2016 Atkins Ciwem Environmental Photographer of the Year

Atkins Ciwem environmental photographer of the year competition is an annual international showcase for thought-provoking photography and video that tackles a wide range of environmental themes.
Above: While walking along the shore of Larak, Iran – an island in the Persian Gulf – Shadpoor came across this luminous scene. The “magical lights of (the) plankton ... enchanted me so that I snapped the shot”, he writes. (Photo by Pooyan Shadpoor/2016 EPOTY)

Transhumance in Spain by Susana Girón. Transhumance is a centuries old tradition of moving livestock many miles in search of better pasture in winter and summer. Above, the Alarcon family are taking their sheep from their home in Fatima (Granada) to Las Navas de San Juan (Jaen), a 124-mile journey on foot. More than 100 Spanish families continue the transhumance tradition every year. (Photo by Susana Girón/2016 Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year)

Two men were fishing in the pond of Xian village, in the centre of Guangzhou city, Guangdong, China, which epitomises China’s modern urbanisation. (Photo by Yuyang Liu/2016 EPOTY)

Behind the Taj Mahal, India, by Mustafa AbdulHadi. The early morning silhouette of Taj forms a backdrop to a garbage-strewn bank of the Yamuna river in Agra where a man scans the rubbish for valuables. (Photo by Mustafa AbdulHadi/2016 Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year)

The environmental photographer of the year 2016 is awarded to Sara Lindström for her imposing photograph “Wildfire”. She wrote: “It was an exceptionally warm day in July in southern Alberta when I came across this massive pinkish smoke plume rising high towards the sky. The big flames were thriving on the dry land and had me completely mesmerized in fear and awe”. (Photo by Sara Lindström/2016 EPOTY)

Each photography is posted with the according photographer and credits under fair use license.

Selection picked from: avax.news