Spectacular Award Winning Images from the 2025 Natural Landscape Photography Awards

Photographer of the Year, Winner: Joy Kachina

The 2025 Natural Landscape Photography Awards have revealed a stunning array of winning images that honor the planet’s untouched beauty.

With over 11,000 submissions from 1,100 photographers across 64 countries, the competition upheld a strict no-editing policy, ensuring all entries were genuine in-camera captures. Australian photographer Joy Kachina earned the title of Photographer of the Year for her evocative portrayals of Tasmania’s misty forests, praised for their emotional depth and grandeur. Other standout winners include Margrit Schwarz for her abstract Grand Canyon shot, Luis Vilariño in the Grand Landscape category, and David Shaw for Intimate Landscape. Together, these photographs span icy terrains, lush tropics, and arid deserts, reminding us that nature’s raw essence is often the most powerful muse.

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Photographer of the Year, Runner Up: Lukas Furlan

Photographer of the Year, Third Place: Matt Jackisch

Photographer of the Year, Fourth Place: Scott Oller

Photographer of the Year, Fifth Place: Vojtech Schmidt

Photographer of the Year, 6th Place: Magnus Reneflot

Photograph of the Year: Margrit Schwarz

Grand Landscape, Winner: Luis Vilariño

Intimate Landscape, Winner: David Shaw

Abstract Landscape, Winner: Ilan Shacham

Project, Winner: “Sápmi – Living Landscapes” by Hanneke Van Camp

Project, Runner Up: “Guilty Trashures” by Feli Hansen

Project, Third Place: “Flowerscapes – A bug’s eye view” by Theo Bosboom

Desert Landscapes, First Place: Louis Ouimet

Frozen Worlds, First Place: Vojtech Schmidt

In Your Backyard, First Place: Patrick Krohn

Mountains, First Place: Ross Davidson

Rocks and Geology, First Place: Spencer Cox

Seascapes, First Place: Lizzie Shepherd

Tropical Landscapes, First Place: Grégoire Pansu

Woodlands, First Place: Kenny Muir