The northern white rhino is all but extinct.
The two last males died several years ago.
The two females are still with us, but too feeble to bear babies.
Matjaz Krivic (Slovenia), Winner, Travel Photographer of the Year 2022.Najin, 33, one of the last two Northern White rhinos left in the world, resting under a hot afternoon sun with her friend and caretaker Zachary Mutai in Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The northern white rhino is all but extinct. The two last males died several years ago. The two females are still with us, but too feeble to bear babies. In an Italian lab, their eggs are now artificially fertilized by sperm from the late males, and kept at minus 196 celsius, in hopes that surrogate rhinos from another subspecies can carry the northern white back from the brink.
For TPOTY founder Chris Coe, seeing Krivic finally take home the big prize was particularly meaningful.
Our latest winners form a fascinating collection of images, Coe shares.
Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma Island is the island’s longest-running volcano eruption.
Matjaz Krivic (Slovenia), Winner, Travel Photographer of the Year 2022Footage of a ravaged mountainside with a single tree withstanding the lava flow. Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma Island is the island’s longest-running volcano eruption. Huge rivers of lava and enormous amounts of continuously falling volcanic ash have transformed this Spanish holiday paradise. 7000 people have been evacuated; more than 1700 buildings were destroyed by the volcano. Strong earthquakes and permanent tremors were traumatizing the local population.
Huge rivers of lava and enormous amounts of continuously falling volcanic ash have transformed this Spanish holiday paradise.
7000 people have been evacuated; more than 1700 buildings were destroyed by the volcano.
Strong earthquakes and permanent tremors were traumatizing the local population.
Roie Galitz (Israel), Winner, The Art of Monochrome (Portfolio)Not everything is great in the polar bear realm. This starving polar bear mother and her two young cubs hadn’t eaten anything in a long time, since the ice melted sooner than before. Due to the extreme starvation, the mother’s milk dried out long ago, and two days after this photo was taken, we heard reports that both cubs died. This image is a testimony of climate change’s impact.
This image is a testimony of climate change’s impact.
Using these passageways to avoid predators, they group together for safety.
Leopard seals patrol the surrounding waters, while skuas survey the vulnerable chicks from above.
Li Yushan (China), Highly Commended, Cultures (Portfolio)Mongolian wedding customs are rich in content, grand and warm atmosphere, highlighting the Mongolian rugged and swarthy, brisk and passionate, culture-oriented, etiquette, and other national characteristics, which are part of the intangible cultural heritage of China.
The photo series was created in Namibia in the Namib desert using a helicopter.
Marina Spironetti (Italy), Winner, Smart Shot: iTravelledA shadow self-portrait in Avignon, France.
Winners were recognized for their portfolios and for outstanding individual images.
Scott Portelli (Australia), Special Mention, Best Single Image in a Green Planet, Blue Planet (Portfolio)Adelie penguin chicks find refuge in an intricate tunnel system calved into nearby icebergs. Using these passageways to avoid predators, they group together for safety. Leopard seals patrol the surrounding waters, while skuas survey the vulnerable chicks from above.
They use large and calm Belgian draft horses, and in the low tide to look for shrimps together.
Nowadays, they became a major tourist attraction, attracting large crowds each time they set out to fish.
Dive in and enjoy!
Jaroslav Hora (Czech Republic), Winner, Deserts to Rainforest (Portfolio)Curves of the Namib desert. The photo series was created in Namibia in the Namib desert using a helicopter. During the flight, I tried to capture the unusual shapes created by the sun, light and shadow, along with the sand dunes.
Humans replace an endangered species with a more advanced one the plastic-made species are now ruling the underwater world.
Alexej Sachov (Germany), Winner, WaterMobius loop underwater.
Most wave photographs are taken above water from a shore.
Marina Spironetti (Italy), Winner, Smart Shot: iTravelledA shadow self-portrait in Avignon, France.
This image was taken on a scuba dive during the storm.
