Apocalypse

• Prize
  Silver in Nature/Wildlife
• Photographer
  Siar Umut Yildirim

Mount Erciyes hosts one of the most epic voyages in the world on its foot... The combination of pure nature and yilki horses represents pure magnificence.

Siar is an engineer with a deep-rooted love for travel, drawn to the stories within places and the moments they hold, preserved through photography. During the 2020 COVID lockdown, this passion was more openly shared, evolving from a personal journey into international recognition. Within a year, Siar’s photographs were recognised in competitions - from New York to Moscow, Paris to Tokyo - and featured in The Times, The Telegraph, and Smithsonian Magazine. What began as simple recognition evolved into a quiet honour in capturing fleeting, often unnoticed moments.