Horizons Honored: Award-Winning Landscapes of 2025 - Wild Eye Magazine

By Selina Sahba | January 2026

As we say goodbye to 2025, we’d like to draw attention to some of the outstanding landscapes from the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards.

The competition recognizes outstanding landscape photography from around the world, honoring work distinguished by vision, technical excellence, and a strong sense of place.

American photographer J. Fritz Rumpf was named International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2025, the competition’s highest honor, for a portfolio of four images praised for its consistency, clarity of vision, and restrained emotional impact. Rumpf had previously been honored in the 2024 competition.

Now in its twelfth year, the competition received more than 3,600 submissions from photographers worldwide. In addition to the main titles, judges awarded five Special Subject Awards, recognizing excellence across distinct landscape disciplines.

Peter Eastway, Chairman of the Judges, noted the importance of perseverance in landscape photography, emphasizing that this year’s winning portfolio reflected “a deep understanding of patience, persistence, and determination, grounded in the strength of the images.”

Congratulations to the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year winners!

Photographer of the Year (Portfolio of Four Images)

First Place: J. Fritz Rumpf (United States)
Second Place: Karol Nienartowicz (Poland)
Third Place: Joyce Bealer (United States)

Photograph of the Year (Single Image)

First Place: Lukas Trixl (Austria)

Special Award Winners

Black and White Award: Torsten Pull (United Kingdom) 
Seascape Award: Jeroen van Nieuwenhove (Iceland) 
Snow and Ice Award: Kung-Fu Li (Taiwan) 
Stormy Sky Award: Dennis Hualong Zhang (Armenia) 
Lone Tree Award: Benjamin Barakat (Switzerland)

For more information, visit
www.internationallandscapephotographer.com

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