James Rushforth

Rushforth has gained significant professional merits as a photographer and also as a writer. His book series on the Dolomites[2] have been favored by several reviewers.[5][6][7] Two of his publications were shortlisted as finalists for the Guidebook category at the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2015 and 2017.[8][9] Rushforth was consecutively named in 2018 and 2019 as Photographer of the Year by the British Guild of Travel Writers.[10][11] Rushforth has participated as an invited judge at photo contests, such as those by Viewbug[12] and the Australian Society of Travel Writers.[13] An extensive interview with the author was published in 2019.[14]

Several of Rushforth's images have been featured in newspapers including The Guardian,[15] The Times,[16] The Mirror,[17] and The Telegraph, where they have twice been selected among the Pictures of the Day.[18][19] In 2019 National Geographic included his "sailing image in Greenland" amongst their favourite out of 10 million.[20]

Photos taken by Rushforth that have been honored at contests include:

• The image Sunset at the Tre Cime was doubly awarded at the 2014/2015 Marmot Photography Award, the jury described the work as "technically impeccable, spot-on composition and exposure, and real depth".[21]
• Walking High in the Dolomites gained an Honorable mention at the 2016 Siena International Photo Awards (travel).[15]
• At the Lucie Awards (IPA), Honorable mentions were adjudicated to the pieces Mary's Shell by Night (Night Photography, 2016), Haifoss Sunset (Landscape, 2018),[22] and Highlining in the Dolomites (Extreme Sport, 2018)
• Making the exposed traverse on pitch 4 of ‘Via ‘Myriam’ earned the author First place in the Digital Splash Photographer of the Year 2018 competition, simultaneously with first places in the sport and landscape categories.[23][24]
• Dreaming of Iceland received Silver Prize at the Tokyo Photo Awards, 2018[25]
• Crater Row saw Rushforth awarded at the International Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2019,[26] gained him second place in the drone category of the 2019 International Photo Awards,[27] and won Drone Photographer 2020 at the British Photography Awards competition.[28]
• The image Not your regular crevasse has been repeatedly awarded with prizes, including the Marmot Photography Awards in 2018 (Winner of the Expedition Category),[29] the Bronze prize in Nature/Earth at the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie in Paris, 2019,[30] and the IPA Award 2018 (Special and Travel / Tourism category winners).[31]

• James Rushforth´s website