The Best Of Landscape Photography: 25 Award-Winning Shots From 2025
The winners of the 12th International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition have been announced! Photographers from around the world, both professional and amateur, submitted over 3,600 entries showcasing some of the most breathtaking landscapes on the planet.
The overall winner, chosen from a folio submission of at least four images, is J. Fritz Rumpf of the USA.
This year’s awards highlight the best in contemporary landscape photography, and we thank the expert judging panel for their time, insight, and careful consideration.
Scroll down to see the winning images and celebrate the photographers who captured some of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes.
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Photograph Of The Year Winne: Mount Taranaki, New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand, By Lukas Trixl
Top 101 Photographs Of The Year: Reykjanesbaer, Iceland, By Max Terwindt
The Stormy Sky Award: A Supercell Storm Cloud Captured In New Mexico, USA, By Dennis Hualong
Exactly. My first reaction to seeing this was: Holy S--t. Get out of there!
Load More Replies...Photographer Of The Year Third Place: Plants Grow In The Peruvian Andes, By Joyce Bealer
Top 101 Photographs Of The Year: Stu Lagil Canyon, Iceland, By Marcin Zajac
Photographer Of The Year Third Place: Sunrise In Patagonia, Chile, By Joyce Bealer
Photograph Of The Year Second Place: Speulder Forest, Veluwe Area, The Netherlands, By Albert Dros
The Seascape Award: A Spiral Wave Crashes Off The Tip Of An Iceberg, Disko Bay, Greenland, By Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove
The Lone Tree Award: The 'Queen' Socotran Bottle Tree (Dendrosicyos Socotranus), Socotra, Yemen, By Benjamin Barakat
The tree looks like it could stand up and start roaming around your nightmares
Photographer Of The Year Second Place: Salar De Gorbea, Atacama, Andes, Chile, By Karol Nienartowicz
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The Snow & Ice Award: The Harunire Tree (Nakagawa District, Hokkaido, Japan), By Kung-Fu
I love it when the trees get frosted like this! So beautiful! Where I live, we have been enjoying the frosted trees for 2 whole days already!!!
Top 101 Photographs Of The Year: Isle Of Harris, Scotland, United Kingdom, By Geraint Evans
Photographer Of The Year Third Place: Patagonia, Argentina, By Joyce Bealer
Photographer Of The Year Third Place: Patagonia, Argentina, By Joyce Beale
Black And White Award: Sand Dunes On The Skeleton Coast, Namibia, By Torston Pull
Top 101 Photographs Of The Year: A Series Of Dark Sculptures Rises From The Reddish Sands Of The Central Sahara Desert, Tassili N'ajjer National Park, Algeria, By Henrique Murta
Photographer Of The Year Second Place: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah, New Mexico, USA, By Karol Nienartowicz
Photographer Of The Year Second Place: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah, New Mexico, USA, By Karol Nienartowicz
Ok so maybe it's juts me, but does this remind anyone of the rock that Littlefoot thought was his mother, in the scene from The Land Before Time?
Top 101 Photographs Of The Year: Hanksville, Utah, USA, By Daniel Viñé Garcia
Some of these pictures are hard to believe they are real places!!! Just beautiful!!
Photographer Of The Year Overall Winner: A Riverbed Snaking Between White Sand Dunes, Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil, By J. Fritz Rumpf
Photographer Of The Year Overall Winner: Sand Dunes Bathed In Delicate Twilight, Death Valley National Park, California, USA, By J. Fritz Rumpf
Photographer Of The Year Overall Winner: Snowy Landscape In The Fjords Of Norway, By J.fritz Rumpf
Photograph Of The Year Third Place: White Pocket, Northern Arizona, USA, By Dave Drost
Photographer Of The Year Overall Winner: A Storm Over A Field In Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil, By J. Fritz Rumpf
Not keen. Most look like they have been photshop edited to within an inch of being totally artificial.
Not keen. Most look like they have been photshop edited to within an inch of being totally artificial.
