2025 gallery
Judged by:
Monty Halls, TV presenter and President of GCT / Charlie Pinder, producer and director / Agustín Gutiérrez, photographer and researcher at the Charles Darwin Foundation / Edwina Lonsdale, co-owner and managing director of Mundy Adventures.
Congratulations to Amit Misra who won the 2025 competition with his atmospheric shot depicting the flamingos of Floreana, and who also won our Public Choice vote with his stunning image of a Galapagos sea lion in front of Kicker Rock.
2024 gallery
Judged by:
Hannah Stitfall, wildlife presenter, producer and filmmaker / Patrick Campbell, Senior Director of Reptiles at the Natural History Museum / Diego Bermeo, photographer and Galapagos National Park ranger / Edwina Lonsdale, co-owner and managing director of Mundy Adventures.
Congratulations to Tim Karels who won the 2024 competition with his fantastic shot of a confrontation between two yellow-crowned night herons, and to Gary Dean who won the Public Choice vote with his brilliant picture of a lava lizard perched on the head of a marine iguana.
2023 gallery
Judged by:
Mark Carwardine, wildlife photographer and TV presenter / Jo Haley, BBC wildlife producer and director / Walter Perez, professional photographer and Galapagos naturalist guide / Edwina Lonsdale, co-owner and managing director of Mundy Adventures.
Congratulations to Claire Waring who won the 2023 competition with her dramatic shot of a juvenile great frigatebird attacking a swallow-tailed gull, and to Dan Shipp who won the Public Choice vote with his wonderful image of a sea turtle.
2022 gallery
Judged by:
Liz Bonnin, wildlife presenter and GCT Ambassador / Walter Perez, professional photographer and Galapagos naturalist guide / Diego Bermeo, photography teacher and Galapagos National Park ranger / Ralph Pannell, photography enthusiast and Director of Aqua-Firma.
Congratulations to Enzo Reyes who won the 2022 competition with his beautiful and striking photograph of two waved albatrosses on Española, and to Heikki Huhtinen, whose wonderful shot of a marine iguana and a Darwin's finch won the Public Choice vote.
2021 gallery
Judged by:
James Honeyborne, Creative Director at Freeborne Media and Executive Producer of BBC’s 'Blue Planet II' / Jay McLaughlin, professional photographer / Ralph Pannell, photography enthusiast and Director of Aqua-Firma, Ralph Pannell.
Congratulations to Leighton Lum who won the 2021 competition with a brilliant photograph of a pair of Nazca boobies tending to their chick on Española, and to Fisher Houston, who won our 2021 public choice vote with his ‘Blue Iguana’ image.
2020 gallery
Judged by:
Liz Bonnin, wildlife presenter and GCT Ambassador / Mark Brownlow, Series Producer of BBC's 'Blue Planet 2' / Jay McLaughlin, professional photographer
Congratulations to Marcos Miranda Correia who won the 2020 competition with a brilliant photograph of Galapagos brown pelicans eagerly awaiting a meal at a local fish market in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz island.
2019 gallery
Judged by:
Jonathan Green, professional photographer and founder of the Galapagos Whale Shark Project / Tui de Roy, award-winning wildlife photographer, naturalist, and author
Congratulations to Joe Sullivan, whose incredible image of a Galapagos giant tortoise bathing in a pool on Santa Cruz was voted as the overall competition winner.
2018 gallery
Judged by:
Monty Halls, TV presenter and GCT President / Tui de Roy, award-winning wildlife photographer, naturalist, and author / Paul Sansome, professional photographer
Congratulations to Lutz Bunger, whose image of a sea lion on San Cristobal confronted by a row of kayaks blocking its way was voted as the overall competition winner.
2017 gallery
Judged by:
Monty Halls, TV presenter and GCT President / Tui de Roy, award-winning wildlife photographer, naturalist, and author / Paul Sansome, professional photographer
Congratulations to McKenna Paulley, whose image of a storm petrel was voted as the overall competition winner.
2016 gallery
Judged by the GCT team.
Congratulations to Evangelina Indelicato, whose stunning image of a Galapagos flycatcher was voted as the overall competition winner.
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