Rescue Dogs and Dozing Puppies: Winners of the Dog Photography Awards

Jan 12, 2023

Winner of the Portrait and Landscape category — A border collie and avalanche rescue dog pokes its nose into powdered snow. The photographer lay down with the camera in a small ice cave to get this shot | Dalia Fichmann from Switzerland

The adorable winners of the 2022 Dog Photography Awards have been announced.

There four categories for the 2022 Dog Photography Awards were: Portrait and Landscape, Studio, Action and Dogs, and People. The winners of each category received €500 ($542) each and global recognition.

“This year’s winners are some of the most beautiful dog images you will ever see,” the event’s organizers write.

“For this year’s edition, we received about 1400 applications from 50 different countries.”

Winner of the Dogs and People category — A dog and dog owner, captured in a railway museum | Sabrina Theden from Germany

Winner of the Action category — A dog performs on an agility course. Photo taken on a Sony a9 at 1/2000th of a second | Francesco Junior Mura from Italy

First place in the Studio category — The photographer says she was trying to “do something from the norm.” | Su Kaye from the United Kingdom

Runner up of the Portrait and Landscape category — Amber the Dalmatian on one of her first walks since two leg operations | Sophia Hutchinson from the United Kingdom

Second place in the Studio category — This photo of a Yorkshire terrier is called ‘Mimi’s Backstory’ | Jane Thomson from Canadaa

Third place in the Portrait and Landscape category — A Greenland puppy enjoys some playtime. Greenland dogs are sled dogs whose numbers are reducing because of climate change | Joanne Liu from Canada

Third place in the Action category — A dog jumps with its reflection visible in Norway | Julia Haßelkuß from Germany

Third place in the Dogs and People category — A DJI Mavic Air 2 drone captures the photographer’s partner walking the dog on the beach | Russell Charters from Australia

Third place in the Studio category — A tiny sleeping puppy | Daniela Schmid from Germany

Second place in the Action category — A dog chases a frisbee at sunrise | Kjara Kocbek from Slovenia

Second place in the Dogs and People category — Taken on a Canon 6D Mark II and a Sigma 85mm | Sarah Ebner from Switzerland

For news on the 2023 competition head to the competition’s website.

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