USA

    Chase Guttman, USA (age 16)

    Camera: Nikon D7000

    Winner, Young Photographers Alliance Award
    TPOTY
  • Amish mud sale, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, USA <br><br>Chase Guttman, USA (age 16)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner, Young Photographers Alliance Award
    26/26

    TPOTY Award-winning photos

    Amish mud sale, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, USA

    Chase Guttman, USA (age 16)

    Camera: Nikon D7000

    Winner, Young Photographers Alliance Award
    TPOTY
The Minch, Western Isles, Scotland. This is a series of images called ‘Dreich’ – an old Scottish word to describe the wet, grey, miserable, dank. <br>Craig Easton, UK, <br>Camera: Nikon D3X <br><br>Winner: the Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 <br><br>The Cutty Sark Award for the overall winner is presented by Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky. They are rewarding Craig with £2,500 in cash, an expenses-paid international photography commission with £2,500 commission fee, and the chance to work with their master blender and blend his own whisky, design his own label, and bottle up to 50 bottles of the resulting unique blend. Though he lives in England, Craig is a Scotsman by birth, so this should be entirely appropriate for him!
Paris, France. French privacy laws now dictate that I had to ensure that no-one was recognisable in the images, which led me to the idea of silhouettes against an iconic background. <br><br>Craig Easton, UK <br><br>Camera: Nikon D3X 100 <br><br>Winner: the Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2012
Siberia, Russia. Yamalo Nemets’ winter camp in the tundra. This young girl collects wood in the forest. <br><br>Alessandra Meniconzi, Switzerland<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 1DS Mk3 <br><br>Winner, New Talent award For her success in the New Talent category ‘Another World’, <br><br>Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland) – a graphic designer, teacher and semi-professional photographer, who is hoping to become a full-time photographer - wins a trip to the Gnaoua and World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco with sustainable travel specialists Tribes Travel, a Fujifilm FinePix X100 camera, Plastic Sandwich leather portfolio book or iFolio, plus a Digimarc for Images Professional Edition subscription and Adobe Photoshop CS6 software.
Groundnut harvest near Bagan, Burma <br><br>Philip Lee Harvey, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk2 <br><br>Winner, People Watching portfolio
Black sand beaches near the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland. <br><br>Joshua Holko, Australia<br>Camera: Canon EOS 1DS MK3 <br><br>Highly Commended, One Shot ’Water’ (single image category)
Kara tribe warrior, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia <br><br>Jan Schlegel, Germany <br><br>Camera: Ebony field SV45T1 4 x 5 inch camera <br><br>Runner-up, People Watching portfolio<br><br>The Runners-up in each portfolio category win a Digimarc for Images Professional subscription, a Plastic Sandwich leather portfolio or iFolio, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software.
Cocos Island, Costa-Rica Hammerhead sharks swim toward a ‘cleaning station’, where small fishes help them to get rid of parasites. <br><br>Dmitry Miroshnikov, Russia <br><br>Camera: Canon 5D Mark II <br><br>Commended, New Talent category
Brandseth Valley, Voss, Norway <br><br>Hilde Foss, Norway<br><br>Camera: Canon 7D <br><br>Winner, One Shot ’Water’ (single image category)<br><br>Norwegian amateur photographer Hilde Foss’s exhilarating image of a kayaker took the top prize, winning her a Fujifilm X10 digital camera, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 and a collection of Travel Photographer of the Year books.
Grand Gedeh, Liberia. Children watch an Oxfam team at work. <br><br>Timothy Allen, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon 5D Mark II. <br><br>Winner, Best Single Image in a People Watching portfolio<br><br>The winner in this category receives a Giclee exhibition print from Genesis Digital Imaging, a print of an historic image from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) archive, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
Spitsbergen, Norway: A fox about to scavenge the skeleton of a seal which had been caught by a polar bear. <br><br>Michal Jastrzebski, Poland<br><br>Camera: Nikon D3S <br><br>Commended, Wild Planet portfolio
