Honorable Mention / 2024 / Portraiture / Culture

Sorting out the nets

A Vietnamese woman inspects her fishing nets as the beautiful morning light illuminates them.

Watching the scene was mesmerizing as the light beautifully caught the folds of the nets as the lady held them to look through them.

Julian Elliott has been a professional travel photographer since late 2010 when he started writing for a variety of British photography magazines.

He started selling stock photography through the now defunct Photo Library before signing a contract with the world-renowned Getty Images where his work has sold in 40 countries and counting.

Julian currently spends the majority of his time travelling mostly in Asia to countries such as Vietnam, Nepal and Japan.

He runs photography tours to a variety of destinations in Asia as well as in Europe.