National Geographic Traveller (UK) has announced the winners of its Photography Competition 2024.
Seeking to highlight the best in travel photography, this prestigious annual competition, celebrating its 12th year, was open to entrants from across the UK and Ireland from December 2023 until February 2024. Photographers, both amateur and professional, submitted travel images taken during the past year in any of six categories.
Pat Riddell, editor of National Geographic Traveller (UK), said: “From the Northern Lights in Iceland and the landscapes of the Norwegian coast to the souks of Marrakech and a workshop in Cambodia, the entries of this year’s competition continue to amaze us with their creativity.
“After over a decade of judging the awards, it would be reasonable to expect that the originality and impact of travel photography would somehow diminish. But our finalists’ unique perspectives on the world prove that there are always new ways to view the well-trodden paths, as well as those less travelled. A huge congratulations to everyone included here, in what was a competition of exceptionally high standards.”
All six category winners receive a year-long subscription to National Geographic Traveller (UK) and tickets to the forthcoming online Masterclasses, a series of travel writing and photography panel discussions due to take place in early 2025. Selected entrants will also be included as part of a national press and media campaign, and featured on nationalgeographic.com/travel
Category winners:
Landscape: Chris West
The Northern Lights, Iceland
People: Colin Tennant
Mother and child, Arctic Bay, Canada
Wildlife: Lewis James Newman
Urban fox, south London
Food & travel: Bernard Kuhn
Bean curd skins, Koh Dach Island, Cambodia
Urban: Kirill Nikitin
Souk Haddadine, Marrakech, Morocco
Portfolio: Dylan McBurney
Norwegian coast
Launched in 2011, the prestigious annual competition seeks the UK’s best travel photography talent — this year across six categories: Landscape; People; Wildlife; Food & travel; Urban; and Portfolio. A global press and media campaign will present the winning images, which will also be featured on the National Geographic website.
The judging panel consisted of Holly-Marie Cato, documentary and commercial photographer; Matt Dutile, travel, portrait, and interior photographer; Sadie Gould, picture editor, Guardian Travel / Saturday Magazine; Carol Körting, photo editor, Leica Fotografie International Magazine; Aisha Nazar, picture researcher, National Geographic Traveller (UK); Luke Stackpoole, lifestyle and adventure photographer; Jonathan Stokes, lifestyle and travel photographer; Becky Redman, art director, National Geographic Traveller (UK); and Ben Rowe, picture editor, National Geographic Traveller (UK).
Featured Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash.
