The most fascinating portraits from Wanderlust’s Photo of the Year
We reflect on some of the best photographs of people taken for our Photo of the Year competition, to inspire your Wanderlust Writing Challenge entry. Meet the locals in Iran, Sri Lanka, Cuba and beyond…
Over the last few years, countless insightful photographs of people have been entered into Wanderlust‘s Travel Photo of the Year competition.
This selection, including category winners, highly commended shots and finalists, was entirely photographed by amateur travel photographers across the globe. Meet people from Cuba, Iran, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), the Netherlands, Italy and beyond.
P.S. If you’re entering the Wanderlust Writing Challenge, hopefully they’ll inspire you to write to the theme: the kindness of strangers.
You want it that big? Havana, Cuba (Bun Ngo Leung)
– Bun Ngo Leung
Old woman, Lorestan Province, Iran (Meisam Abdoli)
– Meisam Abdoli
Colourful fishing West Bengal/Jharkhand border, India (Debasish Chakraborty)
– Debasish Chakraborty
The sculptor. Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) (Aung Ya)
– Aung Ya
Jewish Quarter, Jeruslaem (Thomas Kast)
– Thomas Kast
Fishing net Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam (Khanh Phan Thi)
– Khanh Phan Thi
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho (Bart Brouwer)
– Bart Brouwer
Incendies, St Petersburg, Russia (Pavel Galkin)
– Pavel Galkin
Taj behind the colour. Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India(Sanghamitra Sarkar)
– Sanghamitra Sarkar
Descent of the Ukukus. Qullqipunku Glacier, Peru (Christopher Roche)
– Christopher Roche
Lost in travel in West Bengal, India (Indranil Sengupta)
The morning commute in Ollyantaytambo, Peru (Matt Hill)
Kayaw Kitchen. Loikaw, Kayah State, Myanmar (Burma) (Ko Ko Zaw)
– Ko Ko Zaw
Terrified passenger in Cuba (George Abdilla)
– George Abdilla
Amsterdam bruin café. Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Victoria Maguire-Rajpaul)
– Victoria Maguire-Rajpaul
Human canvas, Ethiopia (Biljana Jurukovski)
– Biljana Jurukovski
Koggala stilt fishermen: Koggala, Sri Lanka (Kevin Lloyd)
Dominoes in the back streets of Havana, Cuba (Kevin Lloyd)
– Kevin Lloyd
Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan, India (Khairel Anuar Che Ani)
– Khairel Anuar Che Ani
Mountain farmer, South Tyrol, Italy (Josef Hinterleitner)
– Josef Hinterleitner
SiyaRam. Varanasi, India (Matt Parry)
– Matt Parry
Howrah, West Bengal, India (Abhijit Chatterjee)
– Abhijit Chatterjee
A celebration of Hindu tradition Dhaka, Bangladesh (Muhammad Amdad Hossain)
– Muhammad Amdad Hossain
The Enchanted. Jodhpur, India (Matthieu Rivart)
