Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-07)

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SOURCE: LEICA

ASREPORTEDlastweek,thewinnersof International

LandscapePhotographerof theYear 2019 contest

havebeenrevealed.Hereweshowcaseoneof the

stunningwinningimagesbyoverallwinnerOlegErshov

fromRussia.Olegis anamateurphotographer,and

worksfora fooddistributioncompanyin hisdayjob.He

tookthissuperbimageat Háifossin southernIceland.

Nowin itssixthyear,theprestigiouscompetition

invitedprofessionalandamateurphotographersfrom

acrosstheglobetoenterfora chanceof winningfrom

a cashprizepoolof $10,000(£7,700).Categories

includedthebestphotographof theyear,best

photographerof theyearaswellasfivespecialsubject

awardcategories– Wildlifein Landscape,Abstract

Aerial,Snow& Ice,LoneTreeandHeavenlyCloud.

Entrantsfortheoveralltitleof International

Photographerof theYearallhadtosubmita portfolio

of at leastfourimages.

All 11 winnersreceiveda copyof theannualawards

book,printedbyMomentoPro.Toseemorewinning

imagesandlearnmoreaboutthecompetition,visit

internationallandscapephotographer.com.

BIG

picture

I make pictures, I don’t take

them, and that is core to the

style of my photography.

Authenticity is a driving

emotion in all that I do

D av id Ya r r ow

Wildlife and fi ne-art photographer

£4,

ThepriceofLeica’snew

APO-Summicron-M 90 f/2ASPH

Edition‘Safari’lens

Words & numbers

International Landscape Photographer

of the Year 2019 winning photo