I don’t envy the judges of the Pure Panorama Images Awards. Now in its fifth yr, it is attracting some outrageously gifted lenspeople, and I am having a tough time even narrowing down which of the six shortlisted photographers of the yr for 2025 I like finest.
The poor souls on this yr’s panel needed to undergo greater than 11,000 photographs despatched in by 1,134 photographers from around the globe, and slender that right down to 130 prize-winning entries. They’re fortunate I wasn’t a part of their hours-long ultimate Zoom choice session, as a result of I can’t be reasoned with on video calls – particularly with regards to selecting favorites.
Tasmanian panorama photographer Pleasure Kachina captures textures and shapes in gorgeous inventive compositions, and her work has earned her the title of Photographer of the yr and a US$5,000 money prize.
Pleasure Kachina
Heck, even the runners up for this title have excellent work to be equally happy with – from Vancouver, Canada-based Matt Jackisch’s icescapes (our hero picture on the prime) to Magnus Reneflot’s dreamlike drone pictures (under).
Magnus Reneflot
{Photograph} of the yr goes to Margrit Schwarz, who captured an otherworldly perspective of rock formations. “This picture is a synthesis of my feelings and experiences throughout a twelve-day river journey deep contained in the Grand Canyon,” Schwarz famous. “What moved me most had been the hidden summary kinds formed by stone, water, and time – particulars that spoke with as a lot energy and thriller because the immense landscapes above.”
Margrit Schwarz
What’s attention-grabbing about this competitors is there are uniquely particular standards for its numerous classes, together with Grand Panorama (‘These photographs virtually all the time embrace a sky and a foreground, have a number of topics, and are usually captured at a wider angle’), and In Your Yard (‘Pictures captured inside 25 miles of dwelling’).
Joshua Cripps
I’ve included a few of my favorites from the complete competitors throughout its classes in our gallery. Head over to the Pure Panorama Images Awards web site to see all the winners and runners-up, and pre-order a hardback book with the highest entries at $70.
You may as well feast your eyes on our different current nature picture galleries from 2025, together with Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the Audubon Photography Awards, and the World Nature Photography Awards.
