Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Jungle in the City, Winner, Vertical Image category, ChengDu, China Showcasing the work of panoramic photographers worldwide, the Epson International Pano Awards , the largest global competition of its kind, has announced the 2024 amazing winners. For the 15th edition this year, the contest considered 4,529 entries from professional and amateur photographers in 95 countries. Entrants competed for a cash prize of $15,000 and photographic equipment prizes from sponsors Epson Australia and Epson Southeast Asia.
This year, the contest enjoyed a 70% increase in entries from Southeast Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam,Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. The overall winner of the 2024 Open Photographer of the Year and also the Nature/Landscape category is international landscape photographer Kelvin Yuen of Hong Kong for his entries Power of Nature, Wilderness and Mountain of Divinity. Describing Power of Nature (below), Yuen said “the primary goal was to capture the iconic mountains of Guilin, renowned for its karst formations.
On the day I took this photo, I woke up at 3 a.m. and was supposed to hike up for the sunrise.
However, a heavy thunderstorm struck out of nowhere, so I decided to shoot the thunderstorm.” To view all the winning and top image galleries, go here. Power of Nature, Overall Winner, Highest Scoring Aerial, and Winner, Open—Nature / Landscapes category; mountains in China's Guangxi Zhuang Au.