A pair of dolphins enjoying themselves in Western Australia. | Jon Vause / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
The winners of the 15th Epson International Pano Awards have been announced with Kelvin Yuen crowned the 2024 Open Photographer of the Year.
Yuen from Hong Kong captured stunning landscape shots in far-flung locations like the Guilin mountains of China, Patagonia, and Iceland.
PetaPixel has selected some of winners below.
Built Environment – Open Category
First place in the Built Environment Open category and overall runner up. Taken in Vietnam. | Tuan Nguyen Tan / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Second place in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Cape Town, South Africa. | Jay Caboz / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Third place in the Built Environment Open category. View of Shenzhen. | Huang Wenjing / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Chengdu, China. | Yuan Yakun / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. The Pearl of Qatar above the clouds. | Abdulla AlMesleh / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Chengdu, China. | Yuan Yakun / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Vietnam. | Nguyen Khanh Yu / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. The Sun shines on Taipei, Taiwan. | Ru Fang Dong / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. An inlet in Florida. | Lawrence Leyderman / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Nature Landscape – Open Category
First place in the Nature / Landscape Open category and Overall Winner. Lightning strikes in the Guilin Mountains of China. | Kelvin Yuen / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Second place in the Nature / Landscape Open category. Strikes in Patagonia. | Alessandro Cantarelli / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Third place in the Nature / Landscape Open category and Overall Winner. The Milky Way shines over Patagonia. | Kelvin Yuen / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Nature / Landscape Open category. Taken in Patagonia. | Nickolas Warner / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Algeria. | Rolf Gemperle / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Silverton, Texas. | Laura Hedien / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken at the Grand Staircase, Utah. | Nickolas Warner / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Argentina. | Palacios Delgado / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Rub’ al-Khali. | Matteo Strassera / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken in Western Australia. | Tom Putt / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category and Overall Winner. Taken in Iceland. | Kelvin Yuen / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Placed in the Built Environment Open category. Taken on Lake Kaniere, New Zealand. | Rachel Roberts / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Built Environment – Amateur Category
Wutimet Bunyasirisith / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Miroslav Vrzala / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Mengguo Li / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Jie Gao / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Lazarus Baptiste / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Andreas Kretschmer / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Nature Landscape – Amateur Category
Diego Manrique Diez / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Himradi Bhuyan / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Sabine Weise / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Kavan Chay / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Jon Vause / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
Andrea Curzi / The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest global competition for panoramic photography. Entrants competed for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes with main sponsors Epson Australia and Epson Southeast Asia alone providing prizes that included an Epson SureColor P5360 and P5300 printers, an Epson SureColor P906 printer, and an Epson EB-1795F ultra-slim projector.
This year the competition received 4,529 entries from 1,105 professional and amateur photographers in 95 countries. There was a 70% increase in entries from Southeast Asia, comprising Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
To check out all the winners and for information about next year’s competition head to the Pano Awards’ website.