12 April 2015 1 Min Read

April's top 10 travel photos shot by Sunday Times readers

in Lifestyle / photography-competition by Sunday Times Travel Weekly

The locals of a railway slum in Ploenchit district, Bangkok. On her way out for the night, a girl clad in a dress embossed with the Chanel logo makes her way past mothers feeding their babies.

Winner: Sunday Times Travel Photograph of the Month – April 2015.

A trio of women say their morning prayers on the Ganges river in Varanasi, India.

Runner-up: Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Month - April 2015.

Two grim-faced coppers patrol the streets of Camden, one of the British capital's biggest bohemian hubs.

Highly commended: Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Month - April 2015.

- A compelling facial study of an Indian man in a deep-orange turban.

- A small group of commuters are ferried, gondola-style, through the phantasmagorical mists of a fairytale-like Venice.

- The photographer captured this fisherman and his ngalawa (boat) as he was making his way out to sea for the day. Bweju village, southeast coast Zanzibar, Tanzania.

- A geisha on her way to work in the late afternoon, Gion district, Kyoto. "Her calm expression betrays nothing of her inner thoughts. This geisha is beauty and elegance in a busy world," writes the photographer.

- The remote seaside hamlet of Smitswinkel, nestled in the bay on the last bend leading up to Cape Point Nature Reserve, Western Cape.

- A mahout and his elephant, India.

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Here are the winning shots and other top contenders from the April entries in the Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Year Competition

Are you a globetrotter with a penchant for photography? Enter the Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Year Competition and you could win your share of R290 000 in prizes, courtesy of Sunday Times Travel Weekly and Canon South Africa.

How this competition works

• Whether you’re a professional or amateur photographer, you’ll have the opportunity to enter up to 10 of your travel photographs every month up until November 27 2015. We’re looking for knock-out travel photos that capture the essence of any destination on earth.

• Each month a winning photograph will be selected from the entries received. The photographer who snapped it will be named the Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Month and receive a R5 000 cash prize, courtesy of Sunday Times Travel Weekly. Congratulations to April's Travel Photographer of the Month, Sharon Hoffman.

• Each of the 10 monthly winners will also be in the running to be named the Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Year and win one of three grand prizes comprising top camera gear and photo printers from Canon worth a total of R240 000!

• The overall winner, first and second runners-up will be selected by an expert judging panel and announced in December 2015. (Read the full terms and conditions.)

Visit Sunday Times Travel Weekly's Facebook page to see more of this months entries.