2024 ILPOTY Awards - The Results!

To see the flipbook with the Top 101 entries, see the bottom of this article. To see the Top 202+, click on the Archive link above and select 2024 Top 202.

I don’t have to explain the importance of patience, persistence and determination to a landscape photographer. The idea that we wander out into the landscape and easily capture images like the ones presented in this book is simply nonsense.

And I think this year’s winner Andrew Mielzynski knows all about patience, perseverance and determination, based on the quality of his winning portfolio. There’s also another reason why I suggest he has these qualities: last year he was a very close runner-up in these awards, so to earn first prize this year is a testament to the standard of his work.

The Landscape Photographer of the Year requires more than a single good image – it requires four great images. This is why we have two award categories – the photograph of the year (for single images) and the photographER of the year for a portfolio of work. I’m not for a minute suggesting that taking one good photograph is easy, but I am suggesting to create a set of four strong images is even harder.

So congratulations to Andrew Mielzynski from Canada, our International Landscape Photographer of the Year for 2024.

This is the eleventh year of our awards. We received 3643 entries and the threshold for inclusion in the book (a Top 101 entry) was a score of 86.5%. Competition was tough and I don’t think any of the Top 101 photographers would mind me saying that the next 100 entries or so could very easily sit alongside them in the book. With scores between 85.0% and 86.5%, there were at least another 101 amazing entries which we recognise on our website as the Top 202+. Congratulations to all these photographers.



There is a US $12,500 cash purse for the best Photograph of the Year (single shot, 1st, 2nd, 3rd), the best Photographer of the Year (portfolio of four photographs, 1st, 2nd, 3rd), and five special subject awards. All 11 winners receive a physical copy of the annual Awards book. We’d also like to thank NiSi Filters once again as a sponsor, providing some of their wonderful filters as prizes for the Photographer of the Year Awards.

The 2024 winners are:

Photographer of the Year: Andrew Mielzynski, Canada
Second Place: Ignacio Palacios, Australia
Third Place: Gheorghe Popa, Romania

Photograph of the Year: Ryohei Irie, Japan
Second Place: Justinus Sukotjo, Indonesia
Third Place: Himadri Bhuyan, India

Special Award Winners
J. Fritz Rumpf, United States (Black and White)
Benjamin Barakat, Switzerland (Aerial)
Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove, Iceland (Snow and Ice)
Shirley Wung, Taiwan (Forest)
Federico Delucchi, Italy (Exciting Sky)

Thank you to our judging team: David Burnett, Jim M. Goldstein, Kaye Davis, Tim Parkin and last year's winner, Tony Hewitt. And thanks to our sponsor, NiSi Filters - check out their special offer below!

On behalf of David Evans, my co-convenor, we hope you enjoy the best landscape photographs in the world from 2024.

(NB Entrants will receive an email outlining their results, or they can log into their account and review their results in the entry area.)

Peter Eastway
Chairman of Judges
International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards