Travel nominee

Off-season travel has its rewards. In this long exposure composition, a lone traveler looks through the viewfinder of his phone to capture the raw power of a waterfall in Alaska during early winter when no crowds are in site. The challenges of this exposure involved capturing the traveler in stillness as the photograph was a long exposure of the gigantic waterfall crashing to the ground and the small motion-less human figure helped add perspective and scale.

Brian Rivera Uncapher is a U.S. based natural world photographer specializing in photographic techniques that include panning, long exposure/filter combinations, and subject/environment relationships. With a knack for understanding the technical details of why and how things work and then fine tuning those details into his art, Brian makes photographs that connect the viewer to the emotion of wildlife and the aesthetic of nature's biodiversity. Despite his travels to remote locations around the globe, Brian's work has leaned towards highlighting the rich biodiversity found in the North American continent and hopes his work will serve to highlight its beauty and urgent need for environmental conservation in a world where most species are racing extinction. Brian's compositions have been recognized by Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards as well as various other organizations, including the United Nation's Biodiversity Initiative, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Audubon Society, and the Alaska Wilderness League. His recent photograph of the skin patterns of an Iguana won the top award in the Art Wolfe Photography as Art Competition.