Competition

From extraordinary macro images to abstract aerial drone shots, water photography can take many forms, much like water itself. In photography social network Agora’s latest contest, H2O is celebrated in a spectacular collection of images.

The winners of this year's Nikon Surf Photo and Video Awards highlight an incredible array of images spanning the entire world. The top prize went to a spectacular shot taken at iconic Western Australian surf spot, The Right.

Photography social network Agora’s latest contest focused on animals in wild natural environments. Indonesian photographer Wibowo Rahardjo took out the top prize with a rare look at an orangutan risking attack from predators to grab a quick drink.

Photographer Florian Ledoux has won the inaugural Nature TTL Photographer of the Year award for a drone shot featuring crabeater seals resting on a floating chunk of ice. Ledoux’s impeccably composed shot beat 7,000 entries from over 100 countries.

Photographer Roger Cox has won the top prize in the Mammal Society’s annual photo contest. The extraordinary image of an urban fox staring down the lens is just one of several superb shots in this small but impressive animal photography competition.

A powerful shot of an osprey snatching its prey from a lake has won the 2020 National Parks Photography Competition, a contest designed to celebrate the natural beauty of the United Kingdom’s 15 National Parks.

If your idea for the perfect vacation is to spend a week in a potato or a shoe, then you may be a good fit for a new competition by Airbnb. It's spending US$1 million to fund the wildest new home ideas from around the globe.

An incredible shot of a chameleon has won the best nature photograph in global photography social network Agora’s latest contest. New Atlas has selected some highlights from the finalists, spanning a sublime array of perspectives on the natural world.

The finalists in the 17th Smithsonian Photo Contest have been revealed, selected from over 36,000 submissions. Here are our picks from the sixty sensational finalist photographs.

One of the largest and most prestigious photo contests in the world has revealed its first wave of 2020 winners. The Sony World Photography Awards National winners focus on the best regional talent across more than 60 countries around the globe.

NASA wants help designing a vital element of a rover that could one day explore Earth’s hellish twin, Venus. The component would allow the rover to safely explore the surface, and must be capable of enduring a brutal alien environment.

In its 9th year the Mobile Photography Awards present an incredible snapshot of photography highlighting how truly sophisticated smartphone camera technology has become. Spanning 20 categories the winners offer a compelling insight into a new medium.