{"id":476483,"date":"2026-02-15T12:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/476483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:39:25","slug":"journey-around-the-world-with-the-2025-tpoty-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/476483\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey Around the World With the 2025 TPOTY Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803319\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-10.jpg\" alt=\"Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cKonya, Turkey.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"868\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cKonya, Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpoty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Travel Photographer of the Year<\/a> (TPOTY) awards conjure visions of sacred rituals, dramatic landscapes, breathtaking animals, and communal gatherings. It should come as no surprise, then, that it\u2019s nearly impossible to browse TPOTY\u2019s photographs without experiencing some sense of wanderlust. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpoty.com\/2025-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">winning images from 2025<\/a> are no exception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standard this year was outstanding,\u201d judge Krystal Chryssomallis said. \u201cThe strongest photographs carried depth, intention, and emotion, demonstrating the narrative power of a single image and reminding us that our world, when truly seen, is extraordinarily powerful and beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, more than 20,000 photographs from 160 countries were submitted for consideration, but Athanasios Maloukos triumphed as the contest\u2019s first overall winner from Greece. His shots of the Sema ceremony in Konya, Turkey, and the Holy Week in Zamora, Spain, intrigued judges with their atmospheric lighting, their hypnotic sense of movement, and their exploration of spirituality. Despite being an amateur photographer, Maloukos earned high praise from judge Jeremy Hoare, who described his work as \u201cone of the best over the last 23 years of these awards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese images require immense skill to get right,\u201d says TPOTY founder Chris Coe. \u201cShooting on the edge like this requires very careful use of shutter speed to selectively freeze and blur the movements in these two ceremonies. There\u2019s a sense of rhythm and reverence in the images, which is incredibly difficult to achieve. This is all achieved in camera without over-processing and conveys the depth and intensity of each moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also contending with culture and tradition was Dashawatar Gopalkrishna Bade, whose winning submission depicted the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage in rural Maharashtra, India. The composition is joyful and dynamic, shot at a low angle that emphasizes the two Warkaris at the center of the scene. Their hands locked together and clothes caked in mud, the men perform a traditional dance with bamboo sticks, beaming at one another with carefree abandon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir clothes are smeared with mud, symbolizing the earthy, devotional spirit of the journey,\u201d Bade says of the Warkaris. \u201cThe entire scene radiates community, devotion, energy and cultural richness, capturing the spirit of the Pandharpur Wari.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some photographers focused on landscapes and wildlife instead, including Mohammad Murad of Kuwait. In his portfolio of images, we have the opportunity to trek alongside Arabian desert foxes that live near residential areas in Kuwait City. The striking contrast between the foxes and their urban surroundings heightens the collection\u2019s visual intrigue, while also raising questions about habitat loss and climate change. Kevin Yu Shi, on the other hand, captures a dramatic moment in which a puma attacks a guanaco in Chile\u2019s Torres del Paine National Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a rare treat to see a puma hunting right in front of you,\u201d Shi remarks. \u201cShe had two adorable cubs who depended on her to bring them food. She was really close to biting into the neck and suffocating the guanaco. But guess what? The guanaco was a tough cookie, and it managed to escape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is just a glimpse into the winning photographs from the 2025 competition. Scroll down to discover more remarkable images from around the world\u2014and fuel your wanderlust.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anthanasios Maloukas of Greece was the overall winner of the 2025 Travel Photographer of the Year awards, thanks to his atmospheric images of sacred rituals in Spain and Turkey.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803313\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-8.jpg\" alt=\"Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cZamora Spain.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cZamora, Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803322\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-11.jpg\" alt=\"Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cKonya, Turkey.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cKonya, Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803316\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-9.jpg\" alt=\"Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cZamora Spain.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"868\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overall Winner. Anthanasios Maloukas, \u201cZamora, Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explore more winners of the 2025 Travel Photographer of the Year awards below.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803053\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-1.jpg\" alt=\"Winner, Single Image in Culture, Heritage &amp; Beliefs. Dashawatar Gopalkrishna Bade, \u201cBajirav Vihir, Natepute, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single Image Winner: Culture, Heritage &amp; Beliefs. Dashawatar Gopalkrishna Bade, \u201cBajirav Vihir, Natepute, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803062\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-4.jpg\" alt=\"Single Image Winner: Wildlife, Sealife &amp; Birdlife. Kevin Yu Shi, \u201cTorres del Paine, Chile.