Red Bull Illume 2023 continues its mission as an award to honor the world's most innovative and cutting-edge action, adventure and photography.
This year, a woman won the grand prize for the first time in the 17-year history of the world's largest action sports photography competition, Red Bull Illume. Australian photographer Krystle Wright wowed the competition's 50-plus judges with her stunning shot of rock climber Angela VanWiemeersch scaling a cliff in Long Canyon, Utah.
The grand prize winner was Krystle Wright (Australia) taken in Long Canyon, Utah
Red Bull Illume attracts amateur and professional photographers from around the world and has 10 categories. The winning images include images of ice climbers, kayakers and cyclists in the world's wildest environments...
Let's admire the impressive adventurous images at the Red Bull Illume 2023 competition:
The winner of the energy category was photographer Ted Grambeau (Australia) who captured the most extreme day at the incredibly challenging Shipstern Bluff on a remote beach in Tasmania, Australia
Watching salmon while kayaking in Eagle, Revelstoke, Canada
Sölden's masterpiece, a finalist, was shot in Teahupo\'o, French Polynesia
Movement and the Importance of Experiencing Flow in Squamish, BC, Canada
The Santo Domingo River is the steepest whitewater kayaking stretch in the world
The photo was taken in the outback of New Zealand.
Climbing a windswept ridge in Utah's Castle Valley photographed by Jeremiah Watt
Masterpiece by Sölden winner in La Muralla Roja, Calp, Spain, photographed by Lorenz Holder
Moment of Wow category winner by Blue Tomato photographed by Jan Fassbender
Playground by Radiant Photo category winner taken by Jb Liautard (France)
This image was captured by photographer Juan Garcia Prieto while shooting a backflip over a fountain in Araucano Park, Santiago, Chile
RAW category winner in Briançon, France, photographed by Léo Grosgurin
Dancer Fernanda immerses herself in the water, playing with rays of light that pass through the clear water through a hole in the ceiling of a cave in Tulum, Mexico
