Nationwide Geographic Traveller (UK) has introduced the winners of its 2023 images competitors. The annual occasion, this yr in its eleventh version, celebrates the very best in journey images throughout a variety of classes, from wildlife and panorama to meals, folks and concrete.
From 1000’s of entries, the judging panel needed to resolve on an 18-strong shortlist for the six classes and the grand prize, earlier than selecting their ultimate winners.
Whereas open solely to entrants from the UK and Eire, the winners “replicate a number of the easiest pictures taken across the globe”, stated National Geographic Traveller editor Pat Riddell. The seven profitable pictures comprise a mix of “drama, intimacy and heat” and seize “distinctive and provoking views of journey in all its varieties”, he stated.
This yr’s winner of the grand prize was Renato Granieri, who captured a picture in Sierra Leone of two newly certified eco-guards working on the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. The journal stated the picture, submitted within the folks class, was a “agency favorite” among the many judges.
