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From the hot and humid rain forests of South America
and the Far East, to the cold and inhospitable arctic regions of
northern Canada and Russia - the Travel Photographer of the Year
competition attracts stunning image entries from across the world.
The winning photographs from 2011 are now going on show at the Royal
Geographical Society at Kensington in London. Look at some of the lives
and landscapes witnessed by the winners - with one of the competition
judges, photographer Nick Meers, and RGS Director Rita Gardner.
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Winner – Best Single Image in a Spirit of Adventure portfolio White Sea,
Karelia region, northern Russia. A curious and playful beluga whale
swims near a scuba diver under the broken ice
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Commended, Natural Elements portfolio: Johnny Haglund, Norway.
semi-nomadic village on the plains south of the city Ed Damazin, in the
Blue Nile State, Sudan. A Nomadic woman outside her house/hut as a
sandstorm is approaching.
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Portfolio - Cultures & Traditions. Winner — Sergey Anisimov, Russia. In
Yamal, Russia, some 14,000 people live together with their deer herds.
They live a Nomadic life and are very hardworking and hospitable...
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Highly Commended, Exotic portfolio: Thomas Endlein, Germany. Sabah,
Borneo. View of the rainforest canopy from a 100ft observation tower.
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Winner – Spirit of Adventure portfolio category Lake Sassolo, Ticino,
Switzerland. Scuba diver inspects an iceberg in this Alpine lake. These
ice structures can roll and turn upside down in seconds
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Overall winner – Travel Photographer of the Year 2011 Images of life in
Tiébélé, the painted village of the Gurunsi people in southern Burkina
Faso
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Runner-up, Spirit of Adventure portfolio: Martin Hartley, UK. Cornwallis
Island, Canada. Pen Hadow testing his equipment as part of his training
during the Catlin Arctic Survey. |
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