The competition showcases the beauty of nature in a long format, to dramatic effect. The Epson International Pano Awards is the world's largest panorama competition for professional and amateur photographers everywhere. The competition attracted over 4,129 entries from 1,197 photographers in 98 different countries.
The Vein: Dushanzi Grand Canyon in Xinjiang, China. Several drone photos have been stitched together to create this impressive image of the Dushanzi Grand Canyon in Xinjiang, China. Over tens of millions of years, the melting snow of the Tianshan Glacier has shaped this natural landscape through the movement of the earth's crust and the erosion of wind and rain.
Poison River: The red-orange water flows into the Rio Tinto River from the gold mine in Huelva, Spain. The Rio Tinto mine is known to be the world's oldest working precious metal mine, having been exploited since the Phoenician period, a civilization in the Mediterranean region that existed from 1550 BC - 300 BC.
Cave Diving Exploration, Second Place, Open Category: A diver explores a cave in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
“Words cannot express how honored I am to win the Epson Pano Award 2022 as Open Photographer of the Year. It means so much to me and to the land where I took those stunning photos – Xinjiang, China. As a landscape photographer, my heart always beats so fast when I pick up my camera and capture the majestic Chinese landscapes that Western photographers rarely see,” Jinyi shared.
Arctic Henge: Aurora Borealis in northern Iceland.
The work ranked 37th in the Open, Walled Living category: photographing apartment buildings in Hong Kong.
Living With A Monster, 30th place, Amateur category: photo of Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma island, Canary Islands.
Speaking of the winning entry, The Vein is the result of 40 photos stitched together.
“I used my personal drone to take 90-degree aerial photos at 40 points (5 rows and 8 columns) of the canyon to get the most panoramic picture. Nature is a great artist, and it reminded me of an abstract painting,” Jinyi said.
Ripples: Djursland Peninsula in Denmark
Winter and Spring: photo taken at Parco Regionale dell'Aveto, Genoa, Italy.
Mobula Ray Migration: photo of a school of mobula rays in La Paz, Mexico.
The awards were founded in 2009 by Australian landscape photographer David Evans with sponsorship from Epson Australia and have since grown to become a gathering place for all photographers, industry professionals and sponsors.
