{"id":124238,"date":"2018-12-16T21:24:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T21:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=124238"},"modified":"2018-12-16T21:24:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T21:24:54","slug":"travel-photographer-year-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/travel-photographer-year-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Photographer of the Year named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">The latest winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) have been announced, with the top prize and title going to Stefano Pensotti, a semi-pro photographer from Italy. His varied portfolio of eight images from around the world beat over 20,000 images from 142 countries. Pensotti also becomes the first Italian to take the top title since the awards launched in 2003.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124239 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/5-TPOTY-2018-Win5-SPensotti-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Meanwhile, Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 is 14-year-old Isabella Smith from the USA, for her colourful portfolio of photographs taken in Chefchaouen, Morocco. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124240 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11-YPOTY-2018-Win4-ISmith-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">In the portfolio categories, Dutch photographer Marinka Mass\u00e9us\u2019s portfolio \u2018Under the Same Sun\u2019, raising awareness of the circumstances of people with albinism in Tanzania won of the Faces, People, Cultures category, while Best Single Image in this category went to Danny Yen Sin Wong (Malaysia) for his image of a young Suri boy in Kibish, Ethiopia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124241 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36-Faces-2018-Win4-MMasseus-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">The Natural World category award went to Spaniard Javier Herranz Casellas for his delicate, intimate portfolio depicting the Pita (Agave Americana) plant. French photographer Florent Mamelle\u2019s shot of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala spurting lava under the starry night sky was awarded Best Single Image.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124242 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/72-NatWorld-2018-BSI-Win-FMamelle-599x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Slovenian photographer Matjaz Krivic\u2019s diverse portfolio won the special eight-image \u2018Travel\u2019 category introduced to celebrate TPOTY\u2019s 15th\u00a0anniversary, with Philip Lee Harvey (UK) being awarded the prize for Best Single Image in this category with an image of a sand diver in Mali.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124243 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/110-Travel-2018-BSI-Win-PLHarvey-630x392.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Hi Jian (China) came first in the Hot\/Cold single-image category with a striking image of Tibetan pilgrims in the snow in Gannan, China, while British photographer Simon Morris\u2019 picture of a faded, once-grand bedroom in Havana, Cuba won the Tranquillity single-image category.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124244 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/121-HotCold-2018-Win-HJian-599x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">The winning images from this year\u2019s awards will be exhibited in the spring in a free-to-view outdoor exhibition at London Bridge City, opposite the Tower of London, before being shown at TPOTY exhibitions internationally. 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