Various entries in the Epson International Pano Awards. (17th Epson International Pano Awards via SWNS)
By Dean Murray
An image of a towering volcano has helped scoop the top honor in a panoramic photography competition.
Spanish photographer Daniel Viñé Garcia has been named Open Photographer of the Year in the 17th Epson International Pano Awards.
His portfolio features an impressive picture of the Parinacota Volcano in Chile, which rises more than 6,300 meters.
Open Photographer of the Year Daniel Viñé Garcia’s, "The Sleeping Giant". Taken in Parinacota, Chile. (Daniel Viñé Garcia / 17th Epson International Pano Awards via SWNS)
The image, named “The Sleeping Giant,” is an aerial panorama made from 33 individual exposures.
This year’s competition drew 4,084 entries from 93 countries, including 680 in its new Aerial categories.
Double arch on Milford Sound, New Zealand. (Mikel Iraeta / 17th Epson International Pano Awards via SWNS
David Evans, Pano Awards founder and curator, said: “The aerial perspective opens up so much of the world above tripod level and the panoramic format lends itself beautifully to this way of seeing.”
Other winners included Mikel Iraeta of Spain, who took the Open Nature and Landscape category with “Double arch on Milford Sound”; Xuecheng Liu of the United States, who won Open Built Environment with a 25-frame aerial panorama of Times Square; and Xuejun Long of China, who won Amateur Aerial with “Journey of Life,” photographed at Lake Magadi in Kenya. Tomás Sánchez Ruiz was named Amateur Photographer of the Year.
Center of the Cosmos, New York, USA . (Xuecheng Liu / 17th Epson International Pano Awards via SWNS)
The Epson International Pano Awards is the world’s largest competition dedicated to panoramic photography.
The 17th Epson International Pano Awards website: www.thepanoawards.com.
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