The Golden Turtle photography contest was a flooded by 1,500 photographers from 37 countries that submitted over 18,000 images for the contest, the fifth year for the russian event. The awards for the contest were handed out to 10 Russian photographers, one Hungarian and one Lithuanian. The winning pictures can be found below or at the exhibition is open in Russia from March 27 to April 24, as the Russian Geographical Society announced.
Read MoreMorten Koldby is an advertising photographer based in Aarhus, Denmark. He does mostly branding, corporate identity, lifestyle and a little fashion & food photography for work.Morten studied at the Danish school of Photography, and assisted two established photographers in Denmark for 4 years, prior to starting his own company.
Read MoreWilliam and Mattew Burrard-Lucas are brothers from the UK with a shared passion for wildlife photography. They had been taking photographs seriously since 2004 and in this time they had been fortunate enough to travel to many remote and wild locations around the world from Botswana, Tasmania, Jordan, Barbados, Indonesia or Machu Picchu. They have received numerous awards for our work and have had our images displayed in the Natural History Museum in London and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
Read MoreMartin Usborne started his photographic career after a number of years working as a creative director in children's TV (which included dressing up as a furry white alien). Before that he studied psychology at Edinburgh University and then animation at Glasgow School of Art.
Martin thinks there is something magical about looking through the lens and capturing a bit of the world. 'You see an interesting array of shapes - people passing in front of a strangely coloured wall and -click- its yours forever. Its so easy it shouldn't be allowed'.
Read MoreLars Van De Goor is an experienced photographer from Netherlands that prefers to shot trees and ancient forest in an unusual way. Lars was recently nominated for an Hasselblad Master Awards at the Landscapes/Nature Category. We wish him good luck!
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