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18 Splendid Winners From the British Photography Awards

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Matt Growcoot
A split image showing a skateboarder jumping through a ring of fire on the left and four dachshunds dressed as British royal guards standing on a road lined with Union Jack flags on the right.
Photos by Ethan Fraser, left, Andrew Raven, right.

The British Photography Awards, a competition open to every photographer based in the U.K., have announced the winners for 2026.

A glitzy award ceremony took place last night at the Royal Lancaster in London, where the category winners and People’s Choice Awards were handed out.

Winners

A shirtless male singer with spiky hair leaps into the air while holding a microphone stand on a concert stage.
Winner of the Event category. Captured live in Bergamo, Italy, this shot embodies Yungblud’s addictive, chaotic stage energy that defines his shows. Photo by Aggie Anthimidou.
An aerial view shows a winding, serpentine road leading up to a large concrete dam bordering a dark, still reservoir.
Winner of the Drone category. Stwlan Dam, North Wales. Photo by Marc Lock.
A diver in a wetsuit, mask, and snorkel swims through a dense forest of long, thin, orange-brown seaweed.
Winner of the Documentary category. Dan Hawkes, a harvest manager at the Cornish Seaweed Company, free dives off the coast of Coverack, Cornwall, to sustainably cut sea spaghetti. Photo by Brad Wakefield.
A woman in a black turtleneck and a large, wide-brimmed hat poses against a white background in black and white.
Winner of the Fashion category. Photo by Hannah Couzens.
A bride in a lace-trimmed gown and veil stands in an arched stone alcove, embracing her groom who is wearing a dark suit.
Winner of the Wedding category. A couple in Cliveden House. Photo by David Bostock.
A large brown bear stands on a wet surface, holding a small fish in its mouth with water dripping from its fur.
Winner of the Land Animal category. A bear in Alaska with what was left of his fish dinner. Photo by Deborah Russell.
Several plastic cups filled with Budweiser 0.0 beer are splashing and floating in the air amidst falling gold confetti against a blue sky.
Winner of the Commercial: Product category. A project for Budweiser and Budweiser 0.0 celebrating their sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Photo by Jonathan Knowles.
A puffball mushroom sits on a patch of green moss, releasing a large, swirling cloud of brown spores into the air against a black background.
Winner of the Macro category. At the end of its life, a puffball fungus (Basidiomycota) produces a spherical fruiting body with an opening at the top. When it is mature, any impact causes it to release a cloud of thousands of spores which are carried away on the air currents to germinate elsewhere. Two flashguns were triggered by the shutter release to capture the spores in the air. Photo by Claire Waring.
A field of sunflowers under a night sky featuring a vibrant, arched nebula and scattered stars.
Winner of the Low Light category. Sunflowers and the Milky Way galaxy, Dorset. Photo by Josh Dury.
A woman with blonde hair plays a cello in a long-exposure shot that creates a blurred, ethereal motion effect.
Winner of the Self Portrait category. Photo by Rachel Green.
An elderly man in a suit sits on the front steps of a brick house behind a metal fence, with the word "SEX" painted in the foreground.
Winner of the Street category. Captured in Liverpool. Photo by Nicky Johnston.
Four dachshunds dressed in red British royal guard uniforms and black bearskin hats stand in a row on a paved road lined with British flags.
Winner of the Pets and Domesticated category. Four dachshunds dressed as King’s Guards on The Mall, framed by Union flags with Buckingham Palace in the distance. Photo by Andrew Raven.
A skateboarder with dreadlocks and red sunglasses jumps through a circular ring of fire, with spectators watching in the background.
Winner of the Sports category. This photograph was taken during King of Kings, an annual weekend event at Kings Skatepark in Boscombe. Photo by Ethan Fraser.

People’s Choice Award

A view from inside the barrel of a breaking wave looking out toward a sandy beach with rocky cliffs and people walking along the shore.
People’s Choice Award in the Landscape category. A wave breaks on Portucano Beach. Photo by Thomas Harper.
An aerial view shows a person in an orange jacket lying on a black sand beach next to a bicycle, with white ocean waves crashing along the shoreline.
People’s Choice Award in the Event category. Shot in Iceland. Photo by Mat Price.
A polar bear swims in dark water, resting its front paws on a small, floating piece of ice surrounded by scattered ice chunks.
People’s Choice Award in the Water Life category. A polar bear balances on the edge of a drifting iceberg in East Greenland, continuing the watchful hunting behaviour I had observed earlier while it was still on land, scanning the horizon and testing the air for scent. Photo by Rhiannon Lawler.
A person wearing a headlamp walks along a dark, muddy path at night under a glowing red sky.
People’s Choice Award in the Low Light category. An ultrarunner climbs through the night during The Hill Ultra on The Wrekin, Shropshire. Photo by David Miller.
A person in a textured tan jacket embraces another person, gently touching their cheek, as seen through a train window.
People’s Choice Award in the Street category. Shot in New York City. Photo by Olly Headey.

To see all the winners, and for info on next year’s competition, head to the British Photography Awards’ website.

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