When limited to a 3:2 aspect, your photographs can miss the full beauty of a place. Panoramic photos capture whole landscapes, sweeping cityscapes, and the entirety of a night’s sky.
The Epson International Pano Awards celebrate the huge beauty of panoramic with stunning images from Chile to Iceland and New Zealand to New York City. Landscape and aerial Photographer Daniel Viñé Garcia of Spain took top honors as the Open Photographer of the Year for a beautiful photo (seen below) at the Parinacota Volcano in Chile.
“The Sleeping Giant”Open Aerial winner and RAW Planet Award
Parinacota, Chile
Credit: Daniel Viñé Garcia / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Daniel Viñé Garcia
“Parinacota Volcano was one of the main photographic goals of my trip to Chile,” Garcia said in a statement. “Rising to more than 6,300 metres, its distinctive snow-covered cone has an almost perfect symmetry that immediately reminded me of volcanoes such as Mount Fuji. Beside it stands Pomerape, another giant reaching more than 6,200 metres, together forming one of the most impressive landscapes I encountered during the journey. After allowing time for proper acclimatization, I spent three days and three nights at around 4,500 metres above sea level, giving myself the best possible chance of photographing the area under ideal conditions.”
“This image was captured during the final moments of sunset. After one last burst of light, the landscape gradually took on magenta tones, wrapping the volcanoes and the high-altitude lakes in a particularly special atmosphere. The original capture was a 360-degree aerial panorama made from 33 individual exposures. I later refined the framing from the full panorama to concentrate the final composition on the volcanoes, the light, and the shapes of the landscape,” he concluded.
This year’s competition drew 4,084 entries from photographers in 93 countries.
“Cathedral of Starlight”Open Nature/Landscape
El Peñón, Argentina
Credit: Daniel Viñé Garcia / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Daniel Viñé Garcia “My Perfect Night”
Open Nature/Landscape
Antofalla, Argentina
Credit: Daniel Viñé Garcia / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Daniel Viñé Garcia Open category winners “Double arch on Milford Sound”
Open Nature/Landscape winner
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Credit: Mikel Iraeta / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Mikel Iraeta “Center of the Cosmos”
Open Built Environment winner
New York, USA
Credit: Xuecheng Liu / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Xuecheng Liu Amateur Photographer of the Year: Tomás Sánchez Ruiz “Double Arch Over Stokksnes”
Amateur Nature/Landscape winner
Vestrahorn Beach, Iceland
Credit: Tomás Sánchez Ruiz / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards TOMAS SANCHEZ “Wonderful Reflections”
Amateur Nature/Landscape
Vestrahorn Beach, Iceland
Credit: Tomás Sánchez Ruiz / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Tomás Sánchez Ruiz “Westminster Abbey”
Amateur Built Environment
Westminster Abbey, London, England
Credit: Tomás Sánchez Ruiz / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Tomás Sánchez Ruiz Amateur category winners Journey of Life”
Amateur Aerial winner
Lake Magadi, Kenya
Credit: Xuejun Long / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards XUEJUN LONG “Stairs from Earth to Heaven”
Amateur Built Environment winner
Valencia, Spain
Credit: Sebastián Cantos Navalon / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Sebastián Cantos Navalon Special awards “The Rugby Players”
Epson Digital Art Prize
Nyeri, Kenya
Credit: Preeti and Prashant Chacko / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Preeti and Prashant Chacko “Antarctic Nights”
The Curator’s Award
Antarctica
Credit: Max Terwindt / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Max Terwindt “Between Giants”
Highest Scoring Vertical Image
Indian Ocean, Mauritius
Credit: Szabi Nemeth / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Szabi Nemeth “X marks the spot in Shanghai”
Highest Scoring Gigapixel Image
Shanghai, China
Credit: Vitaly Golovatyuk / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Vitaly Golovatyuk “Urban Arteries at Dusk”
Finalist
Damansara, Malaysia
Credit: Chee Gin Tan / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Chee Gin Tan “Silent Guardians of Lake Dowerin”
Finalist
Western Australia
Credit: Ow Terence / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Ow Terence “Setsuri”
Finalist
Setsuri, Hokkaido, Japan
Credit: Francis Leslie Zabala / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Francis Leslie L. Zabala “The Celestial Handover – Moonset and the Rising Milky Way”
Finalist
Western Australia
Credit: Ow Terence / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Ow Terence “Arctic Breath in midnight sun”
Finalist
Greenland
Credit: Viet Bui Xuan / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Viet Bui Xuan “The root of the city”
Finalist
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Credit: Ow Terence / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Ow Terence : “Realeasing Wishes”
Finalist
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Credit: Joseph Goh / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards JOSEPH GOH-INFINITUDE “The Awakening of Bromo Volcano”
Finalist
Bromo Volcano, Indonesia
Credit: Le Hong Ha / The 17th Epson International Pano Awards Le Hong Ha
You can find the full set of 2026 winning and runner-up photographs on the Epson International Pano Awards website.
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