From pilgrims making perilous progress 14,000ft up in the Himalayas to cave divers exploring the cenotes of Mexico, from the bleak beauty of skeletal trees to the warm tones of Himba jewelry and colourful bands of rock in Northumberland, and from bicycle adventures in Norway to the lives of honey-hunters in Bangladesh, the winning images in the 2014 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards give a glorious view of life on this planet.<\/p>\n
The winning images and short films can be viewed on www.tpoty.com and will be displayed in a magnificent exhibition at London\u2019s Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) from July 24th September 5th 2015.<\/p>\n
British photographer Philip Lee Harvey took the overall prize \u2013 and title of Travel Photographer of the Year 2014 \u2013 for elegant portfolios depicting the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia and the Himba of Namibia.<\/p>\n
The title of Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2014 went to 17 year-old Samuel Fisch of the USA. He is the first person to win this title twice, having also won it back in 2012. His latest set of winning images \u2013 graphic blocks of colour showing details in Burano, Italy \u2013 were very different to those from 2012, showing his diversity. Young TPOTY 15-18 was won by 18 year-old Georgia Mulholland of Australia with vivid shots of the Greek islands, while Michael Theodric of Indonesia (age 12) won the 14 and under category with an atmospheric black & white portfolio of Java. Italian amateur photographer Massimiliano Fabrizi was voted winner of the New Talent category for his subtle and understated images of Cuba. Rufus Blackwell\u2019s quirky, short timelapse film of Kumhb Mela, the largest gathering of people on Planet Earth, was a vivid and colourful contrast to Fabrizi\u2019s portfolio. Comprising more than 80,000 individual images, it secured the British photographer first prize in the HD Video category.<\/p>\n