The second Beauty of Tibet photography award recently announced that the top prize was won by Purbu Tashi, a photographer with Xinhua News Agency. He takes away 100,000 yuan (15,000 US dollars) in prize money. / Photo via Photoworld 

Purbu Tashi won over the judges with his photo series “Pastoral Movements on Frozen Lake”, which captured in detail Tibetan’s regular movement to find grazing pastures, from the ice blue sky to the reverent look on Tibetan shepherds’ faces. / Photo via Photoworld

Last year’s gold prize winner, Pu Yongqiang, took second place this year with his black-and-white photo “Wind on Highland”. / Photo via Photoworld

Another silver winner, Ge Qingmin, impressed with the vibrant colors of his image, “Burang Women in Tug-of-war”. / Photo via Photoworld

Chen Yihui won third prize with a black-and-white documentary series “Harvest Season”, a series of images which captured the spirit of this season among Tibetans. / Photo via Photoworld