Photography
Winner Chris Howes
The River Cave of Xe Bang Fai
Xe Bang Fai river cave, Laos
What the judges said...
‘Once again a clear outright
winner. Even if you saw
millions of caving images,
which you don’t, these
would be very powerful
images. Technically very
demanding to set up, with a
clear mastery of technique,
equipment and vision. His
use of models is spot on. I
can imagine some of these
images would have taken a
long time to set up, but boy
is the end result worth it.’
Tham Bing, Laos
20 Outdoor focus | winter 2018
Judges Dave Willis,
professional mountain
sport photographer, and
Ashley Cooper, renowned
environmental photographer