Russian photographer wins Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 top prize
"For the indigenous people of
the Far North, deer are wealth, food, housing, clothing, and transportation. And children,from a very young
age, know how to drive reindeer
on special sleds called
narta." Image: Vladimir Alekseev/www.tpoty.com
12 February 2021
Text:
Paula Erizanu
Russian photographer and journalist Vladimir Alekseev is the overall winner of the 2020 Travel Photographer of the Year competition.
Selected out of 25,000 images from 147 countries, Alekseev’s portfolio of wildlife in Russia, Greenland, Myanmar, and Norway scooped the top prize for its “glorious mixture of landscapes, wildlife and people, showcasing the diversity of skill possessed by the Russian photographer”.
In addition to Alekseev, Sergey Pesterev’s monumental photos of the Lake Baikal during wintertime were commended in the Landscapes and Earth Elements Portfolio category.
"Once on my expedition to Spitsbergen, there was a blizzard. Everything around was equally white. And suddenly I spotted this Arctic fox. He almost merged with the environment. Only his eyes and nose betrayed him." Image: Vladimir Alekseev/www.tpoty.com
"The total solar eclipse in Svalbard on March 20, 2015 was one of the most importa nt and impressive astronomical events." Image: Vladimir Alekseev/www.tpoty.com
"Fog over the iceberg in Greenland. A very rare natural phenomenon. This is a huge iceberg that swam past the coast, shrouded in fog." Image: Vladimir Alekseev/www.tpoty.com
Tver region, Russia. Image: Vladimir Alekseev/www.tpoty.com
Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka. "A volcanic eruption is best filmed at dusk. Then it is not too dark around, the sky has a beautiful colour, and the magma glows. True, this can be very dangerous..." Image: Vladimir Alekseev/www.tpoty.com
"Northern Lights at the reindeer herders' camp. Accustomed to them, one local person looked at my shot with curiosity, probably trying to understand why it interested me" Image: Vladimir Alekseev/www.tpoty.com
Uzury, Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia. Image: Sergey Pesterev/www.tpoty.com
Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia. Image: Sergey Pesterev/www.tpoty.com
Ogoy island, Lake Baika l, Russia. Image: Sergey Pesterev/www.tpoty.com
