Contests
Sharing the winners and work of interesting photography contests everywhere, professional and amateur alike.
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An epic photo of a leopard seal eating a penguin wins the 2021 World Nature Photography Awards
2022 World Press Photo Contest regional winners announced
These are the funniest wildlife photos of 2021
Hasselblad is accepting entries for its Hasselblad x You photography competition
Mentor Series: Sylvie Collier Captures Vietnam in Blue
Our favorite finalists from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
The year’s best smartphone photography
Check out these powerful images from the winners of the 2022 Leica Women Foto Project
Dreamy vistas dominate the 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards
Crikey! Critters large and small rule Australian Geographic’s 2021 photo awards
The 30 emerging photographers to watch in 2022
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Ephemeral auroras and playful galaxies: these are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
Reader-submitted graffiti & street art photos showcase a cacophony of color
Venture high in the sky with the winners of the 2022 Drone Photo Awards
From majestic migrations to bullish brawls, these are the Bird Photographer of the Year winners
A closer look at some of Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite cameras
B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome
Scales, feathers, or fuzz: Show us your best pet portraits
Freeze! The week’s best reader-submitted still life photos
Fruit bowls and floral arrangments: Show us your best still life photos
Reader-submitted graffiti & street art photos showcase a cacophony of color
Photo challenge: Show us your favorite shots of graffiti or street art
It came by happenstance: Reader-submitted photos of serendipity
Sweet serendipity: Show us your favorite unexpected photos
JPEG jumble: the week’s best reader-submitted photos
Free falling: We want to see your favorite subject
Portraits from the Summer of Love, and four other photo book picks
Riffing off vs. Ripping off – When does inspiration become plagiarism?
The New Look of Lifestyle Photography
Gear Trend: The Gold Standards For Street Photography
How professional photographers take snapshot photos
The State of Street Photography: How Has the Digital Era Changed a Classic Discipline?
Images of a Generation: 25 Year Timeline of What Mattered Most in Photography
How Is The Growing “Capture Everything” Attitude Changing Photography?
This $15 Lace Dress Is One of the Trendiest Portrait Photo Props Around
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Laugh it up fuzzball – the year’s funniest pet photos
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Venture high in the sky with the winners of the 2022 Drone Photo Awards
From majestic migrations to bullish brawls, these are the Bird Photographer of the Year winners
B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome
Adventures in the outback: Winners of the 2022 Australian Geographic photo awards
See the tempestuous finalists of the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards
Parasitic zombie fungus takes first prize in BMC Ecology & Evolution photo competition
Into the wild: a selection of the year’s best nature photos
Less is more: See the winners of the Minimalist Photography Awards
Catch the action of the year’s best sports photography
We can’t stop laughing at these hilarious pet photos
Space rocks and fighter jets: NASA shares its photographers’ best images
Birds of a feather: Show us your best avian photography
Feast your eyes on these brilliant astronomy photos
