Thank you for another fantastic response to our 2024 Global Lens Photo Competition. We received more than 100 entries this year from all corners of the world, and this year’s results can now be revealed. Congratulations to our winners and runners up!
Nature category
Winner: Mark Orton “Nature's own Rorschach Test”
Mark took this amazing drone shot of the Omakau Wetland. He says: “The Omakau wetland is an amazing place at ground level, but from above it takes on a whole new vibe. Even better when there is frost and ice present.”
Runner up: Pauline Dawson “Nordenskiöldbreen Glacier face”
Architecture category
Winner: An Nguyen “Passage to the past”
An’s photo was taken at Angkor Wat, Cambodia in 2012.
Runner up: Sarah McGruddy “Angkor Wat”
People category
Winner: An Nguyen “An ethnic woman working on her loom”
An’s shot was taken in the Central highlands of Vietnam in 2015.
Runner up: Mark Orton “Pulling in the morning's catch”
Food Category
Winner: Samanali Garagoda Arachchige “Cray on the potatoes”
Samanali’s photograph is of a meal of crayfish and chips from The Fish Wife in Moeraki in April 2023.
Joint runner up: Ian Dougherty “Spoiled for choice”
Joint runner up: Gina Evatt “Hastings pumpkins”
