Best Action Photos of 2016

Red Bull Illume is, according to Red Bull, “the world’s greatest international photography contest” dedicated to action and adventure sports. Bringing in entries from over 120 different countries and looking at the recently announced winners it is hard not to agree that Red Bull have a point.

Over 5,500 photographers submitted 34,624 images for the 2016 competition with the overall winner receiving a massive €40,000 voucher from Japanese electronic consumer goods company Yodobashi and numerous category prizes from companies such as Sony, Broncolor, Tamrac and G-Technology.

Having so many entries Red Bull drafted in 55 photo editors to whittle down the submitted images to 11 category winners and one overall winner.

Have a look at the winning images and let them inspire you to go out with your camera and take some amazing sports and action images!

The overall winner is: Lorenz Holder

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Category: Mobile
Photographer: Vegard Aasen

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Category: Wings
Photographer: Micky Wiswedel

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Category: Spirit
Photographer: Dean Treml

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Category: Close-up
Photographer: Denis Klero

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Category: Energy
Photographer: Luke Shadbolt

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Category: Sequence
Photographer: Daniel Vojtech

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Category: Lifestyle
Photographer: Jody Macdonald

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Category: Enhance
Photographer: Dean Treml

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Category: New Creativity
Photographer: Ale Di Lullo

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Category: Playground
Photographer: Lorenz Holder

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