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The competition comprises of three main sections — ''Open'', ''Amateur'' and ''VR/360'', both the professional and non-professional photographers are free to take part in the Open & the VR/360 sections.
The competition comprises of three main sections — ''Open'', ''Amateur'' and ''VR/360'', both the professional and non-professional photographers are free to take part in the Open & the VR/360 sections.


The judging panel for the respective section selects the best image in two sub-categories — Built and Nature, except for the VR/360 section. The individuals with the maximum scoring points earning from any of their three photographs, with all of them placed in top-50 & at least one image in top-10, are declared as the overall winner in the open & the amateur sections. The other awards are judged accordingly to the nature of the images such as stitched, aerial and vertical images.
The judging panel for the respective section selects the best image in two sub-categories — Built and Nature, except for the VR/360 section. The individuals with the maximum scoring points earning from any of their three photographs, with all of them placed in top-50 & at least one image in top-10, are declared as the overall winner in the open & the amateur sections. The other awards are judged accordingly to the nature of the images such as stitched, aerial and vertical images.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepanoawards.com/competition-rules
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==Past recipients==
==Past recipients==

Revision as of 19:24, 28 September 2024

The International Pano Awards (also known as The EPSON International Pano Awards for sponsorship reasons) are an annual set of awards presented by Epson Australia to recognise and honour the professional and the amateur photographers for their excellent work in the genre of panoramic photography. it is often described as the "world's largest panoramic photography competition".[1][2]

History

In 2009, David Evans created The International Pano Awards with the support of Epson Australia and, launched in the following year with ESPON as its title sponsor. later, Epson Southeast Asia joined them in 2024.[3]

Competition

The competition comprises of three main sections — Open, Amateur and VR/360, both the professional and non-professional photographers are free to take part in the Open & the VR/360 sections.

The judging panel for the respective section selects the best image in two sub-categories — Built and Nature, except for the VR/360 section. The individuals with the maximum scoring points earning from any of their three photographs, with all of them placed in top-50 & at least one image in top-10, are declared as the overall winner in the open & the amateur sections. The other awards are judged accordingly to the nature of the images such as stitched, aerial and vertical images.[4]

Past recipients

Main awards

Year Open Awards Amateur Awards VR/360 Award
Overall Built Category Nature Category Overall Built Category Nature Category
2010 Bill Leigh Brewer (USA) Bill Leigh Brewer (USA) Roy Samulsen (Norway) Cynthia Hedgecock (USA) Bernhard Hartmann (Denmark) Cynthia Hedgecock (USA) Not awarded
2011 Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia) Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia) Sussanne Weissenberger (USA) Bo Struye (USA) Bo Struye (USA) Christian Baeuchle (Denmark) Ignacio Ferrando (Spain)
2012 Craig Bill (USA) Peter Blakeman (Australia) Craig Bill (USA) Sergey Semenov (Russia) Sergey Semenov (Russia) Anita Erdmann (Canada) Eric Herrmann (USA)
2013 Timo Lieber (UK) Dmitry Moiseenko (Russia) Timo Lieber (UK) Garry Schlatter (Australia) Ralf Regeer (Australia) Garry Schlatter (Australia) Dmitry Moiseenko (Russia)
2014 Dennis Ramos (USA) Dennis Ramos (USA) Ben Neale (Australia) Ben Neale (Australia) Jesus M. Garcia (Spain) Ben Neale (Australia) Dmitry Moiseenko (Russia)
2015 Max Rive (Netherlands) Darren Murray (UK) Max Rive (Netherlands) Mateusz Piesiak (Poland) John Finnan (Australia) Mateusz Piesiak (Poland) Dmitry Moiseenko (Russia)
2016 Alex Noriega (USA) Xose Casal (Spain) Alex Noriega (USA) Nicholas Roemmelt (Austria) Andreas Paehge (Germany) Nicholas Roemmelt (Austria) Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia)
2017 Jesus M. Garcia (Spain) Javier de la Torre (Spain) Jesus M. Garcia (Spain) Darren Moore (UK) Darren Moore (UK) Ray Jennings (Australia) Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia)
2018 Veselin Atanasov (Bulgaria) Daniel Eisele (Germany) Veselin Atanasov (Bulgaria) Nathaniel Merz (South Korea) Peter Li (UK) Nathaniel Merz (South Korea) Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia)
2019 Mieke Boynton (Australia) Abdulla Al-Mushaifri (Qatar) Mieke Boynton (Australia) Carlos F. Turienzo (Spain) Daniel Trippolt (Austria) Carlos F. Turienzo (Spain) Lukasz Czech (Poland)
2020 Matt Jackisch (Canada) Colin Leonhardt (Australia) Matt Jackisch (Canada) Juan Lopez Ruiz (Spain) Juan Lopez Ruiz (Spain) Carlos F. Turienzo (Spain) Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia)
2021 Joshua Hermann (USA) Mark Brierley (Australia Joshua Hermann (USA) Daniel Trippolt (Austria) Florian Kriechbaumer (UAE) Daniel Trippolt (Austria) Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia)
2022 Jinyi He (China) Peter Li (UK) Jinyi He (China) Florian Kriechbaumer (UAE) Carlos Solinis Camalich (Spain) Florian Kriechbaumer (UAE) Oleg Gaponyuk (Russia)
2023 Jose D. Requelme (Spain) Cao Ky Nhan (Vietnam) Jose D. Requelme (Spain) Merche Llobera (Spain) Hung Chang Lin (Taiwan) Merche Llobera (Spain) Marcio Cabral (Brazil)

