National Geographic: Best Travel Photographer 2016

Big prize National Geographic for Best Travel Photographer has received Anthony Lau from Hong Kong for a photo a horseman from Mongolia. The other winners are Hiroki Inoue, who won an award for his beautiful photo of foxes in Hokkaido, Yasmin Mund for an aerial shot of people sleeping on the rooftops of Varanasi, India and Victor Lima for a photo of the Atacama Desert, located in the northern part of Chile.
It's a good thing that the photographers and photos were judged by someone else - in our editorial office, we would have easily awarded the first prize to all the participants.

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1st Prize: Anthony Lau, Winter Horseman

2nd prize in the people category: Yasmin Mund, Rooftop Dreams, Varanasi

3rd prize in the people category: Mattia Passarini, Remote Life at –21 degree

Honorable mention in the people category: Dotan Saguy, Muscle Beach Gym

1st prize in the nature category: Hiroki Inoue, Wherever You Go, I Will Follow You, Hokkaido, Japan

2nd prize in the nature category: Massimiliano Bencivenni, Double trapping

3rd Prize in City Category: Jeremy Tan, Celestial Reverie

Honorable Mention in the Nature Category: John Rollins, Bears on a Berg

1st prize in the city category: Ben Youssef, Marrakesh, Morocco

2nd prize in the city category: Wing Ka H., Silenced

3rd prize in the nature category: Victor Lima, Lagunas Baltinache (Atakama)

City Category Honorable Mention: Kathleen Dolmatch, Divide