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Two pictures by music photographer Afra Gethoeffer Gruetz: Evan Seinfeld from American hardcore band Biohazard, on the left, and Yukina, the singer of the band Hanabie, headbanging during her show.
"I don't plan my shots – I react to what I get," says double award-winning music photographer who captured hardcore bands Biohazard and Hanabie on stage

By Niall Hampton Published

Award winner Afra Gethoeffer Gruetz won the Event Photography Awards' inaugural Black and White category, and shared top honor for Music Events – Performers

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Leica LOBA 26 Finalists
From professional wrestler to photography's top prize! Meet the winners of the 2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award

By Sebastian Oakley Published

News Leica just awarded €40,000 to a former professional wrestler turned photographer, and his story is remarkable

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Headless chicken bags Event Photographer of the Year 2026 title… "The photograph tells it all: it was a very, very hot day and I felt so bad for this poor young girl"

By Niall Hampton Published

News Marc James wins a hatful of trophies at the Event Photography Awards 2026, and a cash prize of US$1,350/£1,000/AU$1,900

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Man cleaning inside of empty wine vat looks up towards entrance of the vessel at the top of a ladder. A bucket hands via a rope from the entrance above.
“The light was extremely scarce and that was the greatest difficulty in getting the shot” – major wine photography contest winner explains the difficulty he had shooting his award-winning image

By Alan Palazon Published

News As the Louis Jadot Wine Photographer of the Year Award 2027 opens for entries, last year’s winner reveals how, while immersed in darkness inside an enormous vat, he captured his commended image

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Crab protecting embryos.
Armed with just a compact camera, housing, and a light, a diver returned to the same spot multiple times. Finally, a crab emerged in a “rare moment of maternal care,” snagging major honors

By Alan Palazon Published

OCEAN Italian photographer Andrea Michelutti captured the intimate scene of a harlequin crab tending to her cluster of embryos, earning honors at the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards

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A green parrot perched on a tree trunk amid falling rain, with a blurred forest in the background
"I visited this magical yet desolate mountain landscape. Some of the country’s last wax palm forests survive here" – Award-winning photographer captures threatened Yellow-eared Parrot in Colombia

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS The capture of a Yellow-eared Parrot in Colombia's natural valley in the Cañón del Río Anaime, Tolima, wins a major award, shining a spotlight on wildlife conservation

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Pitbull wearing crown made of newpaper.
Does this pitbull look “dangerous” to you? “No” says 2026 International Dog Photographer of the Year

By Alan Palazon Published

NEWS Katie Brockman was this year’s overall Dog Photography Awards winner with a thought-provoking shot of her pitbull, Caldwell, questioning the “dangerous” narrative that often defines this breed

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A translucent ribbonfish with a shimmering pink and blue body swims upwards against a black background, trailing long, fine filaments from its fins as glowing salps drift around it.
On a dark March night off the coast of Japan, a ghostly ribbonfish trailing gossamer filaments rises through a swarm of salps. Photographer Mitsuna Kawai was there to capture it – and her camera choice was inspired

By Tom May Published

NEWS Mitsuna Kawai's blackwater portrait of a ribbonfish among salps won the Ocean Unseen category of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026; here's how

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A powerful rhino trudges through a grassy field, surrounded by birds in flight against a dramatic black-and-white sky
Fancy trying your hand at judging a photography competition? Cast your vote in this major monochrome contest

By Alan Palazon Published

NEWS The Exposure One Photographer of the Year contest has opened the People’s Vote for its 2026 competition. Check out these amazing black-and-white images, and pick your favorite

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A brown bird with wings spread flies through a dark, mossy forest
"As my companions caught up with me, the cave came alive in an explosion of fluttering wings. I had a nasty fall on the river rocks on my return trip, but my knee pain vanished when I saw this photo"

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS Award-winning photographer tells the story behind his honored image in major bird photography competition – and the challenges behind the capture

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