Main image:Mariama Turay and Marah Hawa, two newly qualified eco guards in Sierra Leone’s Loma Mountains national park. For the judges, Granieri’s shot captured ‘the authenticity of shared laughter’. Eighteen photographers made the shortlist for the awards, now in their 11th year. Photograph: Renato Granieri/National Geographic Traveller Photography competition 2023A stag in Richmond Park, London. The judges said they loved ‘the beautiful colour palette of this serene, intimate scene’.
This shot showed ‘great dedication to seeking out unusual angles within our urban environments’, said the judges.Helen Turner in the kitchen of her Tennessee barbecue joint, Helen’s Bar BQ. ‘A perfectly timed image, and the composition is spot on,’ said the judges.The Portfolio prize is for a series of photographs from a particular location. The following three shots are from Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, off the north-west coast of Madagascar.