July 12, 2013

Travel Photographer of the Year – the best shots from 2003-2012

To mark its 10th anniversary, the Travel Photographer of the Year show is displaying winning images from the last 10 years at this year's summer exhibition in London. Which is your favourite?

TPOTY winners: Miami beach, Florida — 2003 winner Miami Beach, Florida
Photograph: Peter Adams Photograph: Peter Adams/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Children playing, Sabah, Malaysia — 2004 winner Indigenous Bajau children playing off Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia
Photograph: Pang Piow Kan Photograph: Pang Piow Kan/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Egg sharing, Havana, Cuba — Winner 2005 'Got any eggs?' Havana, Cuba
Photograph: Lorne Resnick Photograph: Lorne Resnick/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Everest Region, Nepal — 2006 winner A bird descends through the mist to land on a chorton (stupa) in the Khumbu valley, Nepal
Photograph: Julian Love Photograph: Julian Love/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Finnmark Plateau, northern Norway — 2007 winner Finnmark plateau, northern Norway
Photograph: Cat Vinton Photograph: Cat Vinton/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Francois lake, British Columbia, Canada — 2008 winner Aspen trees and shoreline in winter at Francois lake, British Columbia, Canada
Photograph: Darwin Wiggett Photograph: Darwin Wiggett/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Riding a train in Dhaka, Bangladesh — 2009 winner Going home at the end of the day in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The train can not accommodate everybody so the extras perch on the roof. Though some passengers prefer the roof for the simple reason that they don't have to pay
Photograph: GMB Akash Photograph: G.M.B.Akash/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Djenne Mosque, Djenne, Mali — 2010 winner The Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali
Photograph: Larry Louie Photograph: Larry Louie/TPOTY

TPOTY winners: Painted village, Burkina Faso — 2011 winner Life in Tiébélé, the painted mud village of the Gurunsi people in southern Burkina Faso
Photograph: Louis Montrose Photograph: Louis Montrose/TPOTY

TPOTY: Eiffel tower, Paris — 2012 winner Paris, France. 'French privacy laws now dictate that I had to ensure that no one was recognisable in the images,' says the photographer, 'which led me to the idea of silhouettes against an iconic background' Photograph: Craig Easton/TPOTY

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