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"868\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single Image Winner: Wildlife, Sealife &amp; Birdlife. Kevin Yu Shi, \u201cTorres del Paine, Chile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803340\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-17.jpg\" alt=\"Single Image Winner: Landscape, Weather &amp; Climate. Fert\u00e9 Alais, \u201cLaetitia Guichard, France.\u201c\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1950\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single Image Winner: Landscape, Weather &amp; Climate. Fert\u00e9 Alais, \u201cLaetitia Guichard, France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803068\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-6.jpg\" alt=\"One Shot Winner: Slow Travel. Teo Chin Leong, \u201cTokyo, Japan.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"868\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One Shot Winner: Slow Travel. Teo Chin Leong, \u201cTokyo, Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803334\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-15.jpg\" alt=\"Portfolio Winner: Cultures, Heritage, &amp; Beliefs. Mitchell Kananshkevich, \u201cOuadane, Mauritania.\u201c\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portfolio Winner: Cultures, Heritage, &amp; Beliefs. Mitchell Kananshkevich, \u201cOuadane, Mauritania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803056\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portfolio Winner: Wildlife, Sealife, and Birdlife. Mohammad Murad, \u201cKuwait seaside, Kuwait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803059\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-3.jpg\" alt=\"Winner, Best Single Image in Adventures &amp; Experiences Portfolio. Frederico Figueiredo Cerdeira, \u201cCloudbreak Reef, Tavarua Island, Fiji.\u201d \" width=\"1300\" height=\"1950\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single Image Winner: Adventures &amp; Experiences Portfolio. Frederico Figueiredo Cerdeira, \u201cCloudbreak Reef, Tavarua Island, Fiji.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803343\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-18.jpg\" alt=\"Single Image Winner: Travel Portraits. Rahsan Firtina, \u201cHanoi, Vietnam.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"866\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single Image Winner: Travel Portraits. Rahsan Firtina, \u201cHanoi, Vietnam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803071\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-7.jpg\" alt=\"One Shot Winner: Travel Image of the Year. Dana Allen, \u201cNgorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1950\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One Shot Winner: Travel Image of the Year. Dana Allen, \u201cNgorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803328\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-13.jpg\" alt=\"Portfolio Winner: Cultures, Heritage, &amp; Beliefs. Mitchell Kananshkevich, \u201cAbuna Yemata Guh, Tigray Region, Ethiopia.\u201c\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portfolio Winner: Cultures, Heritage, &amp; Beliefs. Mitchell Kananshkevich, \u201cAbuna Yemata Guh, Tigray Region, Ethiopia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803346\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-19.jpg\" alt=\"Winner: Rising Talent. Sue O\u2018Connell, \u201cOvanKhumbi Village, Southern Angola.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"975\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winner: Rising Talent. Sue O\u2018Connell, \u201cOvanKhumbi Village, Southern Angola.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803337\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-16.jpg\" alt=\"Portfolio Winner: Landscape, Weather &amp; Climate. Paul Sansome, \u201cNordurfjordur, \u00c1rneshreppur, Iceland.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1300\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portfolio Winner: Landscape, Weather &amp; Climate. Paul Sansome, \u201cNordurfjordur, \u00c1rneshreppur, Iceland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803325\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-12.jpg\" alt=\"Portfolio Winner: Adventures &amp; Experiences. Sara Bardotti, \u201cYamal peninsula, Siberia, Russia.\u201c\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portfolio Winner: Adventures &amp; Experiences. Sara Bardotti, \u201cYamal peninsula, Siberia, Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803065\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-803065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners-5.jpg\" alt=\"One Shot Winner: Green Planet. John Edwards, \u201cSukhothai, Thailand.\u201d\" width=\"1300\" height=\"920\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-803065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One Shot Winner: Green Planet. John Edwards, \u201cSukhothai, Thailand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travel Photographer of the Year: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpoty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/travelphotographeroftheyear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\nMy Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by Travel Photographer of the Year.<br \/>\nRelated Articles:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/the-society-of-photographers-photographer-of-the-year-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Society of Photographers 2025 Contest Announces Its Astounding Winners<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/dpg-masters-underwater-imaging-competition-2025-winners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Humpback Whale Duo Swimming Perfectly in Sync Wins 2025 Underwater Photo Contest<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/nature-photographer-year-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Incredible Winners of the 2025 Nature Photographer of the Year Contest<\/a><br \/>\n                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overall Winner. 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