World Travel Photography Awards 2023 – Winners!
Brought to you by JRNY Travel Magazine and Wild Frontiers
2024 competition launching soon
Thank you so much to everyone who entered the first annual World Travel Photography Awards brought to you by JRNY Travel Magazine in conjunction with Wild Frontiers!
We launched this competition because we want to find the best travel photographers from all over the globe, no matter their status or location. The World Travel Photography Awards is a celebration of our beautiful world and photography. Here are the final results for 2023 – congratulations to you all!
Grand Winner – Haikun Liang
Overall Runner-up and Wildlife Winner – Bambang Wirawan
Landscape
The earth is an incredibly beautiful place that we are lucky enough to experience. We wanted to see your take on our incredible and unique planet. The winners and shortlisted photographers brought the location to life, left viewers breathless and highlighted the awesome power of nature.
Category Winner – Joseph Anthony
Category Runner-up – Giovani Cordioli
Thong Nguyen (Highly Commended)
Alex Harford (Highly Commended)
Shortlist
Jeet Khagram
Lisa Vaz
Stanley Aryanto
Yanrong Guo
Jonas Hangartner
Jeet Khagram
Cities
There is nothing quite like the vibrancy of a city to add to any great trip. The winners and shortlisted photographers showed us what makes a city special to them, from the calm cityscapes and quiet nighttime streets to the hustle and bustle of daily life in one of our metropolises.
Category Winner – Laurent Nilles
Category Runner-up – Rabin Chakrabarti
Nurlan Tahirli (Highly Commended)
Azmir Khan Ronnie (Highly Commended)
Syed Mahabubul Kader (Highly Commended)
Shortlist
Yavuz Sariyildiz
Alex Wides
Debdatta Chakraborty
Josh Akers
Francisco Saraiva
Mehdi Nazeri
Pasquale Battaglia
Wildlife
The chance to witness wildlife is one of the main reasons people travel. Wildlife doesn’t have to mean the big five in Africa; it could be a dormouse in the French countryside. Our winners and shortlisted photographers highlighted the glorious beauty of nature through these images:
Category Winner – Bambang Wirawan
Category Runner-up – Harry Skeggs
Anup Shah (Highly Commended)
David Fairs (Highly Commended)
Lalith Ekanayake (Highly Commended)
Jan-Joost Snijders
Shortlist
Harry Skeggs
Wesley Kristopher
Stephen Payce
Li Wan
Naziour Shamim
Jan-Joost Snijders
Nick Dale
People
No great experience is complete without characters. The winners and shortlisted images showed us what makes people special and celebrated their environments and personalities. The judges felt best connected to these subjects:
Category Winner – Sanchayan Chowdhury
Category Runner-up – Meriç Aktar
Yanrong Guo (Highly Commended)
Billy Dinh (Highly Commended)
Shortlist
Zay Yar Lin
Mehrdad Vahed Yousefabad
Lipi Ahmad
Quan Nguyen Ho
Leo Huang
Gerdie Hutomo
Gerdie Hutomo
Aimin Chen
Phu Khanh Bui
Thanks once again to everyone who entered the first annual World Travel Photography Awards! Congratulations to our winners, highly commended and shortlisted photographers and huge thanks to our sponsors, Wild Frontiers.
We will be back next year for the 2024 JRNY Magazine World Travel Photography Awards