Epson has announced the winners of 2025 International Pano Awards. The overall winner of the 2025 Open Photographer of the Year and the Nature/Landscape category is Alex Wides (Alessandro Cantarelli) from Italy for his entries Last Fireworks, Jackpot and Mann.
Describing Last Fireworks, Wides said, “As the sun went down, the sky literally exploded. Layer after layer of clouds lit up, painting the desert with fire and gold. Using my Sony A7 IV with a fisheye lens on a tripod, I captured a full multi-exposure sequence at f/8 and ISO 100, rotating carefully around the nodal point to create a seamless 360° panorama.”
Fieldwork
Wides is an Italian fine-art landscape photographer known worldwide for his pioneering work in extreme panoramic landscapes. Through years of experimentation and fieldwork, he developed a unique panoramic technique capable of merging multiple perspectives into a single immersive vision.
The Epson International Pano Awards has grown and continues to be the largest global competition for panoramic photography as it showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide. As always, entrants this year competed for thousands of dollars in cash and hardware prizes from main sponsors Epson Australia and Epson Southeast Asia.
Creativity
In addition to their creativity, these entries must show excellence in digital post processing as well as exceptional photographic technique.
The winner of The Epson Digital Art Prize 2025 was Daniel Viñé from Spain who commented on his image saying, “In this coastal village of Vietnam, survival is woven in silence. These women, working in morning shade and salt-laden air, are the unseen guardians of sustenance. The nets they mend are not mere tools, but lifelines binding sea and community together.”
Epson Australia MD, Craig Heckenberg, said, “The Pano Awards entries are always exceptional and this year the creativity has truly been taken to the next level. It’s great to see so many more wide and ultra-wide panoramic shots this year, a format close to our hearts, as they are able to be truly and properly represented by Epson wide-format photo printers. The Pano awards entrants are an inspiration for all photographers of all skill levels. At Epson we pride ourselves on embodying innovation and creativity, hence why we continue to support and sponsor these unique awards.”
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