The
Travel Photographer of the Yearphoto contest is run by photographers for photographers, and in this
2016edition there are new categories and new opportunities to showcase the best travel photography. Whether you are amateur or professional, beginner or expert, young or old, you are welcome to enter.
There are:
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Three Portfolio categories•
Three One Shot categories•
Smart Shot category•
New Talent category•
HD Video category, Travel Shorts•
Young Travel Photographer of the YearYou can enter any category more than once except for
New Talent. By submitting two or more
Portfolioentries you will automatically be eligible for the top award and title
Travel Photographer of the Year.
Entries shot on either
filmor
digital camerasare eligible for all categories. Images shot on
mobile phonesmay be submitted in the
One Shotcategories, provided that they have been taken on a 5 megapixel or higher phone camera. Judges will be looking for
contemporary imagesso you should not enter outdated images.
Manipulations which could realistically be achieved in a darkroom will be accepted but the judges have the discretion to reject any image which has been, in their opinion, over-manipulated, removing the integrity of the original image.
Travel Photographer of the Yeardoes not make any claim whatsoever on the
copyrightof your images.
Entry fees start at 8 GBP (
approx. 11.50 USD), while entry for
Young TPOTYis
free.
Eligibility
Open to any photographer, amateur and professional, aged 19 years and over, from any country.
Young Travel Photographer of the Yearis for photographers aged 18 years and under. There are two age categories – aged 14 years and under, aged 15 to 18 years.
Prize
The TPOTY 2016 sponsors have provided a prize package worth around
30,000 GBP(
approx. 43,000 USD), and the winning photographers will see their work displayed at
TPOTY exhibitions, including one at the
University of Greenwichin London's Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The
overall winnerwill be chosen from all entrants who submit at least two portfolios. In addition to the significant international exposure that comes with winning TPOTY, the
Travel Photographer of the Year 2016receives
4,000 GBP, a selection of
StaaGluxury leather travel goods and sterling silver accessories (
worth over 1250 GBP),
500 GBPto spend on the
Páramoclothing of their choice, and a
Plastic Sandwichpersonalized leather portfolio case.
Fujifilmis sponsoring all
three portfolio categories:
Journeys & Adventures;
Land, Sea, Sky, and
Mankind, and the top entrant in each of these categories receives a Fujifilm X-Series camera and lens of their choice. Entrants submitting two or more portfolios will also automatically be eligible for overall top prize and the title of Travel Photographer of the Year 2016. The winner of the
Best Single Imageaward in each portfolio category receives a giclée exhibition print from
Genesis Imaging.