# EPSON International Pano Awards

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".

## 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.
The winners of the awards are selected by a panel of judges which mainly consists of eminent photographers from various countries. Jeff Mitchum, Karl Strand, Mark Handy, Mel Sinclair, Abe Blair, Juan Pablo de Miguel, Adam Williams, Anna Gibiskys, Isabella Tabacchi, Darren Moore, Thomas Erh, Aaron Spence and Bill Bailey are some notable photographers who have been part of this panel.
In 2020, it received a record 5,859 entries from 1452 professional and amateur photographers in 96 countries.

## Competition

The competition consists of three main sections — Open, Amateur and VR/360, both the professional and amateur 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 highest combined score from their three photographs, all of which must place in the top-50 and at least one in the top-10, are declared the overall winners in the open and amateur sections. The other awards are judged according to the type of image such as stiched, aerial and vertical images. Additionally, It publishes a list of the top-50 photographs of Nature and Build categories in both the Open & the Amateur sections.

## Past recipients
### Main awards

| Year | Open Awards | Open Awards | Open Awards | Amateur Awards | Amateur Awards | Amateur Awards | VR/360 Award |
| Year | Overall | Built Category | Nature Category | Overall | Built Category | Nature Category | VR/360 Award |
| 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) |
| 2024 | Kelvin Yuen (Hong Kong) | Nguyen Tan Tuan (Vietnam) | Kelvin Yuen (Hong Kong) | Diego Manrique Diez (Spain) | Danny Au (Hong Kong) | Diego Manrique Diez (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) | Not Awarded | Marsel van Oosten (Netherlands) |
| 2017 | Mads Peter Iversen (Denmark) | Nate Merz (USA) | Not Awarded | Luka Benini (Italy) |
| 2018 | Colin Sillerud (USA) | Stefan Thaler (Australia) | Not Awarded | 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) | Not Awarded |
| 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) |
| 2024 | Nguyen Tan Tuan (Vietnam) | Tom Putt (Australia) | Michael Stringer (Australia) | Nickolas Warner (USA) |

### Special awards

| Year | Highest Scoring Image Awards | Highest Scoring Image Awards | Highest Scoring Image Awards | Highest Scoring Image Awards | Highest Scoring Image Awards | Highest Scoring Member Awards | Highest Scoring Member Awards |
| Year | 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 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Jorze Sanchez (USA) | Not awarded | Chris Collacott (Canada) | Adrien Huang (USA) | Thomas Erh (Brazil) |
| 2014 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Doglas Peebles (USA) | Not awarded | Alexander Vershinin (Russia) | Denis Gadbois (Canada) | Christoph Simon (UK) |
| 2015 | Dmitry Moiseenko (Russia) | Not awarded | Yuri Pustovoy (Russia) | Not awarded | Wojciech Kruczynski (Poland) | Dennis Ramos (USA) | Gregor Polster (Germany) |
| 2016 | Hans Strand (Switzerland) | Not awarded | Jason Denning (UK) | Ivan Turukhano (Russia) | Anique Ahmed (UAE) | Laurent Lacroix (Spain) | Markus Matern (Germany) |
| 2017 | Javier de la Torre (Spain) | Not awarded | Akira Matsui (Japan) | Mads Peter Iversen (Denmark) | Not awarded | Marcio Cabral (Brazil) | Marcio Cabral (Brazil) |
| 2018 | Kevin Krautgartner (Germany) Zay Yar Lin (Myanmar) | Not awarded | 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) |
| 2024 | Kelvin Yuen (Hong Kong) | Shuchuan Liu (China) | Oliver Wehrli (Switzerland) | Yuan Yukan (China) | Ethan Su (Taiwan) | Elliot McGucken (USA) | Peter van den Wyngaert (Belgium) |