The NPOTY People’s Choice Award 2022

The judges of the Nature Photographer of the Year-contest 2022 (NPOTY) had to choose from almost 21,000 breathtaking, beautiful and stunning images which were submitted in the NPOTY-contest of 2022. The members of our jury could only select 60 images… But there were so many more fantastic images entered in the NPOTY-contest!

So, for the second time in row we’ll organise the NPOTY People’s Choice Award. The jury members of the NPOTY-contest of 2022 selected 23 images for our People’s Choice Award.

Thousands of people voted on the images during this first People’s Choice Award! We are very happy with this result and that we are able to feature these photos.

The winners of the People’s Choice Award 2022

The overall winner of the People’s Choice Award, which means the photo with the highest number of votes chosen by the public is:

Thomasz Szpila (Touch)

The runner up is:
Mano Aliczki (Window to the Saltpan)

The 3 highly commendeds are for:

• Simone Baumeister (Two Owls on the Church)
• Dag Røttereng (White Tailed Eagle in Heavy Snowfall)
• Alex Pansier (Stuck in Life)

OVERALL WINNER PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
THOMASZ SZPILA | TOUCH

HIGHLY COMMENDED PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Simone Baumeister | Two Owls on the Church

HIGHLY COMMENDED PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Alex Pansier | Stuck in Life