I had the pleasure to attend the awards ceremony for the 2017 Landscape Photographer of the Year on Monday 20th November at the Sports Bar and Grill in Waterloo Station.
The entrants this year were fantastic, with the winning images clearly displaying a huge degree of talent, focused on an array of locations around Great Britain.
The fabulous Ray Mears was in attendance to present the award for Overall Winner of the 2017 Landscape Photographer of the Year to Benjamin Graham for his stunningly simplistic image; Diminutive Dune: Sand Forms at Low Tide, taken in West Wittering, West Sussex. He took away a £10,000 prize as well as having his image published alongside the many other worthy entrants for this years’ prize.
The 2017 Young Landscape Photographer of the Year overall winner was Andrew Bulloch with his unique perspective of a well-documented event: Skatepark under the Northern Lights, Musselburgh, East Lothian.
Charlie Waite, Andrew Bulloch, Benjamin Graham and Ray Mears
photo by Paul Mellor
Network Rail, VisitBritain and the Sunday Times Magazine all help to support the annual Landscape photographer of the Year competition and each had a category in this year’s awards. The VisitBritain ‘Home of Amazing Moments’ Award was presented to the image judged to convey the UK as truly ‘the home of amazing moments’. This award went to Graham Niven for his image: Dawn Patrol, Cairngorms.
Ray Mears, Jasmine Teere (VisitBritain Award) Graham Niven winner of the VisitBritain Home of Amazing Moments Award. Photo Paul Mellor
The Network Rail ‘Lines in the Landscape’ Award was for the photographer who best captures the spirit of today’s rail network as it relates to the landscape around it. This award was given to Jon Martin for his image, The 08:52 from Barmouth, Gwynedd.
Jon Martin Winner National Rail ‘Lines in the Landscape Award’ and David Biggs ( MD Property Network Rail)
The Sunday Times Magazine’s choice went to Julian Eales for his, Poppies in a Field of Linseed, Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire border.
AA Publishing have recently released their 11th edition of the Landscape Photographer of the Year Collection. The book presents a curation of this year’s beautiful submissions which were displayed on screens in the venue throughout the evening with a selection of the images being exhibited at Waterloo station until February 4th, 2018.
This beautifully presented book will make a perfect accompaniment to any coffee table collection. Each spectacular full colour print of all the winning and commended images is displayed together with a first-hand account of the story behind the image making this a lovely gift for all photographic enthusiasts.
The Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 11, published by AA Publishing, is available now, hardback, £25 RRP.
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