Travel Photographer of the Year: Lyrical landscapes win awards | BBC News


Pienza, Tuscany, Italy

Travel Photographer of the Year awards recognise incredible pictures from around the planet.

From the lyrical beauty of European agricultural landscapes to intriguing portraits of shamans performing rituals on a frozen Siberian lake – the winning images from the latest Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been announced.

The Slovenian photographer AndreJa Ravnak has won the overall competition to become Travel Photographer of the Year 2023.

Ravnak’s work illustrates hop growing in Slovenia, and rolling fields in Italy and the Czech Republic.

South Moravia, near Cejc, Czech Republic

“There is a subtle elegance about this year’s winners. This comes through in both of AndreJa’s winning portfolios; one takes us into simple landscapes, with delicate colours and a textural beauty, the other into the hop fields, out of season and undressed, ready for the next planting,” says competition founder Chris Coe.

“Neither are obvious subjects, neither photographed at an optimal time of year, and yet they are both engaging and rather beautiful.” […]

Young Travel Photographer of the Year: Winner, 15-18 years – Lilly Zhang, 17, USA

Exton, Pennsylvania, USA

Lilly Zhang finds joy in preserving beautiful moments as a hobby photographer.

Growing up, she was introduced to photography by her father, later developing her own love for the artform.

Zhang produced a winning series of delicate landscapes shot in Marsh Creek State Park in Pennsylvania, USA. […]

Best Single Image, Landscape and Environment – Kazuaki Koseki, Japan

Lake Shirakawa, Tōhoku, Japan
“For a period from the end of winter to early summer, Lake Shirakawa is filled with water from melting snow and a ‘submerged forest’ appears,” says Kazuaki Koseki.[…]

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