Angiolo Manetti (Italy), Winner, Mark of MankindA typical Tuscan landscape of cypresses and cultivated fields.
I was struck by the contrast between the earth and the human figure at the center of it.
Magdaléna Straková (Czech Republic), Winner, Cultures (Portfolio)Only a handful of true horse fishermen are left in the world, keeping the rare Flemish tradition alive. They use large and calm Belgian draft horses, and in the low tide to look for shrimps together. Nowadays, they became a major tourist attraction, attracting large crowds each time they set out to fish.
I used a slow exposure time to give a sense of impermanence and movement.
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Dana Allen (USA), Runner Up, The Art of Monochrome (Portfolio)An African elephant among the herd at the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.
John Seager (UK), Winner, Best Single Image in a Deserts to Rainforest (Portfolio)‘El Cono Arita’ is a spectacular geological formation where erosion has shaped an almost perfect cone that seems to be lost in a vast desert of the Salar de Arizaro. Using a drone, I was able to capture the magnificent shadow of Arita on this beautiful, cloudless evening.
Alexej Sachov (Germany), Winner, Green Planet, Blue Planet (Portfolio)In this series, you will meet ‘new inhabitants’ of the underwater world, be they animals or eerie creatures. Dive in and enjoy! Imagine diving outside a bay, along the riff, enjoying the underwater world, and suddenly you see something moving — an exciting and new type of jellyfish! What a surprise, but nowadays, the population of these ‘beautiful’ jellyfish is rising, so you don’t need to worry at all; everyone will get a chance to see them in real life. Humans replace an endangered species with a more advanced one — the plastic-made species are now ruling the underwater world.
Panos Laskarakis (Greece), Winner, Best Single Image in a Green Planet, Blue Planet (Portfolio)A large male lion peers through the remains of a buffalo killed the day before.
Veronika K Ko (Bulgaria), Highly Commended, Creative TravelOne of my favorite places in the world is Provence, France, because of its unique beauty and because it is the cradle of Impressionism. I like to watch how the mistral wind shakes the ripe barley and smell the scent of the lavender while my eyes sink into these enchanting colors— the colors of Vincentvan Gogh, the colors of impressionism, the colors of Provence.
Katy Gomez Catalina (Spain), Special Mention, Best Single Image in a Cultures PortfolioA diminutive, graceful figure appears from the jungle, a faint accent of color in a vanishing world. For thousands of years, Baka pygmies have lived in harmony with magnificent jungles in southeast Cameroon, but within a generation, much of their unique lifestyle will be gone forever due to deforestation and industrial interests, the policies of sedentarization and preservation of protected areas that have forced them to abandon their traditional life.
Alexej Sachov (Germany), Winner, WaterMobius loop underwater. Most wave photographs are taken above water from a shore. This image was taken on a scuba dive during the storm. The picture does not fit ordinary underwater photography because it investigates the surface and not the deep of the sea. This is the view normally seen by underwater creatures who are curious about the world beyond their natural environment, just as humans are curious about the world under the surface.
Romain Miot (France), Winner, People’s ChoiceI met this salt caravan after a four-day expedition into the middle of the Sahara desert. No roads lead to this place, so we navigated by compass.Hundreds of dromedaries and their masters were present on this desert plain where nothing lives. Two wells had been dug to water the camels before they left for Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso to sell the salt. When I returned from the trip, I realized that this image of a camel owner ordering the dromedaries looked like a conductor with an orchestra.
Angiolo Manetti (Italy), Winner, Mark of MankindA typical Tuscan landscape of cypresses and cultivated fields. I was struck by the contrast between the earth and the human figure at the center of it.
Lorenz Berna (Italy), Winner, Creative TravelI took this image with the intention of conveying the theory of reincarnation in Buddhist philosophy, the shadows of the other monks who were walking out of shot representing past lifetimes of refinement towards final enlightenment. I used a slow exposure time to give a sense of impermanence and movement.
