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color travel landscape photo of monastery by Daniel Kordan
© Daniel Kordan

Profile • Travel

Daniel Kordan

Few contemporary photographers capture the raw grandeur of the natural world quite like the judge of our 2026 Travel Award (now open for entries), Daniel Kordan, whose atmospheric images perfectly convey the profound beauty of our planet.

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color landscape travel photo of indian temple and man by Jens Benninghofen
© Jens Benninghofen
Black & white landscape photography by Ansel Adams. Clouds above a snow, capped valley and forests in Yosemite National Park, USA
© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

Profile • Landscape

Ansel Adams

In the long and storied history of landscape photography, one name stands apart: Ansel Adams. Sometimes called “the godfather of landscape photography,” the American was a visionary who helped shape the foundations of the genre as we know it today.

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Color photography. Man with a horse in the shallows of a lake at sunrise by F. Dilek Yurdakul
© F. Dilek Yurdakul

Profile • Documentary

F. Dilek Yurdakul

F. Dilek Yurdakul is a Turkish photographer known for her striking, emotionally resonant images that reveal both the beauty and complexity of her homeland.

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