Photos of Last Northern White Rhino on Earth Wins Travel Photo Contest

Matt Growcoot
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Overall winner and Travel Photographer of the Year 2022 — Najin is one of two northern white rhinos left in the world, she is seen here with her caretaker Zachary Mutai in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya | Matjaz Krivic/www.tpoty.com

A photographer who documented the companionship between one of the world’s last two remaining northern white rhinos and her keeper has won Travel Photographer of the Year 2022.

From the 20,000 pictures submitted to the competition, Slovenian photographer Matjaz Krivic’s images of 33-year-old Majin in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya stood out for the judges.

Highly commended in the cultures portfolio — A wrestler in inner Mongolia with traditional costumes | Li Yushan/www.tpoty.com
Highly commended in the Smart Shot category — Taken on an iPhone 12 Pro Max of a friend in an astronaut costume on a beach in Iceland | Dimitar Karanikolov/www.tpoty.com
Special mention in the Art of Monochrome category — Wildebeest crossing the Mara river in Tanzania | Artur Stankiewicz/www.tpoty.com
Special mention in the Art of Monochrome category — A chimpanzee in an orphanage for the primates on Pongo-Songo island, Cameroon | Quim Fybregas Elias/www.tpoty.com
Highly commended in the Green Planet, Blue Planet category— Penguin chicks find refuge in Antarctica as they try to avoid leopard seals | Scott Portelli/www.tpoty.com
Runner up in the Art of Monochrome category — A lone zebra crossing the dry salt pans in Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana | Dana Allen/www.tpoty.com
Best single image in the deserts and rainforests portfolio — El Cono Arita in Argentina. A strange geological formation in the desert of Salar de Arizaro | John Seager/www.tpoty.com
Highly commended in the cultures portfolio — Image taken in Ausangate, Peru | Nicholas Castermans/www.tpoty.com
Winner of the Art of Monochrome category — Two polar bears courting each other while enduring a blizzard in Van Mijenfjorden, Svalbard, Norway | Roie Galitz/www.tpoty.com
Overall winner and Travel Photographer of the Year 2022 — Northern white rhinos are all but extinct with the last males dying several years ago. Najin is one of the last two remaining females | Matjaz Krivic/www.tpoty.com
Runner up in the Young Travel Photographer of the Year category — A heron flies off with a skink in its beak in the Masai Mara, Kenya | Rohan Shah/www.tpoty.com
Highly commended of the Art of Monochrome category — Men and boys herd goats in Ethiopia | Trevor Cole/www.tpoty.com
Best single image award in the Art of Monochrome category — African elephants in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe | Dana Allen/www.tpoty.com
Special mention in the Green Planet, Blue Planet category — A snowy owl in Stratford, Connecticut | Yaron Schmid/www.tpoty.com
Special mention in the Art of Monochrome category — Horses panicked by a gale in Heilongjiang, China | Cui Zhoufan/www.tpoty.com

The photos will be on display outside Arnos Vale in Bristol, England between May 1 and May 31 this year.

The winning shots can all be viewed in the online winners’ gallery at tpoty.com.

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