When I saw the winners of the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year had been announced, I knew there would be some outstanding images of the natural world around us. The categories were Natures, Cities and People. Below are eight of my favourites, sourced from The Daily Telegraph. You can find out more about the winners, prizes and the high calibre of other entries at The National Geographic website.
I went to the Guinness Storehouse when in Dublin, where they explain the whole process of how they make their unique drink. This was taken on the ground floor.
There are boats and canals all over Amsterdam that highlight the city’s beautiful architecture. The water never sleeps 😉
This sunset was taken by my mother in Guadalajara. She carries a camera with her everywhere.
Taken of the items for sale when in the Glasshütte Museum in Monschau, Aachen
When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego,
and when we escape like squirrels turning in the
cages of our personality
and get into the forests again,
we shall shiver with cold and fright
but things will happen to us
so that we don’t know ourselves.
Taken from the poem ‘Escape’ by D.H. Lawrence (1885 -1930)
Taken at Pier 43 at San Francisco
Taken from the roadside on the way to Tepoztlan.
Taken at a quiet part of the hotel in Minneapolis
Taken at a firework display while on a boat in San Francisco
Alex Raphael 