Landscape Award Editors’ Picks of April 2021

Following the results of last month’s landscape competition judged by German photographer Hannes Becker, the editorial team is delighted to share some of their favorite images.

The quality of submitted works was truly outstanding and we have therefore decided to broaden the usual top 10 editor’s picks to a top 20 selection of the most stunning images that were shared with us.

We’d like to express our gratitude to all the photographers who took the time and care to share their work with us. Especially in these times of global challenges and home confinements – Thank you for reminding us of all the natural beauty that surrounds us and for bringing us all on your journey to the most spectacular places on our planet.

– Discover the 2021 Landscape Award-winning images here.

Published May 17, 2021

“Prehistoric” - Lagoa do Fogo, Azores Islands
Epic light conditions over Lagoa do Fogo, Azores Islands. This place is always covered by the fog, so this is a pretty unique shot. © Alessandro Andreatini
“Lighting bolts over Manhattan” - New York City , USA © Vincenzo Avallone
“Landscape painting” - Pond of Commelles, France
Linked to an overflow of mud, this pond nearby the forest was purposely dried up for several months, and shrubs grew all over. This gives the appearance of an unreal and mysterious landscape. © Alexandra Kindermans
“Red barn” - Canada
© Christina Dohergy
“Danjugan Island” - Cauayan, Philippines
Aerial view of a 43-hectare wildlife sanctuary just off the coast of Cauayan, Negros Occidental, Philippines. © John Kimwell Laluma
“Sumaj Orck’o” (“Beautiful Hill”) - Cerro Rico de Potosí, Bolivia
Cerro de Potosí, also known as the Cerro Rico de Potosí, and in the Quechua language as Sumaj Orck’o (“beautiful hill”); named Sumaj Orck’o before its plunder and subsequent exploitation, which began 476 years ago. Now, “beautiful hill” seems ironic. The Mines of Potosí were and still remain an important mining center located on the Cerro Rico de Potosí, Bolivia. Cerro Rico, with more than 4500 meters high and bordered by miles of tunnels of the inexhaustible mines of Potosí, which contributed to the Spanish Empire and all of Europe during the time of the conquest of America, represents more silver than any other place in the world. Its exploitation, active in the 21st century, was one of the great reasons for the growth of the “old continent” from the 16th century, at the cost of the forced labor of indigenous slaves and countless corpses throughout the centuries. The Potosi mines are some of the oldest in Latin America, still operating for half a millennium. These mines are also an open wound from the colonization in America. © Javier-Clemente-Martínez
“Lost in the Woods” - Prince William Sound island, Alaska
Along an unbeaten path on a remote island in the Prince William Sound, this cabin seemed to appear out of nowhere. I captured this image right after sunrise on a perfectly tranquil day during my first trip to Alaska. Finding places like this really does make one feel like they are lost in the woods in the last frontier. © John Haynes
“Paracas” - Peru | Part of the series “Desierto Sur”
One of my earliest memories is traveling with my family from Lima, Peru direction to The South on the South Pan-American road (on many occasions all the way to Santiago de Chile +or- 4000km). I recall most of the journey, an empty vast desert splashed from time to time with green valleys and the Pacific Ocean not far from my window. Through this series, I intend to explore the changes that have been altering our collective memory, I intend to open spaces and to portrait the absence and the evidence, I am interested in sharing a self-reflection in a profound way, I feel the desert in comparison with other environments it is powerful in nature and personality and reminds us how fragile we are as human beings. I have been 5 years photographing the Southern desert, driving endless hours on the Pan-American road. The desert that Peru and Chile share is unique in its form, nature, and geography, due to its location between the Andes Range and the Pacific Ocean. © Jorge Dieguez
“Breathing” - Iceland
Iceland is known for its geothermal renewable energy. Here the mountain breathes, releasing pressure and providing electricity to thousands. © Denise Silva
“Camel ride” - Morocco
The clean and serene style of the desert is fascinating. An atmosphere just as peaceful as it was mysterious reigned over the dunes of the Sahara at the end of the day. © Zack Fex
“Deep Winter” - Grundarfjordur, Iceland
The town of Grundarfjordur and the surrounding mountains awake to a blanket of fresh snow after a passing winter storm in Iceland © Conrad Golovac
“NEP TUNE” - Beijing, China
Futuristic rendering shot at Beijing airport, China. © Viachaslau Semeniuta
“The Island” - Vidoy, Faroe Islands
Viðoy is the northernmost island in the Faroe Islands, located east of Borðoy to which it is linked via a causeway. The name means wood island, despite the fact that no trees grow on the island; the name relates to the driftwood that floats in from Siberia and North America. © Pawel Zygmunt
“Tree of life” - Cakora Lake, New South Wales, Australia
Aerial shot revealing arboreal patterns at Lake Cakora, New South Wales, Australia. The tea trees and flora that surround the lake inland create the contrast in the drainage channels that make the arboreal pattern. The lake is located in Yuraygir National Park and the changing color of the water makes every photograph different. © Stuart Chape
“White winter” - Switzerland
A lonely tree stands alone in an immaculate snow blanket in Switzerland. © Renate Wasinger
“Volcanic Dunes” - Maui island, Hawaii
An abstract take on the Haleakalā volcanic landscape, Maui, Hawaii. © Stefanie Kujawa
“Limone sul Garda in Winter” - Lombardy, Italy
Limone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, on the shore of Lake Garda © Michele Discardi
“PublicPowerCorp_1” - Kozani region, Greece
In the mountainous Kozani region, NW Greece, brown coal deposits are mined through extensive open pits since the 1950s. The four power plants in this area produce 70% of Greece\’s electrical power, using local coal as fuel. The open cast mining area is a constantly changing man-made landscape, characterized by metal-rich bare soils, unstable topographies, and incredible scales. © Marcello Modica
“Night Skate” - New York City, USA
Night skating during a snow storm in New York City, USA © Russ Rowland
“A lost world” - New Zealand
The hoar frost descended on the Mackenzie Basin in New Zealand. The cold air was trapped in between the mountains and would crystalize in front of you. It slowly covers everything with its white coat. © Louise Coghill

Congratulations to all selected artists: Alessandro Andreatini, Vincenzo Avallone, Alexandra Kindermans, Christina Dohergy, John Kimwell Laluma, Javier-Clemente-Martínez, John Haynes, Jorge Dieguez, Denise Silva, Zack Fex, Conrad Golovac, Viachaslau Semeniuta, Pawel Zygmunt, Stuart Chape, Renate Wasinger, Stefanie Kujawa, Michele Discardi, Marcello Modica, Russ Rowland, Louise Coghill,

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