Photography Competition galleries
We’ve had some stunning images sent in since we first launched our Galapagos Photography Competition in 2001. Take a look at some of our winners over the last few years...

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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