Grand Prize Winner
Lakshitha Karunarathna
Sri Lanka
Lakshitha Karunarathna's "Swinging time" has been voted the winner of Africa's Photographer of the Year's 2018! His photo was taken on safari in the Maasai Mara.
Capture Africa
Vittorio Ricci
Italy
Vittorio Ricci's "thirsty zebras at the waterhole having a night drink' has been voted the winner of Africa's Photographer of the Year's 'Capture Africa category! His photo was taken in October 2016 in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal. Vittorio walks away with the quarterly prize of the SWAROVSKI OPTIK CL Companion 10x30 Wild Nature Binoculars, valued at $1,400.
February - March Winner
Arnfinn Johansen
Norway
Hunted.
Paolo Torchio
Kenya
The last moments of the hunt. Everything will be decided by any small hesitation from one side or the other.
Marc Gengler
Luxembourg
Elephant sunset.
Alexander Sattler
France
Tony, I meet this Namibian guy, at the border between Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Roaring Lions & Big Cats
Lakshitha Karunarathna
Sri Lanka
Lakshitha Karunarathna's "Swinging time" has been voted the winner of Africa's Photographer of the Year's 'Roaring Lions & Big Cats' category! His photo was taken on safari in the Maasai Mara. Lakshitha walks away with the quarterly prize of the SWAROVSKI OPTIK CL Companion 10x30 Wild Nature Binoculars, valued at $1,400.
April - June Winner
Paolo Torchio
Kenya
THE TAIL. Two playful cheetahs, one log in the savannah and the carefull watch of the mother revealed only by the tail in the frame.
Geran de Klerk
Cape Town, South Africa
Cyrus the Leopard. This was sadly one of the last photos taken of Cyrus before he met his fate against a pack of hyenas in the Kruger National Park.
Manuel Graf
Germany
Touched by the last rays of sunlight.
Geran de Klerk
Cape Town, South Africa
A fierce lioness staring into the lens while devouring a giraffe.
Wildlife Portraits
Ifham Raji
Sri Lanka
Ifham Raji's "jackal with his share' has been voted the winner of Africa's Photographer of the Year's 'Wildlife Portraits' category! Ifham walks away with the quarterly prize of the SWAROVSKI OPTIK CL Companion 10x30 Wild Nature Binoculars, valued at $1,400.
July - September Winner
Andrew Tudor Morgan
South Africa
A beautiful female leopard imitating a meerkat in the Serengeti.
Jacha Potgieter
United Kingdom
Wondering about the future. Western Lowland Gorilla at Dzanga Sangha, Central African Republic.
Andy Howe
United Kingdom
Male Cheetah.
Christopher Misztur
Australia
On my way.
Africa off the Beaten Track
Shyamala Thilagaratnam
Singapore
Shyamala Thilagaratnam's "In Turkana, Northern Kenya - where boys do men's work from a young age' has been voted the winner of Africa's Photographer of the Year's 'Off the Beatern Track' category! Shyamala walks away with the quarterly prize of the SWAROVSKI OPTIK CL Companion 10x30 Wild Nature Binoculars, valued at $1,400.
October - December Winner
Vinaya Mohan
United Arab Emirates
Adorable wild.
Vittorio Ricci
Italy
Open spaces in Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.
Simon Smith
South Africa
See it to believe it.
Michele Cabria
Italy
Patiently waiting for dinner.
