Travel photographer of the year 2015 winner is…

By CNN Staff
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Updated 9:11 AM EST, Tue December 22, 2015
Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang is among the finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 competition (<a href="http://www.tpoty.com" target="_blank" target="_blank">www.tpoty.com</a>). Ly's image of a man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province earned a special mention from judges. (Photo: Ly Hoang/www.tpoty.com)
Bamboo fishing baskets (Vietnam) —
Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang is among the finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 competition (www.tpoty.com). Ly's image of a man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province earned a special mention from judges. (Photo: Ly Hoang/www.tpoty.com)
Ly Hoang Long/www.tpoty.com
The warm, rich colors don't detract from the obvious chill factor in this image by Germany's Gunar Streu, which was commended in the "moment of light" category. The photo shows a cabin covered in hoar frost in the Dundret nature reserve, Swedish Lapland, as northern lights illuminate the dusk sky. (Photo: Gunar Streu/www.tpoty.com)
Dundret nature reserve (Sweden) —
The warm, rich colors don't detract from the obvious chill factor in this image by Germany's Gunar Streu, which was commended in the "moment of light" category. The photo shows a cabin covered in hoar frost in the Dundret nature reserve, Swedish Lapland, as northern lights illuminate the dusk sky. (Photo: Gunar Streu/www.tpoty.com)
Gunar Streu/www.tpoty.com
Polish photographer Rafal Ziejewski earned a special mention in the "faces, people, encounters" section of the competition for his image of a young girl of the Dassanech tribe in Omorate, Ethiopia.(Photo:Rafal Ziejewski/www.tpoty.com)
Omorate (Ethiopia) —
Polish photographer Rafal Ziejewski earned a special mention in the "faces, people, encounters" section of the competition for his image of a young girl of the Dassanech tribe in Omorate, Ethiopia.(Photo:Rafal Ziejewski/www.tpoty.com)
Rafal Ziejewski/www.tpoty.com
American Spencer Cox, 18, was named Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 15 to 18) for a series of atmospheric images of Iceland, including this chunk of ice on Jökulsárlón beach. (Photo: Spencer Cox/www.tpoty.com)
Jökulsárlón beach (Iceland) —
American Spencer Cox, 18, was named Young Travel Photographer of the Year (ages 15 to 18) for a series of atmospheric images of Iceland, including this chunk of ice on Jökulsárlón beach. (Photo: Spencer Cox/www.tpoty.com)
Spencer Cox/www.tpoty.com
A timeless image that could've been taken anywhere across rural Europe, anytime over the past century, earns Australian Kanashkevich Mitchell the top prize in the "faces, people, encounters" category. His photo shows a Hungarian-Romanian man taking a break from plowing a field in Maramures, Romania. (Photo: Kanashkevich Mitchell/www.tpoty.com)
Maramures (Romania) —
A timeless image that could've been taken anywhere across rural Europe, anytime over the past century, earns Australian Kanashkevich Mitchell the top prize in the "faces, people, encounters" category. His photo shows a Hungarian-Romanian man taking a break from plowing a field in Maramures, Romania. (Photo: Kanashkevich Mitchell/www.tpoty.com)
Mitchell Kanashkevich/www.tpoty.com
American Chase Guttman, 18, is another Young Travel Photogapher of the Year winner. His entry documented life in the landlocked African kingdom of Lesotho, including this image of a Basuto tribal leader and local shepherds in Semonkong. (Photo: Chase Guttman/www.tpoty.com)
Tribal leader and shepherds (Lesotho) —
American Chase Guttman, 18, is another Young Travel Photogapher of the Year winner. His entry documented life in the landlocked African kingdom of Lesotho, including this image of a Basuto tribal leader and local shepherds in Semonkong. (Photo: Chase Guttman/www.tpoty.com)
Chase Guttman/www.tpoty.com
In the cold northerly wilderness of Yakutia in Russia, a wolf hunter poses with the head of his prey in this grizzly scene captured by Brit James Morgan. The image was a winner in the nature and environment catergory. (Photo: James Morgan/www.tpoty.com)
Wolf hunter (Russia) —
In the cold northerly wilderness of Yakutia in Russia, a wolf hunter poses with the head of his prey in this grizzly scene captured by Brit James Morgan. The image was a winner in the nature and environment catergory. (Photo: James Morgan/www.tpoty.com)
James Morgan/www.tpoty.com