26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Categories: Nature | World

Choosing from thousands of talented works, the popular publication National Geographic announced the winners of the annual international competition for the best travel photo of the year 2019 Travel Photo Contest. The winner of the famous competition for professional photo hunters was Weimin Chu with his picture "Greenland Winter". But the participants did not limit themselves to Mother Nature alone - in addition to her, the best of the best were chosen in the categories "People" and "Cities".

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The winner of the entire competition and the first place in the category "Cities". Author: Weimin Chu.

The Grand Prix of the competition was awarded to a photo of Weimin Chu entitled "Winter in Greenland" with the image of the fishing town of Upernavik, located in the northwest of Greenland. Historically, Greenlandic buildings were painted in different colors to denote various functions — from red storefronts to blue fishermen's houses. Today, colorful houses still adorn snowy landscapes. The winner will receive $ 7,500 (more than 482 thousand rubles) and a post on the Instagram account of National Geographic Travel (@natgeotravel).

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The winner in the category "People". Author: Huaifeng Li.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Second place in the category "People". Author: yoshiki Fujiwara.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Third place in the category "People". Author: Jose Antonio Zamora.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Incentive award in the category "People". Author: Navin Watsa.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of viewers in the category "People". Author: Leo Kwok.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Second place in the category "Cities". Author: Janssen Todorov.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Third place in the "Cities" category. Author: Sandipani Chattopadhyay.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of viewers in the category "Cities". Author: Junhui Fan.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Winner in the category "Nature". Author: Tamara Blaskes Haik.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Second place in the category "Nature". Author: Danny Sepkowski.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Third place in the category "Nature". Author: Scott Portelli.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

Incentive award in the category "Nature". Author: Jonas Schaefer.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of viewers in the category "Nature.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Brian Larrosa.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Taylor Albright.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Jonas Chan.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Paul Rozek.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Maciej Dakovic.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Rita Kluge.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Kelvin Yuan.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Carlo Yuan.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Kristin Taylor.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Shan V.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Author: Lester Lau.

26 best photos from the National Geographic 2019 Travel Photo Contest

The choice of the audience. Jorge Delgado Urena.

Keywords: 2019 | National Geographic | National Geographic Travel Photographer | Travel photography | Photo contest

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