History Hit, the famous streaming video platform founded by the award-winning British historian Dan Snow, has announced the winners of its 2022 Historic Photographer of the Year competition—and the images are outstanding.
Emblems of the past from around the globe were captured using landscape, urban, and aerial photography in novel ways or from novel perspectives. Five judges, experts in the fields of history and photography, spent three weeks narrowing 1,200 entries from UK residents down to a shortlist of 33 before choosing the three category winners.
Originality, composition, technical proficiency, historical impact, and the story behind the submission were their prime criteria.
Snow said judging the 2022 awards was a personal highlight, reflecting: “It is clear that the stunning entries that make up the shortlist are the product of patience, technical skill, and an awareness of both the past and the present. The creativity and talent on show was next to none.”…