{"id":176859,"date":"2025-09-23T17:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/176859\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:59:13","slug":"the-natural-landscape-photography-awards-shuns-ai-and-composites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/176859\/","title":{"rendered":"The Natural Landscape Photography Awards Shuns AI and Composites"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sunlight<\/a>David Shaw <\/p>\n

While some photo competitions allow for liberal image manipulation and even artificial intelligence, there is none of that in the Natural Landscape Photography Awards which has just announced its winners. <\/p>\n

The rules are clear: there can be no generative AI, no compositing of different photographs, and RAW files are checked by judges to ensure authenticity. The competition is designed to promote photographers looking to work within the constraints of the natural landscape and traditional bounds of photography.<\/p>\n

Both film and digital shooters are allowed to enter. The winner takes home $5,000 while category winners and runners-up are also awarded. This year\u2019s contest received over 11,000 entries from more than 1,100 photographers in 64 countries.<\/p>\n

Joy Kachina took home the top accolade of Photographer of the Year for her portfolio that documents the enchanting nature of Tasmania, Australia. <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Joy Kachina \"A<\/a>Joy Kachina
\n \"A<\/a>Joy Kachina \"Black<\/a>Joy Kachina \"Abstract<\/a>Joy Kachina \"Dense,<\/a>Joy Kachina <\/p>\n

Photograph of the Year went to Margrit Schwarz for her image taken during a 12-day raft trip on the Colorado River. She captured ancient layers of stone, \u201cshaped by time and water into abstract forms.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Swirling,<\/a>Margrit Schwarz Grand Landscape Category \"Large,<\/a>Winner. Luis Vilarino
\n \"Sunset<\/a>Runner Up. Samuel Markham. \"Snow-covered<\/a>Third place. Gunar Streu \"Large<\/a>Highly Commended. Benjamin Maze \"Aerial<\/a>Highly Commended. Joshua Cripps Abstract Landscapes Category <\/p>\n

Ilan Shacham won the abstract category with his photo of the Dead Sea, a lake with about 10 times more saline than the ocean. The \u2018pearls\u2019 in the images are hardened balls of salt as ridges of salt run randomly through the picture.<\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a>Winner. Ilan Shacham \"Aerial<\/a>Runner Up. Alex Pansier
\n \"Abstract<\/a>Third place. Lukas Furlan \"A<\/a>Highly Commended. Lukas Furlan \"A<\/a>Highly Commended. Scott Oller Intimate Landscapes Category \"Sunlight<\/a>Winner. David Shaw \"A<\/a>Runner Up. Vojtech Schmidt \"Sunlight<\/a>Third Place. Jude Dizon \"A<\/a>Highly Commended. Roger Kristiansen
\n \"A<\/a>Highly Commended. Yuya Wakamatsu Project of the Year Category <\/p>\n

Project of the year went to Hanneke Van Camp for her frozen landscapes of S\u00e1pmi, the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the S\u00e1mi people. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt has become my part-time home,\u201d says Van Camp. \u201cA place of incredible beauty but also of fragility, facing threats from climate change and exploitation. Through this project, I hope to share its unique diversity and invite others to reconnect with nature and the values it carries.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Hanneke Van Camp \"Soft<\/a>Hanneke Van Camp \"A<\/a>Hanneke Van Camp \"Small<\/a>Hanneke Van Camp
\n \"A<\/a>Hanneke Van Camp \"A<\/a>Hanneke Van Camp <\/p>\n

To see all of the contestants and for information about next year\u2019s competition, head to the Natural Landscape Photography Awards website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Shaw While some photo competitions allow for liberal image manipulation and even artificial intelligence, there is none…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[181,228,226,227,105318,105319,229,88,29772,105320,40251],"class_list":{"0":"post-176859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-authentic","13":"tag-composites","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-natural","17":"tag-naturallandscapephotographyawards","18":"tag-traditional"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}