Water wonderful sight! Widowed penguins consoling each other and shoals of mobula rays are among the top images from the annual Ocean Photography Awards Nadia Aly scooped top prize for her wondrous shot of an aggregation of mobula rays off the coast of Mexico The Oceanographic Magazine competition received more than 3,000 submissions from across … Read more
Truly, a sight for lockdown-weary eyes. These mesmerising panoramic shots have been revealed as the winners and shortlisted entries in the 2020 Epson International Pano Awards. This year the competition received 5,859 entries from 1,452 professional and amateur photographers in 96 countries – a record for its 11-year history – who were competing for thousands … Read more
Kate Middleton has shared a series of touching photos of contributors to her lockdown photography project Hold Still posing beside their portraits. The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, launched the community project in May and invited people of all ages from across the UK to submit a photographic portrait which they had taken during lockdown. Last week the … Read more
Butterflies and moths, snails and slugs and all other bugs also had their own categories with everything from a tug of war between two ants, a mirrored snailand a swallowtail butterfly winning top prize. Over 5,000 images were submitted from around the globe, competing for a total prize pool of £23,000. The judging panel contained … Read more
Butterflies and moths, snails and slugs and all other bugs also had their own categories with everything from a tug of war between two ants, a mirrored snailand a swallowtail butterfly winning top prize. Over 5,000 images were submitted from around the globe, competing for a total prize pool of £23,000. The judging panel contained … Read more
The Aerial Photography Awards invited photographers from around the world to submit their best photos – using drones, helicopters, kites, balloons, or airplanes – to win $10,000 ($7,663). And it’s clear the entrants pulled out all the stops. The competition, promoted via photopublicity.com, received thousands of entries from 65 participating countries, with 106 pictures commended … Read more
Stunning new photography book highlights the amazing architecture of the world’s most extraordinary buildings The book, called Urban Geometry by Andrés Gallardo Albajar, is brimming with stunning architectural photos It is described as a ‘journey through the urban geometry that forms the spatial soundtrack to our lives’ The pictures were taken in 20 cities across the … Read more
From big surf to big cats: The stunning early submissions in the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards Organisers of the Sony World Photography Awards 2021 have offered a glimpse at some of the entries so far They include a powerful shot of a lion, a charming image of a penguin and an epic Icelandic mountain … Read more
The winners of the prestigious Paris Photography Award have captured the beauty and tragedy around use from a feeding whale in Mexico to the frenzy of a coronavirus ward. The Photographer of the Year Award was presented to Alberto Giuliani whose series of portraits titled, ‘San Salvatore,’ captured front line medics during hellish shifts at the … Read more
What does travel mean to you? Perhaps it means a margarita by a hotel pool in Marbella. Or eating an ice cream in the rain in Blackpool. Or buying a scratch card on a Ryanair flight. To the photographers who entered the Agora #Travel2020 contest the meaning of travel is a little more… epic. When … Read more