Slovenian photographer AndreJa Ravnak has been named the Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 | 漏 AndreJa Ravnak / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) The Travel Photographer of the Year revealed the winners of its 21st annual photo competition. The 2023 winners showcase the best in travel photography and celebrate the diverse landscapes, nature, cultures, and people worldwide.
A Slovenian photographer has taken home the top honors for the second year in a row. AndreJa Ravnak is “The Travel Photographer of the Year 2023,” following in fellow Slovenian Matjaz Krivic’s footsteps.
漏 AndreJa Ravnak / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) Ravnak’s winning images show rolling hills in Czechia and Italy. The contest organizers describe her images as demonstrating “fairytale beauty.” Ravnak’s “day job” is as an architect, so she is not even a professional photographer.
“Becoming Travel Photographer of the Year is a huge recognition. From my personal experience, I know it’s not easy to judge photography. Images are not measurable, so being a judge is a complex task and responsibility,” says Ravnak. “I would like to thank the panel of judges for recognizing my work. I’ve seen many excellent and creative photos in this year’s TPOTY final and it’s such a great honor to find my work recognized.”
漏 AndreJa Ravnak / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) “Congratulations to all the winners; together, we are enthusiastically documenting this wonderful world, and perhaps this is a small contribution, a reminder to preserve its wonder for future generations,” she adds.
漏 AndreJa Ravnak / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) “There is a subtle elegance about this year’s winners. This comes through in both of AndreJa’s winning portfolios; one takes us into simple landscapes, with delicate colors and a textural beauty, the other into the hop fields, out of season and undressed ready for the next planting. Neither are obvious subjects, neither photographed at an optimal time of year, and yet they are both engaging and rather beautiful,” says TPOTY founder Chris Coe.
Young Travel Photographer of the YearAlongside Ravnak’s victory as Travel Photographer of the Year 2023, the competition also named 14-year-old American photographer Caden Shepard Choi the “Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2023.”
14-year-old photographer Caden Shephard Choi is the Young Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 for her images of indigenous Din茅 (Navajo) people in Chinle, Arizona. | Credit: 漏 Caden Shephard Choi / Travel Photographer of the Year (tpoty.com) 
Credit: 漏 Caden Shephard Choi / Travel Photographer of the Year (tpoty.com) 
Credit: 漏 Caden Shephard Choi / Travel Photographer of the Year (tpoty.com) Individual Category Winners 
Age 15-18 Category Winner | Credit: 漏 Lilly Zhang (USA, age 17) / Travel Photographer of the Year (tpoty.com) 
Under 14 Category Winner | Credit: 漏 Zayan Durrani (USA, age 14) / Travel Photographer of the Year (tpoty.com) 
Landscape and Environment Portfolio Winner — 漏 Armand Sarlangue (France) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
Best Single Image in a Landscape and Environment Portfolio Winner — 漏 Kazuaki Koseki (Japan) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
Nature, Wildlife, and Conservation Portfolio Winner — 漏 Martin Broen (USA) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
Best Single Image in a Wildlife and Conservation Portfolio — 漏 Martin Broen (USA) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
People and Cultures Portfolio Winner — 漏 Athanasios Maloukos (Greece) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com)
Best Single Image in a People and Cultures Portfolio Winner — 漏 Jack Lawson (UK) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
Visual Stories Portfolio Winner — 漏 Alain Schroeder (Belgium) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
Best Single Image in Visual Stories — 漏 F. Dilek Yurdakul (Turkey) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
MPB One Shot: A Quieter Life Winner — 漏 Ignacio Palacios (Australia/Spain) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
MPB One Shot: Above, Eye Level, Below Winner — 漏 Josien van Geffen (Netherlands) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) 
MPB One Shot: Leisure and Adventure Winner — 漏 Andrea Peruzzi (Italy) / Travel Photographer of the Year 2023 (tpoty.com) More From Travel Photographer of the Year This year’s competition was judged by a 16-person international jury and all finalists must provide their RAW/original image files to be eligible to win. The complete gallery of winners and commended photographers is available on the Travel Photographer of the Year website.
Image credits: Photos courtesy of the Travel Photographer of the Year. Photographers are credited in the individual image captions.