The images across these pages are from this year’s Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. To see all the spectacular results, the glossy coffee-table book Landscape Photographer of the Year, Collection 10 is available now from all good book stores (£25, AA Publishing). For more information on the prize – and how to enter next year’s competition – check out take-a-view.co.uk
Urban views from the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition
From hundreds of entries, we’ve picked our favourite urban views from this year’s Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Who knew the city could look so good?
Pan Peninsula
PAUL SHEARS
“Almost two years ago, I witnessed fog like this from the 30th floor of my office building in Canary Wharf. However, I’d left my camera at home that day and I’ve no idea why. I’ve been waiting roughly two years for some fog like this to come along, so I had to make the most of it, and what better time than when the sun is rising.”
Paul Shears
Shape Shifted Reflection
ROBERT FINCH
"Crowds were looking south across the river to view The Shard. I happened to look in the opposite direction and saw The Shard reflected in the wobbly fenestration of an office building, and liked what I saw. Others wondered what I was looking at, then realised, and they started snapping the reflected image, too”
Robert Finch
The Serpent of London
STUART BENNETT
"During early spring, the day is rapidly turning into night in this shot, as the River Thames snakes its way from Docklands to Tower Bridge.”
Stuart Bennett
Battersea Power Station and Tracks on a Misty Morning
FINBARR FALLON
"It took many months of visiting the same location until the perfect shot came about.”
Finbarr Fallon
Let’s Take a Selfie
Iain Tall
“I’d been planning this shot for a while but I never imagined that two people would pop out onto the balcony to shoot a selfie with the sun’s rays kissing Tower Bridge behind them.”
Iain Tall
Walkie-Talkie
BILLY CURRIE
“The infamous structure that melted cars and tarmac back in the summer of 2013: I took this image before steps were taken to stop it reflecting the sun.”
Waiting for Change
TERRY GIBBINS
“In the autumn of 2012, Battersea Power Station, a London icon, sits idle on the banks of the Thames as architects and developers plot her fate.”
Terry Gibbins
Canary Wharf Reflections
NICK JOYNER
“I visited Canary Wharf one cold and foggy winter morning hoping for images of towers disappearing into low cloud. When I arrived, the fog was clearing, leaving a bright day with a wind just strong enough to gently ripple the water, allowing complex and varied reflections of the surrounding buildings on the water’s surface. This is one example. I have not seen these conditions replicated subsequently."
Nick Joyner
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