Travel Photographer of the Year – call for entries

28 May 2020

The call for entries for the 2020 Travel Photographer of the Year Awards have recently opened. In recognition of the financial difficulties many are facing with the impact of the COVID-19 situation, entry fees have been discounted by 50% for May and June.

© Marinka Masséus, Netherlands. Winner, Faces People, Cultures TPOTY 2018. In Tanzania, when you have albinism, you are thought to be evil. There even is a price on the head of children with albinism since killing a person with albinism is considered to bring good luck.
© Marinka Masséus, Netherlands. Winner, Faces People, Cultures TPOTY 2018. In Tanzania, when you have albinism, you are thought to be evil. There even is a price on the head of children with albinism since killing a person with albinism is considered to bring good luck.

Organisers of the competition have gone to lengths to stress that entrants should not make unnecessary journeys or break any lockdown that may be in force in their country of residence in order to take photographs to submit. Furthermore, entrants are allowed to submit images from their archives

The deadline for entry is 2 November, and entries can be made online at www.tpoty.com.

© Johan Siggesson, Sweden. Winner, Wildlife, TPOTY 2017. Photographing the Snow Monkeys in Hell Valley in Japan is easy. They are everywhere, they are close and they are not afraid. I noticed that if I composed the image in a certain way it would look like an almost human-like creature is climbing up from below. Jigokudani, Yudanaka, Japan.
© Johan Siggesson, Sweden. Winner, Wildlife, TPOTY 2017. Photographing the Snow Monkeys in Hell Valley in Japan is easy. They are everywhere, they are close and they are not afraid. I noticed that if I composed the image in a certain way it would look like an almost human-like creature is climbing up from below. Jigokudani, Yudanaka, Japan.

Awards’ categories and prizes

The Overall Winner – Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 – will be the entrant who submits the best eight images across the portfolio categories ‘Landscapes & Earth Elements’, ‘Nature, Sealife, Wildlife’, ‘People of the World’ and ‘Travel Folio’.

Besides the portfolio categories, there are also three One Shot single image categories – ‘Colours of Life’, ‘Islands’ and ‘Solitude’, and a Smart Shot category, ‘iTravelled’, for images shot on a mobile phone or tablet.

© Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands. Special Mention, Mankind, TPOTY 2016. A farm worker rows out to inspect the nets of a large crab farm in the sea. Aquaculture is an important economy in the eastern coast seaside towns in Xiapu county, Fujian, China.
© Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands. Special Mention, Mankind, TPOTY 2016. A farm worker rows out to inspect the nets of a large crab farm in the sea. Aquaculture is an important economy in the eastern coast seaside towns in
Xiapu county, Fujian, China.

Prizes include cash bursaries, the Fujifilm X-T4 camera and lens, a Chris Weston – Life Changing Photography – International workshop, clothing from Páramo, Photo Iconic photo tuition, Genesis Imaging giclée exhibition prints, and membership of the Royal Photographic Society.

Follow this link to learn more about the categories and prizes.

© Stefano Pensotti, Italy. Overall Winner, TPOTY 2018. Széchenyi Baths, built in 1913, is the most popular with the inhabitants of Budapest who come here to relax with friends.
© Stefano Pensotti, Italy. Overall Winner, TPOTY 2018. Széchenyi Baths, built in 1913, is the most popular with the inhabitants of Budapest who come here to relax with friends.
© Alain Schroeder, Belgium. Winner, Endangered Planet TPOTY 2019. Brenda, an estimated 3-month-old female orangutan was confiscated from a villager in Aceh. Her left arm humerus was completely snapped in two. Yenny, the SOCP’s vet, is standing next to Brenda’s X-ray that shows the broken bone. Sibolangit, SOCP Quarantine Centre, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
© Alain Schroeder, Belgium. Winner, Endangered Planet TPOTY 2019. Brenda, an estimated 3-month-old female orangutan was confiscated from a villager in Aceh. Her left arm humerus was completely snapped in two. Yenny, the SOCP’s vet, is standing next to Brenda’s X-ray that shows the broken bone. Sibolangit, SOCP Quarantine Centre, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
© Ly Hoang Long, Vietnam. Special Mention, Journeys & Adventures, TPOTY 2016. In Bac Lieu, one of the most popular crafts is net making. After a long fishing trip, when the boats return, the first thing the fishermen need is to have the nets mended, so it’s the rush hour of any net factory. All the workers spend all the day on the net, knitting and mending as quickly as possible.
© Ly Hoang Long, Vietnam. Special Mention, Journeys & Adventures, TPOTY 2016. In Bac Lieu, one of the most popular crafts is net making. After a long fishing trip, when the boats return, the first thing the fishermen need is to have the nets mended, so it’s the rush hour of any net factory. All the workers spend all the day on the net, knitting and mending as quickly as possible.
© Roie Galitz, Israel. Special Mention, Natural World TPOTY 2018. A mother Polar bear and her two young cubs are migrating north, as the sea ice melts quicker than previous years. Svalbard, Norway.
© Roie Galitz, Israel. Special Mention, Natural World TPOTY 2018. A mother Polar bear and her two young cubs are migrating north, as the sea ice melts quicker than previous years. Svalbard, Norway.
© Mauro di Bettio, Italy. Commended, Travel Portfolio TPOTY 2018. Taj and Akash travel every day from station to station with their mother, begging to make a living. Gazipur, Bangladesh.
© Mauro di Bettio, Italy. Commended, Travel Portfolio TPOTY 2018. Taj and Akash travel every day from station to station with their mother, begging to make a living. Gazipur, Bangladesh.
© Zijie Gong, China (age 16). Runner-up, Young TPOTY 15-18 2016. A life of freedom for young children. Between Sichuan and Tibet, China.
© Zijie Gong, China (age 16). Runner-up, Young TPOTY 15-18 2016. A life of freedom for young children. Between Sichuan and Tibet, China.

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