PEOPLE
Travel portraiture is about seeking out the human stories within a destination. It requires a compelling subject and an interesting backdrop to frame them.
Grand prize winner
Renato Granieri
Mariama Turay (left) and Marah Hawa engage in conversation. Mansonia village, Loma Mountains National Park, Sierra Leone
THE PHOTOGRAPHER SAID: After an all-day drive to Mansonia village, in Sierra Leone’s Loma Mountains National Park, we finally arrived at this remote destination. The goal of this journey with the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary outreach team was to provide the local community with training and devices to protect the Western chimpanzees and their habitat.
Mariama and Marah are two of the newly qualified eco-guards that have been hired and trained by the outreach team. The team’s presence alone during Covid-19 has made a difference in terms of preventing poaching, deforestation and other illegal activities. A census of the national park was conducted, which confirmed that it holds the highest concentration of chimps in West and Central Africa.
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THE JUDGES SAID: So much happiness in the frame. This well-composed shot of the lady in the house and the one outside is beautifully layered. I love the authenticity of shared laughter; the vibrancy of the colours juxtaposed against the white wall.
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CHRIS UPTON
Museo de las Ciencias, City of Arts and Sciences, València, Spain
THE PHOTOGRAPHER SAID: This image was shot before the morning crowds arrived, as the commuters were passing by. A big part of this was down to luck,
