LONDON (29 May 2025) — National Geographic Traveller (UK) has announced the winners of its Photography Competition 2025, celebrating the finest in travel photography across the UK and Ireland. Now in its 13th year, the competition continues to showcase the creativity and originality of photographers capturing the world around them. 

Pat Riddell, editor of National Geographic Traveller (UK), said: “Our competition goes from strength to strength, with this year’s easily one of the strongest yet. World-class photography remains at the heart of the National Geographic brand, and the winners happily sit in that category. 

“Capturing everything from the dramatic landscapes of Iceland and Italy to incredible wildlife shots in Spain and Canada, the 18 finalists — who made the cut from thousands of entries — have really elevated the level of travel photography with their ingenuity and skill.”  

The grand prize winner this year is Justin Cliffe for his entry in the ‘People’ category. The portrait of a woman and her great-granddaughter in Lào Cai province, Vietnam was a firm favourite with the judging panel.  

The judges said: “This is such an intimate moment between generations that captures so much beauty and humanity. The colours, light and textures work really well.”  

2025 Category Winners: 

• People: Justin Cliffe – Portrait in Lào Cai province, Vietnam 
• Wildlife: Victoria Andrews – Bird in flight over the rooftops of Toledo, Spain 
• City Life: Scott Antcliffe – Street life in Singapore 
• Food: Prabir Kumar Mitra – Traditional cooking scene in Tibet, China 
• Landscape: Pawel Zygmunt – Geothermal landscape in Hveravellir, Iceland 
• Portfolio: Joshua Mallett – A series captured across various global locations 

Each category winner receives a year-long subscription to National Geographic Traveller (UK) and tickets to the forthcoming online Masterclasses, a series of travel writing and photography panel discussions due to take place in early 2025. Selected entrants will also be included as part of a national press and media campaign and featured on nationalgeographic.com/travel. 

Launched in 2011, the prestigious annual competition seeks the UK’s best travel photography talent — this year across six categories: Landscape; People; Wildlife; Food; City life; and Portfolio. A global press and media campaign will present the winning images, which will also be featured on the National Geographic website. 

The judging panel consisted of Lauren Atkinson-Smith, deputy art director, National Geographic Traveller (UK); David Barreda, community director, Diversify Photo; Hayley Benoit, portrait, commercial and editorial photographer; Renato Granieri, wildlife and travel photographer; Aisha Nazar, associate picture editor, National Geographic Traveller (UK); Celeste Noche, documentary and editorial photographer; Becky Redman, art director, National Geographic Traveller (UK); Andrew Reiner, food and travel photographer; Ben Rowe, picture editor, National Geographic Traveller (UK); and Daniella Zalcman, founder and executive director, Women Photograph. 

To view the winners, click here  

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