2015 Travel Photographer of the Year winners
Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten is the 2015 Travel Photographer of the Year, beating out a field of competitors from more than 110 countries. The competition, established in 2003, accepts entries from professional, semi-pro and amateur photographers. The contest's oldest entry to date has been 88-years-old, the youngest just five. Winning images will be on display at the Museum of London Docklands in the summer of 2016.
Here's a look at a selection of the winning images, including a large lemon shark cruising the ocean surface, a crocodile cult and the landscape of Inner Mongolia.
This photo is from Marsel van Oosten's winning portfolio.
Giant Cypress trees on a misty morning on one of the countless bayous of the Atchafalaya basin, the largest U.S. wetland.
Travel Photographer of the Year
Ly Hoang Long (Vietnam)
Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province, Vietnam
Man transporting bamboo fishing baskets.
Faces, People, Encounters - Special Mention
Travel Photographer of the Year
Alisson Jonas Cardoso Gontijo (Brazil)
SãoFrancisco, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Faces, People, Encounters - Special Mention
Travel Photographer of the Year
Marsel van Oosten (Netherlands)
Atlantic Ocean, Walvis Bay, Namibia
Great white pelican investigates the camera with its beak, photographed from a ship on the Atlantic Ocean near Walvis Bay.
Van Oosten is a professional nature photographer. His images are featured in museums and exhibited in galleries. The photographers is a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine.
Travel Photographer of the Year
Timothy Allen (UK)
Western Mongolia
Kazakh wedding season in the Altai Mountains.
Faces, People, Encounters - Best Single Image in a portfolio
Travel Photographer of the Year
Stuart Redler (UK)
Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Ritual scarring, crocodile cult.
Faces, People, Encounters - Commended
Travel Photographer of the Year
Cai Zhiping (China)
Inner Mongolia, China
Horses are the most popular animals on the grasslands.
One Shot - A Moment in Light - Winner
Travel Photographer of the Year
Jianhui Liao (China)
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Swinhoe's Egret and chick.
Nature & Environment - Commended
Travel Photographer of the Year
Philip Lee Harvey (UK)
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Marine Iguanas basking in the evening sun.
Creative Travel Portfolio - Monochromal - Runner-up
Travel Photographer of the Year
Georg Popp (Austria)
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA
Cypress swamp in Autumn.
Nature & Environment - Best Single Image in a Portfolio - Special Mention
Travel Photographer of the Year
Scott Portelli (Australia)
Antarctica
Sleeping Weddell seal.
Best Single Image in a Portfolio - Monochromal - Special Mention
Travel Photographer of the Year
Spencer Cox, USA (age 18)
Jökulsárlón beach, Iceland
Young Travel Photogarpher - Winner in 15-18-year-old category
Travel Photographer of the Year
James Morgan (UK)
Yakutia, Russia
The wolf hunter demonstrates how to set a trap.
Nature & Environment - Winner
Travel Photographer of the Year
Francisco Mingorance (Spain)
Río Tinto, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain
Nature & Environment - Runner-up
Travel Photographer of the Year
Brigitta Moser (Austria)
Little Karoo, South Africa
Meerkat in the early morning.
Nature & Environment - Best Single Image in a Portfolio - Special Mention
Travel Photographer of the Year
Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland)
Appenzell, Switzerland.
Switzerland is a camelid paradise, due to the weather and altitude.
Best Single Image in a Portfolio - Monochromal - Special Mention
Travel Photographer of the Year
Terry Steeley (UK)
Tiger Beach, Bahamas
Sunset split of a large lemon shark cruising the ocean surface.
Nature & Environment - Best Single Image in a Portfolio - Special Mention
Travel Photographer of the Year
Joel Santos (Portugal)
Salt flats, Afar region, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia
Salt miner taking a camel caravan to the mining site.
One Shot Water - Commended
Travel Photographer of the Year
Scott Portelli (Australia)
Tonga, South Pacific
Young whale calf re-enters the water after breaching.
Best single image in a portfolio - Monochromal - Winner
Travel Photographer of the Year
Larry Louie (Canada)
Tibetan Tagong grasslands, Sichuan, China
Tibetan prayer flags.
One Shot - Colors of the World - Winner