Additional awards

Year Digital Art Prize Curators Award Nikon Award Stiched Image/Raw Planet Award
2015 Darren Moore (UK) Not Awarded Not Awarded Not Awarded
2016 Marsel van Oosten (Netherlands) Rodney Trenchard (Australia) Marsel van Oosten (Netherlands)
2017 Mads Peter Iversen (Denmark) Nate Merz (USA) Luka Benini (Italy)
2018 Colin Sillerud (USA) Stefan Thaler (Australia) David Thompson (UK)
2019 Mark Gray (Australia) Simon Roppel (Switzerland) Danny Tan (Australia) Not Awarded
2020 Manish Mamtani (USA) Armand Sarlangue (France) Alan Mathieson (Australia)
2021 Manuel Carmona (Spain) Max Rive (Netherlands) Ray Jennings (Australia) Marsel van Oosten (Netherlands)
2022 Juan Lopez Ruiz (Spain) Judith Kuhn (Germany) Craig McGowan (Australia) Joshua Hermann (USA)
2023 Swee Choo Ho (USA) Krzysztof Browko (Poland) Jon Vause (Australia) Teo Chin Leong (Singapore)

Special awards

Year Highest Scoring Image Awards Highest Scoring Member Awards
Aerial Image Smartphone Pano Film Capture Vertical Image Gigapixel Image IAPP Member IVRPA Member
2011 Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Denis Tremblay (Canada) Ignacio Ferrando (Spain)
2013 Jorze Sanchez (USA) Chris Collacott (Canada) Adrien Huang (USA) Thomas Erh (Brazil)
2014 Doglas Peebles (USA) Alexander Vershinin (Russia) Denis Gadbois (Canada) Christoph Simon (UK)
2015 Dmitry Moiseenko (Russia) Yuri Pustovoy (Russia) Wojciech Kruczynski (Poland) Dennis Ramos (USA) Gregor Polster (Germany)
2016 Hans Strand (Switzerland) Jason Denning (UK) Ivan Turukhano (Russia) Anique Ahmed (UAE) Laurent Lacroix (Spain) Markus Matern (Germany)
2017 Javier de la Torre (Spain) Akira Matsui (Japan) Mads Peter Iversen (Denmark) Not awarded Marcio Cabral (Brazil)
2018 Kevin Krautgartner (Germany)
Zay Yar Lin (Myanmar)
Zay Yar Lin (Myanmar) Peter Li (UK) Isabella Tabacchi (Italy) Marcio Cabral (Brazil) Yuqing Guo (China)
2019 Mienke Boynton (Australia) Roberto Soares-Gomes (Brazil) David Tacon (Australia) Jesus M. Chamizo (Spain) Dieter Meyrl (Germany) Yoshihiko Wada (Japan) Sergey Semenov (Russia)
2020 Manish Mamtani (USA) Tyler Lekki (USA) Not Awarded Muhammad Rahman (Australia Jason Denning (UK) Blake Randall (Canada) Pietro Madaschi (Italy)
2021 Gheorghe Popa (Romania) Andrew Dickman (Australia) Oliver Wehrli (Switzerland) Peter Harrison (Australia) Yaz Loukhal (Switzerland) Tom Sheckels (USA) Peter van den Wyngaert (Belgium)
2022 Jinyi He (China) William Lekki (USA) Rainer Roth (Switzerland) Peter Li (UK) Jinyi He (China) Elliot McGucken (USA) Bin Sun (China)
2023 Spencer Cox (USA) Chang Di (Taiwan) Michael Lees (USA) Shuchuan Liu (China) Marek Biegalski (Poland) Blake Randall (Canada) Obed Garcia (Spain)

References

  1. ^ "The Winners of the World's Largest Panoramic Photo Contest". Newsweek. 14 November 2018.
  2. ^ "The Epson International Pano Awards". Epson Australia.
  3. ^ "About Us". thepanoawards.
  4. ^ "Competition Rules". thepanoawards.