All The Winners From National Geographic’s 2017 Travel Photographer Of The Year Competition
“That night, the weather was dry and cold, friction of ash particles generated a big lightning of about 600m that connected ash and volcano, and illuminated most of the dark scene.”
“This image was captured in Costa Rica when I was travelling from Monteverde to Playa Hermosa. As you cross over this river, you can stop and peer over the edge of the bridge. Below, reside over 35 gigantic crocodiles, relaxing on the muddy banks of the river.”
”Shooting in the forest, this photograph was taken in the evening hours of a humid early summer day in the forest of a small remote village in the Tamba area of Japan. It beautifully captures the magical atmosphere of Princess fireflies carpeting a stairway leading to a small shrine revered by the local people.”
”Mount Bromo volcano is a small but active volcanic cinder cone on Java, Indonesia. [In] early 2016, I happened to be in Mount Bromo during an increase in seismic activity and triggered the alert status to the second highest.”
”Caribbean reef sharks are usually shy, so I placed my camera on a rock where I know they frequent and used a remote trigger to click away as they came in and bumped my camera around.”
”The ‘dance’ of the Whirling Dervishes is called Sema and is a symbol of the Mevlevi culture. According to Mevlana’s teachings, human beings are born twice, once of their mothers and the second time of their own bodies.”
”Museum visitors curiously watching Rembrandt’s painting Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild where it gave the illusion that the people on the paintings too are curiously watching the visitors.”
”I’m always looking for new angles and perspectives. The usual surf shots have all been done so we decided to get a little creative. Makes you look twice.”
”A beautiful photo of a father and son sitting in white traditional attire with beautiful blue sky on the day of Eid al-Fitr in a mosque…The photo shows the beautiful bond which these two generation have been building up in a very simple and lovable manner.”
”A train from Dhaka toward another district reached and stopped at the platform for five minutes for lifting passengers. It was huge raining. Suddenly, I found a pair of curious eyes was looking at me through the window and on his left an umbrella has been put [to] protect [from] the rain.”
”Besakih Temple has been known as Bali’s ‘Mother Temple’ for over 1000 years and is perched 1000m high on the southwestern slopes of Mount Agung. Here, Balinese often come to offer up prayer and take blessing from the temple priests or Pemangku who reside there.”
”The modern interior of the city library in Stuttgart. With its wide-open space in the central, where natural light comes from through the windows on the top, it has a very unique atmosphere, where you can broaden your knowledge.”
”The Kowloon Walled City was the densest place on Earth. Hundreds of houses stacked on top of each other enclosed in the center of the structure. Many didn’t have access to open space. This notorious city was finally demolished in 1990s. However, if you look hard enough, you will notice that the city is not dead. Part of it still exists in many of current high-density housing apartments.”
”This football field in Henningsvær in the Lofoten Islands is considered one of the most amazing fields in Europe, and maybe even in the world. The photo was taken during a 10-day sailing trip in Norway in June, 2017. We arrived to Henningsvær after a week of sailing through the cold and rainy weather. Upon our arrival, the weather cleared up. I was really lucky that the conditions were suitable for flying my drone, and I managed to capture this shot from a height of 120m.”
”This building is apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It is very colorful, but it is an ordinary collective housing where ordinary people can live.”
Every year, thousands of professional and amateur photographers compete for top honours in National Geographic’s Travel Photographer of the Year competition. This year, Sergio Tapiro Velasco was named overall winner for his breathtaking snap of Mexico’s Colima Volcano, winning a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos Archipelago with National Geographic Expeditions.
