23 Enchanting Award Winners from the 2024 Natural Landscape Photography Awards

The 2024 Natural Landscape Photography Awards have once again showcased the breathtaking beauty of our planet through the lens of talented photographers. Now in its fourth year, this prestigious competition—founded by Tim Parkin, Matt Payne, Alex Nail, and Rajesh Jyothiswaran—celebrates authentic and realistic landscape photography, highlighting the artistry of capturing nature in its purest form.

This year’s 23 enchanting award winners have delivered stunning images that transport viewers to some of the world’s most idyllic and awe-inspiring locations, all from the comfort of home. With a strong emphasis on realism, these winning photographs capture the magic of untouched landscapes, from misty mountain peaks to sunlit valleys, reminding us of nature’s enduring beauty and the power of photography to preserve it.!

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#1. Photographer of the Year, Winner: Andrew Mielzynski

"I am overwhelmed, amazed, excited and deeply honoured to win the Natural Landscape Photography Award’s Photographer of the year award for 2024. The Natural Landscape Photography Awards are one of the biggest landscape competitions in the world, with a full range of categories that compliment many different genres in the landscape photography world. This contest is extremely prestigious and important for photographers who love traditional photography and who reject digital manipulation and AI. Their Golden Rule is that “The integrity of the subject should maintained” and to this end they ask for the original image to be submitted for inspection."

#2. Photographer of the Year, Runner Up: Tobias Richter

#3. Photographer of the Year, Third Place: Sho Hoshino

#4. Photographer of the Year, Fourth Place: David Kingham

#5. Photographer of the Year, Highly Commended: Hans Gunnar Aslaksen

#6. Photographer of the Year, Highly Commended: Theo Bosboom

#7. Photographer of the Year, Highly Commended: Jurre Jan de Wit

#8. Photograph of the Year: John Hardiman

“I’m honored to be selected for this year’s NLPA Photograph of the Year, where nature, art and expression are all valued as part of the photographic experience. I feel that landscape photography is about giving nature a voice, a voice that’s interpreted and shared through our presence. On this morning I visited a local forest where the air was dense with mist, soaking everything around me. I watched as water dripped from gum leaves overhead, making ‘musical’ ripples which danced across the waters surface, playing with the cool figures which loomed behind. I am pleased to be be sharing this experience with you now.”