TPOTY Winners

The Travel Photographer of the Year 2011 awards have been announced. The overall winner is Louis Montrose, USA, with a mixed portfolio of colourful African pictures and black and white photos of the Day of the Dead. The winner of the Best Single Image in a Spirit of Adventure Portfolio was Franco Banfi from Switzerland with this outstanding photo under broken ice of a Beluga Whale in the White Sea, Karelia Region, Northern Russia (detail). The Telegraph has posted a slide show of 44 top entries (CLICK). The title link takes you to the TPOTY winners gallery of 152 photos. The exhibition will be at the Royal Geographical Society from 21 June to 19 August 2012.