Welcome to the Natural Landscape Photography Awards (NLPA), a competition created to find the very best landscape and nature photography on Earth. NLPA is a competition for digital and film photographers who value realism in their images and edit with this in mind. As a result we have a few more rules than other competitions but we hope the result will be a fantastic showcase of not only photographer’s talents, but also the true wonder of the landscape. Entries opened on April 15th, 2024 and closed on May 31, 2024. 12,179 photographs were submitted to the competition by 1,134 photographers from 59 countries.
We have a range of categories to suit the huge variety of modern approaches to landscape photography from grand scenics, to intimate abstracts. There is a top prize of US $5,000 and many other prizes for category winners and runners-up.
We receive over 10,000 entries from around the world each year. This makes our competition one of the biggest landscape photography competitions in the world. The standard of winning images is exceptional and fine-art books of the best images are now available.
We will re-open for entries in April, 2025.
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“Some photographers take reality… and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.”
Ansel Adams
Meet the Judges:
Our diverse panel of judges for 2024 includes one returning judge (Viktoria Haack), and includes four new judges. Our goal for the judging panel is to represent all ranges of nature and landscape photography and as many geographic regions as possible.
Lizzie Shepherd
Michael Frye
Viktoria Haack
Matt Palmer
Ben Horne
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Realistic Photography
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No A.I. or Compositing
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Film and Digital
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$16,500 in cash prizes
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Low entry fees
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RAW file checks for finals
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Winners and top entrants get a free copy of fine art book
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A message from the organizers
Hello and welcome to this, the fifth Natural Landscape Photography Awards, a competition designed to promote photographers looking to work within the constraints of the natural landscape, and traditional bounds of photography.
We were absolutely overwhelmed by the support of the photographic community in our first four years. Clearly the competition struck a chord with many photographers looking to have their work assessed on its photographic merits, craft and creative vision when out in the field. We expected a degree of backlash from those photographers who produce heavily edited or composited images… instead many of them entered with beautiful realistic images. This is what the competition is ultimately trying to do – provide a meaningful alternative to competitions that are totally open minded to image editing, while still being as inclusive and supportive as possible.
Thanks to all of you who entered and we hope to see your images again this year!
Alex, Tim, Matt and Rajesh
