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I had to stop and gaze at this stunning view during a hike in Pindus National Park, Greece. The peak in the distance is Mount Tymfi, which stands at a height of 2,497 metres.
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Olivia Bennett
Untitled
This photograph was taken in the marble quarries of Carrara, Italy, and is part of a larger project documenting the natural world and semi-precious materials. The landscape was epically beautiful, surreal and slightly melancholy, and made me feel humble. The act of this trip to Carrara, and documenting monumental landscapes, symbolised a moment of strength and resilience in my personal life – to be as strong as the ‘big stone’.
© Olivia Bennett, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Andreja Ravnak
Textures
The South Moravian agricultural landscape stretches over low hills and valleys, creating a unique combination of natural curved shapes and manmade geometries. The varying shades of the soil make the winter landscape extremely beautiful, almost unearthly.
© Andreja Ravnak, Slovenia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Michael Prince
Cranberry Harvest
This is an outtake from a story I shot for Boston Magazine, covering the cranberry harvest at Makepeace Farm in Wareham, Massachusetts. The orange/red shapes at the top of the frame are the floating cranberries, and you can see a truck and some workers moving them so they can be vacuumed up. Taken with a DJI Mavic 3 drone.
© Michael Prince, United States, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Roberto Pavić
Lapland
Moonrise in Lapland, Finland.
© Roberto Pavić, Croatia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Robert Bilos
Earth Pyramids
Taken in Percha, Italy. These earth pyramids were formed millions of years ago in the Dolomite mountains. On this particular morning they were in low clouds, which adds to the atmosphere.
© Robert Bilos, Croatia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Jordi Coy
Lunar Eruption
Although this looks like a volcano, it is not – it is a mountain that has a classic volcano shape when seen from this direction. I had a hard time planning this photograph, as I wanted to make it look like the moon is rising from inside the ‘volcano’. Because I also wanted to achieve this in a single shot, I had to calculate the correct distance and angle that I needed to take my photograph from. In the end, I took this photograph from 10 kilometres away.
© Jordi Coy, Spain, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Marcin Zajac
Dunes
Layers of spectacular sand dunes illuminated by the sun before it hides below the horizon in Death Valley National Park.
© Marcin Zajac, Poland, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Judith Kuhn
Skaftá
The Skaftá is a volcanic river in southern Iceland that rises in the north-west of Vatnajökull, flows south in a wide arc and finally flows into the North Atlantic at Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Regular jökulhaups (glacial runs) from the Skaftárkatlar flood the river bed annually. The splitting of the river is due to the eruption of the Laki Craters (Lakagígar) in 1783.
© Judith Kuhn, Germany, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Indirani Thevar
Reflection Pace
I was on a train passing through Andhra Pradesh state in India, when I saw this scene. I photographed it with my mobile phone.
© Indirani Thevar, India, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
David Del Rosario Dávila
La Palma Volcano
La Palma volcano, one year after it erupted.
© David Del Rosario Dávila, Spain, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Bing Li
Autumn Glory
Nowhere exhibits such rich autumn colours as Patagonia – it is breathtaking.
© Bing Li, Canada, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Gill Fry
Serene
Sunrises are not normally my thing, but after this experience that may well change.
After bumbling out of bed before dawn, I drove to Lake Tyrrell in NW Victoria, Australia. In the pre-dawn glow I stumbled to the lake’s edge to my favourite location. There was not a breath of wind. All was silent. All was calm. Serene.
© Gill Fry, Australia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Martin Rak
Art of Winter
Winter landscape in the Czech Republic.
© Martin Rak, Czechia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Isabel Bielderman
Untitled
A ski jump in Ruka, Finland.
© Isabel Bielderman, Netherlands, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards