2022 ILPOTY Awards - The Results!

To see the flipbook with the Top 101 entries, see the bottom of this article.

We love putting the International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards together. And after the judging has finished, we like nothing more than to scroll through not only the winning photographs, but all of them. We're constantly amazed at the lengths photographers go to, whether physically in the landscape or creatively in post-production.

The judges are equally enthusiastic. We intentionally keep the core of our judging panel constant from year to year because we believe this gives our regular entrants a better experience, allowing them to gauge their progress.

One of our judges, David Burnett always reflects at the end of the judging with a little note. Wrote David this year:

"When judging photographs, we always run a difficult knife edge between simplicity and complexity, but more than anything this year, the pictures seemed to reflect a very intense personal response by the photographers to their subject and its treatment. As judges, we all have our favourites which in the end others might not appreciate as much as we do, so I think it is important to say that even if your picture didn’t score an 84 or higher, any picture you have taken the trouble to enter obviously has great personal meaning, so no matter the score, why not treat yourself to printing a large, decorative size print and hang it somewhere you can see and share it every day?

"The bottom line is that no one can appreciate your work as much as you and those close to you, so celebrate the images that you love. Make a print!

"It’s been a pleasure to immerse myself in these pictures and it's a constant reminder what kind of dedication our entrants bring to the act of photographing. The wet, the cold and long strenuous hikes to find a perfect location - all this is buried inside the heart of these pictures. My admiration for my fellow photographers only grows each year I help judge these awards."

I think David has elegantly expressed what we all see and feel. Thank you to our judging team: David Burnett, Jim M. Goldstein, Kaye Davis, Tim Parkin and last year's winner, Aytek Çetin.

International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards

(The above graph has been updated with the correct scoring ranges, which indicate the bottom of the range, not the top as in the earlier graph emailed to entrants.)

In this our ninth year, we received 3813 entries and the threshold for inclusion in the book (a Top 101 entry) was a score of 84.2%. However, between 82.8% and 84% there were at least another 101 entries that would comfortably sit alongside as equals - so we have added a link to our website to recognise a further 101 amazing landscape photographs (the Top 202+). So congratulations to the Top 101 – and to the next 100 or so entries whose work is also exceptional. You can see the top 202+ entries by clicking through the Archive link above.

There is US $10,000 in cash prizes for the best Photograph of the Year (single shot, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd) and best Photographer of the Year (portfolio of four photographs, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd), and there are five special subject awards which receive a one metre print from the high-end photo lab and framer, Created For Life. All 11 winners receive a physical copy of the annual Awards book, proudly printed by Momento Pro. We’d also like to thank NiSi Filters once again as a sponsor, providing some of their wonderful filters and tripods as prizes.

The 2022 winners are:

Photographer of the Year: Benjamin Briones Grandi, Chile
Second Place: Tony Wang, China
Third Place: Max Rive, Netherlands

Photograph of the Year: Martin Broen, USA
Second Place: Mitja Kobal, Austria
Third Place: Liu Bai, China

Special Award Winners
Daniel Laan, Netherlands
Gheorghe Popa, Romania
Koki Dote, Japan
Jose D. Riquelme, Spain
Julien Delaval, France

On behalf of David Evans, my co-convenor, we once again hope you enjoy the best landscape photographs in the world from 2022.

Peter Eastway
Chairman of Judges
International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards

 

 

Will We See Your Photos In Our 2022 Edition?

We trust you have been able to get out and about into the landscape over the past 12 months. As the world reopens, photographers are travelling again and we hope they're returning with some amazing landscape photographs!

And hopefully you're ready to share your best images with the 2022 International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards.

There's nothing more satisfying than seeing your photos published alongside the world's best. And the International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards book is a real book - printed on paper and bound between hard covers, but of course, you can also see the wonderful flip-book presentations here on the website. Being published is a mark of success!

This is our ninth year of the International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards and the main aim of our Award is to be one of the Top 101 landscape photographs of the year. This gives you a place in our exclusive book which is published online and can be purchased as a 'real' hard-cover paper publication as well (it's proudly printed by Momento Pro in Australia and we will have options for readers outside of Australia this year as well).

There is a total of US$10,000 in cash prizes, printed copies of the book from Momento Pro for the major prize winners and NiSi filter outfits (see the rules for full details). And there are five special subject prizes winning a print from Created For Life!

So, what's the process? Your job is to impress our five judges, including last year's winner Aytek Cetin. And entry is easy - just size your file to 4000-5000 pixels on the longest side, save it as a JPEG and upload it. The entry fee remains unchanged at US$25 per image, and if you enter by 14 October 2022, every fifth entry is free. Final entries are accepted until 21 October 2022. 

When the competition closes, our judges will use calibrated computer monitors to judge each photograph, giving it a score out of 100. Judges can open each and every entry and view it pixel for pixel on their monitor if required - and this is invariably done before they give their higher scores. Technique and craft are just as important as creativity for the top awards.

Once the first round of judging is completed, the top 115 odd photos are selected and checked to ensure they comply with the rules (not taken before 1 January 2019, for example) and that there are not two or more photographs by the same photographer that are very similar (we are looking for variety). There is also a limit on the number of photographs a single entrant can have in the Top 101 - no more than four, just to share the experience around. In the past, we've found that selecting the top 115 to 120 allows us to end up with the top 101, taking into account these adjustments. We then move into the next round of judging, as outlined in our rules. The judges are engaged a second time to determine the Photographer of the Year (1st, 2nd, 3rd), the Photograph of the Year (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and five special subject awards. This can take two or even three rounds of scoring and comment before the judges come up with their final result.

And then we'll let you know!

So, that's the road map! We hope you enjoy getting your entries ready for our Awards and the best of luck!

Peter Eastway and David Evans

International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards

To enter, click on the 'Entrants Login Here' menu button at the top right of the page.