The sixteenth Landscape Photographer of the Year has been announced. The judges chose the stunning image ‘After the Firer’ by Mik Dogherty as the overall winner of the prestigious title and £10,000 prize.

‍

Mik Dogherty says, “I was “absolutely shocked and stunned” at the award. Over the years, I’ve been commended about seven or eight times and shortlisted over thirty. So, after all those commendations, I told Charlie I was starting to think I would always be the bridesmaid and never the bride, as the saying goes. Thinking back, I think Charlie was a little puzzled by my underwhelming reaction, but I guess, like most people in shock, it was just a bit hard to take in and a little overwhelming. I needed to sit down and let it sink in.”

‍

Awards Founder Charlie Waite says, “For many, there has been a series of deeply rooted multidimensional emotional responses to this winning LPOTY 2023 photograph, all of which may be triggered by thoughts of ‘otherworldly’ to ‘dawn of time’ or perhaps the frightening counter-response of ‘the end of time’.
The tangled and stark reminder of what was once a beautiful and intimate wood perhaps brings forth a feeling of ‘profound environmental alarm’ and numerous other responses.
We will all know, of course, that a still image has the potential to have a very considerable and powerful effect on our emotional interpretation of it, and perhaps over and above all of the thoughts discussed, there remains one overwhelming response, which is the sheer striking beauty of this photograph which transports us to a place of transcendent emotional experience”.

‍

Exhibition

An exhibition of winning and commended entries will premiere in late November 2023 at Paddington Station. In partnership with Network Rail, the exhibition will travel up and down the United Kingdom, stopping at further stations, including Manchester Piccadilly, Glasgow Central and London. The exhibition tour will allow tens of thousands of visitors and commuters to discover the wonder and joys of the British landscape and be inspired by the very best of landscape photography.

‍

Supporters
MPB is the headline sponsor of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2023. Thanks to all our sponsors and partners: MPB, Sutton Projects, Network Rail, Ilex Press, The Sunday Times Magazine, The APS Group, Light & Land.

‍
About Landscape Photographer of the Year

The highly prestigious annual showcase, Landscape Photographer of the Year, is now in its 16th year. It was devised by one of the country’s leading landscape photographers, Charlie Waite, in order to inspire profound engagement with the British landscape through photography.

With a total prize fund worth over £20,000, a full-colour book of best entries and a popular annual exhibition, Landscape Photographer of the Year celebrates all that is great about the British landscape. The competition showcases the work of many talented photographers, inspiring visitors to experience the joys of the British landscape first-hand.

‍
About Charlie Waite

Charlie Waite is firmly established as one of the world’s leading landscape photographers. Throughout a twenty-five-year career, he has held many exhibitions internationally and lectured throughout the UK, Europe and the US.

In 2007, Charlie launched Landscape Photographer of the Year to share his passion and appreciation of the beauty of nature and the United Kingdom through photography.