Fabulous travel photos that won the Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 contest

The results of the international travel photography competition Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 have been announced in the UK. Among the best works were pictures of a snow-covered street in New York and a water farm in China, as well as other stunning photos. They will be exhibited in the English city of Kingston upon Hull as part of the celebration of the Festival of culture from May 18 to June 30, 2017.

The Travel Photographer of the Year competition has been held since 2003. It involves both professional photographers and amateurs from around the world.

(14 photos in total)

Source: The Guardian

Joel Santos, Portugal. Winner of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 contest. Fisherman on Lake Bosumtvi, Ashanti, Ghana. Tradition requires that fish be caught only from wooden planks, which are called padua, by the same method used by the ancestors.

Joel Santos, Portugal. Winner of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 contest. This photo taken from the air shows a rare view of the mouth of the Erta Ale volcano, which means "smoking mountain" in the local Afar dialect. Danakil, Ethiopia.

Ankit Kumar, India. Winner in the nomination "Young Travel Photographer of the Year" (14 years and younger). Near Lake Natron in Tanzania, where flamingos flock in search of food, Mount Lengai rises.

Michele Palazzo, Italy. Winner in the nomination "Cities: architecture and spaces". Walking during the snow hurricane "Jonas", which raged on the east coast of the United States, the photographer shot the famous Flatiron Building skyscraper against the background of a swirling blizzard.

Biran Zhao, China. Winner in the nomination "Chiaroscuro" (Shaped by Light). Every morning, regardless of the season, these monks walk around the mountain in Bayu County, Ganzi, Sichuan Province, China.

Alison Cahill, Great Britain, winner in the nominations "New talent", "Face to face". Fitri works with a client at Son's barbershop & Dad Barbers in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.

Craig Easton, UK. Winner in the category "Portfolio with land, sea and sky". The eastern part of the enclosing wall of an artificial lake in West Kirby on a calm winter day, Wirral, Great Britain.

Craig Easton, UK. The special prize is "Humanity". Madame Kangxi sells popcorn at a small family traveling circus in Montpazier, Dordogne, France.

Jeremy Woodhouse, UK. High rating, "Chiaroscuro". A pastry chef in Vinales, Cuba, covers a cake with icing in the sunset rays penetrating the doorway.

Sue O'Connell, UK. Special prize "Humanity". These sadhus have traveled great distances to participate in the great Kumbha mela, a massive Hindu pilgrimage, in Haridwar, Northern India.

Marcel van Oosten, Netherlands. Special prize "Humanity". A farmer sails on a boat, checking the nets of a large crab farm in the sea in Xiapu, Fujian, China.

Sergey Pesterev, Russia. Special prize "Portfolio with land, sea and sky". Sunset on Lake Baikal with large ice fragments.

Timothy Allen, Great Britain. Second place in the nomination "Portfolio with travel and adventures". Caravans at sunset during a pilgrimage to El Rocio, Andalusia, Spain.

Zhiweng Huang, China. Special prize "Cities: architecture and spaces". The rising red moon illuminates the bridge across the strait in Shenzhen, China.