More than 4,500 entries were received in this year’s landscape-photography competition from professional and amateur photographers around the world. Judges of the eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year contest narrowed the field down to a “Top 101” and then further, to award several category prizes and the International Landscape Photographer of the Year award, which went to Aytek Çetin. The organizers were once more kind enough to share some of this year’s top and winning images below.
Top Shots From the 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
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![A view down a broad mountain valley, with a glow coming up from a fire and smoke in the distance at center.]()
Read moreFire. Yosemite National Park, USA. #
Marcin Zajac / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
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![Snow-covered trees are seen, forming lumpy and clumpy shapes.]()
Read moreMidwinter Morning. Northern Lapland, Sweden. #
Gunar Streu / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![A snow-covered mountain is capped by a cloud flowing smoothly over its peak.]()
Read moreThe Cap on the Snowy Mountain. Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. #
Jana Luo / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![An aerial view of blue fields among a network of roads and dikes.]()
Read moreArtist's Palette. Useless Loop, Western Australia. #
Prithvi Bhattacharya / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![Moss-covered trees with thick and twisting trunks stand in the mist amid overgrown boulders.]()
Read moreThe Intruder. Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor, U.K. #
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![A lone figure is seen standing atop a vast series of sand dunes.]()
Read moreAlone 2. Kumtag Desert, Xinjiang Province, China. #
Jada Lv / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
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![Several birch trees are seen standing in water, with fall foliage in the background.]()
Read moreGrand Finale. Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada. #
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![Splashing and flowing lava is seen on a dark lava plain below a volcanic cone, under an overcast sky.]()
Read moreFire in the Hole. Fagradalsfjall Volcano, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. #
Itai Monnickendam / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![A view of frost-covered tree trunks and branches.]()
Read moreWinter Gestalt. Harz, Germany. #
Kai Hornung / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![An aerial view of interlaced sand formations.]()
Read moreDerby Sandbar. Derby, Western Australia. #
Tom Putt / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![A view up a narrow, steep valley, with multiple waterfalls, overcast by dark clouds.]()
Read moreA Journey in the Myth. Wasserfall-Arena Batöni, Switzerland. #
Enrico Fossati / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
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![Deep snow covers the ground, forming lumpen shapes.]()
Read moreAccess. Navajo Lake, Utah, USA. #
Andrew Baruffi / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![A view of multi-colored earth in an eroded maze of hills and valleys.]()
Read moreThe Maze. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. #
Peter Coskun / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![Steep mountains seen in the distance, beyond a windswept lake, viewed through twisted tree branches.]()
Read moreTree Frame. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. #
Chandra Bong / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![Ocean waves smash up against a rocky cliff.]()
Read moreCollapse. Cape Disappointment, Washington, USA. #
Gavin Hardcastle / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![A broad view of many sand dunes, large and small, stretching to the horizon.]()
Read moreGolden Desert. Badain Jaran Desert, Western Inner Mongolia, China. #
Jinyi He / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
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![A single snow-covered pine tree stands in a field on a misty day.]()
Read moreAlone. Cotos, Madrid, Spain. #
Alberto Alvaro / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![An aerial view of the branches of a delta formation.]()
Read moreFloating Delta. East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. #
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![A view from a mountaintop, with the sun's rays forming a halo in the clouds.]()
Read moreWhen the Universe Speaks. Mount Seymour, British Columbia, Canada. #
Matt Jackisch / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year -
![A landscape view of a snowy mountainside, with steep cliffs and tall, thin pine trees.]()
Read moreKingdom of Winter. Mount Slesse, British Columbia, Canada. #
Matt Jackisch / The Eighth International Landscape Photographer of the Year
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