Matt Growcoot

Senior News Editor

Matt Growcoot spent ten years as a news photographer in the UK, carrying out assignments for the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, and many others. Aside from shooting breaking news and Premier League soccer, he began to write as well, getting bylines as well as photo credits. Matt has since produced photography-focused books for Penguin Random House and dabbled with video too, with his story-led camera work seen on the BBC, ABC, and NHK.

Articles by Matt Growcoot

Close-up image split in half: left side shows a colorful, microscopic view of branching neurons; right side shows a detailed close-up of a moth’s face with large eyes and feathery antennae.

The Wonderful Winners of Close-Up Photographer of the Year 7

Australian photographer Ross Gudgeon has won the grand prize at Close-up Photographer of the Year 7 for Fractal Forest, an extraordinary underwater image photographed inside a cauliflower soft coral in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. The image earned Gudgeon the competition’s top award and a £2,500 ($3,400) prize.

A collage with three images: a hand holding a revolver, a man with glasses and a black turtleneck, and a person sitting on a chair covered in snow, wearing winter clothes and a cap.

Albert Watson’s Legendary Photos of Cultural Icons

Albert Watson is one of photography’s great image-makers. For more than five decades, his work has moved effortlessly between portraiture, fashion, fine art, and landscape. His work has now been brought together in a definitive monograph titled Albert Watson. Kaos.

On the left, a person in a tall, pointed hooded robe walks at night. On the right, a large cat pounces on a deer-like animal in a mountainous landscape.

Travel Photographer of the Year Inspires Wanderlust

The winning images from the 2025 Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) have been revealed. Athanasios Maloukos' atmospheric photos of the Sema ceremony in Turkey and the Holy Week in Zamora, Spain, impressed the judges enough to see him crowned overall winner.

A large brown bear stands over a fallen elk, resting one paw on the elk’s antlers. The scene takes place in a grassy, wooded area, suggesting a natural wildlife setting.

Wildlife Magazine Forced to Contend With AI Image Submissions

In a world where AI can imitate high-quality photography, nature magazine editors must be more vigilant than ever before -- as is the case for one publication that came close to putting an AI-generated picture on its front cover.