Recently, the organizers of the International Landscape Photographer of the Year contest announced the winners of the 2024 edition, with Andrew Mielzynski from Canada being awarded the title of “International Landscape Photographer of the Year” for his outstanding collection of works.
Capturing a great landscape photo is not as simple as it may seem on the surface – it requires immense patience, perseverance, and determination, all of which photographer Mielzynski demonstrated fully in his portfolio.
The International Landscape Photographer of the Year contest was co-founded by Australian landscape photographers David Evans and Peter Eastway in 2014. It has successfully held 11 editions consecutively up to now.
The competition features two main awards: “Photographer of the Year” (portfolio category winner) and “Photograph of the Year” (single image category winner), along with special awards in five categories including Black and White, Aerial, Ice/Snow, Sky, and Forest. This year, the contest received over 3,600 submissions from amateur and professional photographers worldwide. Out of these, 101 entries were selected by the jury and compiled into a book.
Canadian photographer Mielzynski’s championship collection includes beautiful snowscapes from Ontario and sunrise landscapes from the Atacama Desert in Argentina. In fact, he narrowly missed the top spot in the previous edition of the contest, making his first-place win this time a testament to the consistent high quality of his photographic work.
Ignacio Palacios from Australia secured the second position with his collection featuring South American landscapes.
Gheorghe Popa, a photographer from Romania, clinched the third spot with his landscape photographs showcasing the changing seasons in his country.
The Photograph of the Year for 2024 was awarded to Ryohei Irie from Japan for his winning image “Traces of Light.” Meanwhile, in the single image category, Justinus Sukotjo from Indonesia and Himadri Bhuyan from India were awarded the second and third places respectively.