Grand Prize winner and first place, Wildlife category:Face To Face In A River In Borneo, Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Second place, Wildlife category:Mother’s Love, Alejandro Prieto (Mexico) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Third place, Wildlife category:White Fighters, Bence Mate (Hungary) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
First place, Landscapes category:Firefall, Karim Iliya (Hawaii, USA)/ National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Second place, Landscapes category:Dushanzi Grand Canyon, Yuhan Liao (China) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Third place, Landscapes category:Illuminate, Mike Olbinski (Arizona, USA) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
First place, Aerials category:Rock Pool, Todd Kennedy (Australia) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Second place, Aerials category:From Above, Takahiro Bessho (Japan) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Third place, Aerials category:Drip, Greg C (Hawaii, USA) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
First place, Underwater category:Fluorescent Anemone, Jim Obester (Washington, USA) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Second place, Underwater category:In Your Face, Shane Gross (Canada) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Third place, Underwater category:Flying Fish In Motion, Michael O’Neill (Canada) / National Geographic Photographer of the Year Contest
Every year, the National Geographic Photographer of the Year contest turns up some of the world’s most incredible landscape, wildlife and aerial photography. In 2017, Singaporean Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan’s photo of an orangutan crossing a river in Indonesia’s Tanjung Putting National Park was selected from more than 11,000 entries as this year’s Grand Prize winner. Click through to see more winners from the wildlife, aerials, landscapes and underwater categories.