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic <br><br>Uli Kunz, Germany<br><br>Camera: Canon 5D Mk2 <br><br>Runner-up, Wild Planet portfolio
Spitsbergen, Norway Glaucous gulls fight over scraps left by a polar bear<br><br>Michal Jastrzebski, Poland<br><br>Camera: Nikon D3S <br><br>Winner, Best Single Image in the Wild Planet portfolio category<br><br>Each individual winner in the Best Single Image category receives a Giclee exhibition print from Genesis Digital Imaging, a print of an historic image from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) archive, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
Kiskunsagi National park, Hungary - <br>Grey heron <br><br>Sue Flood, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon 1DS3 <br><br>Special Mention, Wild Planet
Namib desert, Namibia <br><br>Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands<br><br>Camera: Nikon D3S <br><br>Winner, Wild Planet portfolio<br><br>Marsel van Oosten’s stunning images of the Namibian night sky won the Dutch photographer the Wild Planet portfolio category, and a prize of a tailormade trip to Kenya with adventure travel experts Explore, plus Adobe Photoshop CS6 software.
Dust storm approaching Burning Man Festival, USA<br><br>Lung Liu, Canada<br><br>Camera: Pentax K20D <br><br>Winner, Journeys portfolio
Maciachini Centre, Via Carlo Imbonati, Milan, Italy <br><br>Tom McLaughlan, UK<br><br>Camera: CANON 5D MARK II <br><br>Commended, Journeys portfolio
Siberut Island, West Sumatra, Indonesia<br><br>Andrew Newey, UK<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II <br><br>Winner, Best Single Image in a Journeys portfolio
Masai Mara, Kenya <br><br>David Lazar, Australia<br><br>Camera: Nikon D700 <br><br>Special Mention, Journeys
Rapa das Bestas (Shearing of the Beasts) festival, Sabucedo, Galicia, Spain. <br><br>Enrique López-Tapia, Spain <br><br>Camera: Nikon D300 <br><br>Winner, Celebration portfolio category
Shoreditch, London, England <br><br>Anka Sliwa, UK<br><br>Camera: Nikon D80 <br><br>Winner, First Shot – Big City (beginners’ single image category)<br><br>Anka Sliwa took home a Fujifilm FinePix XP150, a Photo Iconic photocourse, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA <br><br>Samuel Fisch, USA (age 15)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner – Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2012<br><br>For his evocative portfolio of cowboys and horses,Samuel Fisch wins a Fujifilm X-S1 camera and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA <br><br>Samuel Fisch, USA (age 15), Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner – Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2012
Kilgoris, Trans Mara, Rift Valley Province, Kenya <br><br>Matthew Gillooley, USA (age 18)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D700 <br><br>Winner, Young TPOTY 15-18
Ciocanesti, Dolj county, Romania <br><br>Felicia Simion, Romania (age 18)<br><br>Camera: Canon EOS 7D <br><br>Runner-up, Young TPOTY 15-18
Amish mud sale, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, USA <br><br>Chase Guttman, USA (age 16)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner, Young Photographers Alliance Award
Amish mud sale, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, USA <br><br>Chase Guttman, USA (age 16)<br><br>Camera: Nikon D7000 <br><br>Winner, Young Photographers Alliance Award

Professional and amateur photographers from 22 countries scooped individual TPOTY (Travel Photographer of the Year) awards or special mentions this year. The prizewinning entries across the categories make a glorious display that showcases the beauty and diversity of travel imagery; fascinating glimpses of different cultures, engaging portraits, gritty, thought-provoking shots, abstracts, cityscapes, stunning landscapes and wildlife images.

The judging panel included photographers Eamonn McCabe, Jason Hawkes, Ami Vitale, Steve Bloom, Nick Meers and Chris Weston, and the editors of Hotshoe International, FOTO magazin (Germany), Outdoor Photography and the photography director of Condé Nast Traveller. The winning images can be viewed online in the Winners' Gallery on www.tpoty.com, and will make their public debut at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London, at the Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition from July 12 to August 18, 2013. The 2012 exhibition attracted over 42,000 visitors, a record attendance for the Society.

Images reproduced with permission of TPOTY