The Winning Photos Of National Geographic Travel Photographer Of The Year 2017

Cities

1stPhoto and caption by Norbet Fritz/ National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year. “Levels of reading.” The modern interior of the city library in Stuttgart. With its wide-open space in the central, where natural light comes from through the windows on the top, it has a very unique atmosphere, where you can broaden your knowledge.

2nd Place. Photo and caption by Andy Yeung/ National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year. “Walled City #08.” The Kowloon Walled City was the densest place on Earth. Hundreds of houses stacked on top of each other enclosed in the center of the structure. Many didn’t have access to open space. This notorious city was finally demolished in the 1990s. However, if you look hard enough, you will notice that the city is not dead. Part of it still exists in many of current high-density housing apartments. I hope this series can get people to think about claustrophobic living in Hong Kong from a new perspective.

3rd Place. Photo and caption by Misha De-Stroyev/ National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year. “Henningsvær Football Field.” This football field in Henningsvær in the Lofoten Islands is considered one of the most amazing fields in Europe, and maybe even in the world. The photo was taken during a 10-day sailing trip in Norway in June 2017. We arrived at Henningsvær after a week of sailing through the cold and rainy weather. Upon our arrival, the weather cleared up. I was really lucky that the conditions were suitable for flying my drone, and I managed to capture this shot from a height of 120 meters.

Honorable Mention 1. Photo and caption by Tetsuya Hashimoto/ National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year. “Colorful apartment.” This building is apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It is very colorful, but it is an ordinary collective housing where ordinary people can live.

Honorable Mention 2. Photo and caption by Andrzej Bochenski/ National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year. “Al Ain.” New city on the desert