Photo Contest

April 18, 2024

Photo Contest Winners Give a Close-Up Look at the Beauty of Water

In between its annual contest, the Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) runs a special challenge for photographers. This year's theme, Water, sparked a set of inspiring entries, and now the winner has been revealed. Hungarian photographer Tibor Litauszki won for his fascinating photo of an alpine newt feasting on frog eggs. To get the photo, Litauszki used underwater housing and weights to place his camera under the eggs.

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April 8, 2024

15 Delicious Photos From Acclaimed International Food Photography Competition’s Shortlist

Now in its 13th edition, the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year is once again proving that photography can be both artistic and appetizing. The recently revealed shortlist of the 2024 competition highlights a plethora of food-related imagery from around the world. Selected from thousands of images from 65 countries that entered this year's contest, the photos take us from a biker's fast-food burger to the inner workings of a Michelin-starred restaurant.

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March 14, 2024

Incredible Winners of the 2024 British Wildlife Photography Awards

After evaluating over 14,000 images, the 2024 British Wildlife Photography Awards deemed Ryan Stalker‘s photograph of a soccer ball adrift in the ocean the winner. But this is no ordinary soccer ball. Having washed up in Dorset after a journey across the Atlantic, it also transported barnacles that clung to the plastic. Stalker's stunning photo provokes thoughts about how ocean waste can transport invasive living organisms from one place to another.

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