Tuesday, May 03, 2011
UK photographer Colin Roberts has been named this year's International Garden Photographer of the Year, it has been revealed.
Roberts won for his sunset image of wildflowers growing near the sea at Widemouth Bay, in Cornwall. The image won first place in the Wildflowers category before being named the overall winner of the competition.
Roberts was also awarded third place in the Wildflowers category for his photograph Viper’s Bugloss, and Highly Commended awards for Sainfoin Meadow and Cow Parsley. As the overall winner of the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, which is now in its fourth year, Roberts wins a £5,000 prize.
"The judges all agreed that Colin's photograph, entered in the Wildflowers category, embodies what IGPOTY is all about - great photography and an inspiring celebration of plants," said IGPOTY organiser Philip Smith.
Elsewhere in the competition, US photographer John Grant won the Best Portfolio Prize for his portfolio Fairy Tales and Reveries, which is a collection of six images of plants and flowers that explore the theme of movement and passage of time.
Roberts won for his sunset image of wildflowers growing near the sea at Widemouth Bay, in Cornwall. The image won first place in the Wildflowers category before being named the overall winner of the competition.
Roberts was also awarded third place in the Wildflowers category for his photograph Viper’s Bugloss, and Highly Commended awards for Sainfoin Meadow and Cow Parsley. As the overall winner of the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, which is now in its fourth year, Roberts wins a £5,000 prize.
"The judges all agreed that Colin's photograph, entered in the Wildflowers category, embodies what IGPOTY is all about - great photography and an inspiring celebration of plants," said IGPOTY organiser Philip Smith.
Elsewhere in the competition, US photographer John Grant won the Best Portfolio Prize for his portfolio Fairy Tales and Reveries, which is a collection of six images of plants and flowers that explore the theme of movement and passage of time.
The award, which is sponsored by the Royal Photographic Society, gives john an RPS Gold Medal and a cash prize of £2,000.
Fifteen-year-old Jamie Unwin has won the Young Garden Photographer of the Year award for his image Little Mouse on some Wild Wheat, in which Jamie was able to get very close to his subject.
Other first-place winners include Mandy Disher in the Plant Portraits category, Brad Mailer for People in the Garden, Marianne Majerus in Garden Views, David Chapman for Wildlife in the Garden and Leszek Paradowski in the Trees category.
To see each of the category winners' images, scroll through our gallery above. To see more of the IGPOTY 2011 finalists and read photographers' bios, visit the IGPOTY website.
Fifteen-year-old Jamie Unwin has won the Young Garden Photographer of the Year award for his image Little Mouse on some Wild Wheat, in which Jamie was able to get very close to his subject.
Other first-place winners include Mandy Disher in the Plant Portraits category, Brad Mailer for People in the Garden, Marianne Majerus in Garden Views, David Chapman for Wildlife in the Garden and Leszek Paradowski in the Trees category.
To see each of the category winners' images, scroll through our gallery above. To see more of the IGPOTY 2011 finalists and read photographers' bios, visit the IGPOTY website.
Sea Thrift Flowers, Colin Roberts - Overall winnerImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Viper's Bugloss, Colin Roberts - Third place, WildflowersImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Cosmos atrosanguineus ‘Choca Mocha’, Mandy Disher - First place, Plant PortraitsImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Garden Jumper, Brad Mailer - First place, People in the GardenImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Abstract Impressions of a Secret Garden, Marianne Majerus - First place, Garden ViewsImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Tadpole, David Chapman - First place, Life in the GardenImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
The Beech with a Human Face, Leszek Paradowski - First place, TreesImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Fairy Tales and Reveries, John Grant - First place, PortfolioImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Fairy Tales and Reveries, John Grant - First place, PortfolioImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Fairy Tales and Reveries, John Grant - First place, PortfolioImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Fairy Tales and Reveries, John Grant - First place, PortfolioImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Little Mouse on some WIld Wheat, Jamie Unwin - First place, Young Photographer of the YearImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Autumn leaf, Olegas Kurasovas - First place, Four Seasons: Autumn ShapesImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Frozen Beauty, Tom Wundrak - First place, Four Seasons: Winter BeautyImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
In flight, Lotte Christina Andersen Pedersen - First place, Four Seasons: Insect BeautiesImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
Beech leaves, Colin Varndell - First place, Four Seasons: Spring Into LifeImages courtesy of International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011
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