The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has announced the winners of its Rewilding Europe Award 2025. The award recognizes the most compelling photography capturing Europe’s recovering wild landscapes and wildlife, demonstrating the power of photography to tell stories of resilience and conservation across the continent.
Girls Who Click (GWC), a San Francisco Bay Area–based nonprofit founded by award-winning wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas, has opened applications for its flagship Ambassador Mentorship Program, with entries accepted until October 13. The organization is dedicated to helping young girls and women become powerful, influential nature photographers.
The Analog Sparks 2025 International Film Photography Awards celebrate analog photography as a medium and elevate the best film photographers worldwide.
The 2025 Astrophotography Prize has revealed its field of winners, a competition dedicated to the "education and the continual improvement of astrophotography."
Photographers worldwide entered over 25,000 images into this year's Bird Photographer of the Year competition, and Canadian wildlife and nature photographer Liron Gertsman took the grand prize and £3,000 in cash for his incredible portrait of a frigatebird silhouetted against last year's total solar eclipse.
Some photographs happen in an instant. Others take years to arrive. For more than a decade, I carried a very specific picture in my mind: a lion at complete ease, drinking from still water, everything calm and in balance. I knew how it should look, the light, the posture, the mood, but in the field, the moment always slipped away.
A filmmaker has put the new iPhone 17 Pro to the test and created a beautiful 4.2K short video of San Francisco, capturing amazing colors and dynamic range for a smartphone.
London, one of the great metropolises of the world, has been around since the days of Ancient Rome and continues to change, expand, and shift.
The 15th annual Nikon Small World in Motion winners showcase the world's best and most dynamic microscopic videography. The first-place video shows the self-pollination of a thymeleaf speedwell, while another prize-winning video captures actin and mitochondria in mouse brain tumor cells, demonstrating the diversity of the microscopy on display this year.
While some photo competitions allow for liberal image manipulation and even artificial intelligence, there is none of that in the Natural Landscape Photography Awards which has just announced its winners.
Los Angeles-based photographer Aldo Chacon has brought a contemporary vision to the 30th anniversary of the iconic Got Milk? campaign, capturing thousands of portraits across California.
The 15 winners of the 2025 Spotlight Awards have been announced, a competition that celebrates commercial photography and its practitioners.
Modern photography is often defined by speed, filters, and fleeting trends, yet Kerwin Mallari has carved a distinctive path by focusing on stillness, intuition, and the subtle beauty of everyday life. Surrounded from an early age by his father’s extensive collection of photographs, he developed a profound appreciation for the stories that images can tell.
It's no secret that the British are obsessed with the weather; therefore it should come as no surprise that the country hosts the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2025 Competition.
After the finalists of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025, now it can be revealed that Indonesian-based macro photographer Yury Ivanov has been named the winner for his vibrant image of two synchronized 'ladybugs of the sea.'
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy used a specially designed solar telescope attached to an astronomy camera to capture a unique image of a SpaceX rocket blasting off into orbit in front of the Sun.
The winners of the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards have been announced, with the competition crowning 15 still image winners.
We spoke with Aga Karmol, a UK-based fine art equine photographer, to explore how she combines classical fine art techniques with her love of horses to create her striking signature images.
Street photographer Phil Penman is most associated with New York City having lived there since the early 2000s. But for his latest project, he expanded his gaze to all around the world.
Timelapse photographer Kirill Neiezhmakov has turned his attention to Valencia, using clever transitions to tell the story of the Spanish city.
Italian photographer Gianluca Rubinacci transforms vast landscapes and night skies into emotional narratives. A master of the panoramic composition, Rubinacci shares his journey and insights with PetaPixel.
National Geographic's new documentary series, Top Guns: The Next Generation, combines thrilling visuals and takes viewers inside the U.S. Navy's elite aviation program. Here's how the team brought the incredible sights and sounds of fighter jet training to the small screen.
Photographer Nicole Tung uses her camera to expose powerful, important stories from the hidden world of Southeast Asia's fishing industry, shining a light on the industry's human and environmental costs.
The winners of the seventh annual Minimalist Photography Awards show that less is more, sometimes much more. Over 2,600 photographers from more than 50 countries entered this year's contest, each demonstrating the exceptional creativity in modern minimalist photography.
The world-famous Abbey Road Studios has announced the nominees for its 2025 Music Photography Awards.
French photographer Ben Thouard has built an acclaimed career by capturing water's power and poetry. His stunning images are a visual love letter to the sea.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 contest showcases the best astronomical and night sky images of the year, captured by exceptional photographers worldwide. This year's winning photos include spectacular shots of distant galaxies, unique images of the Sun, magical nightscapes on Earth, and much more.
A photographer who has spent over 20 years documenting California's Yosemite Park has pulled together an incredible collection of wildlife photos for a new book.
Making a movie of any kind, scripted or otherwise, is a massive endeavor. Not only do you need to assemble the right team, but you also need to figure out budgets, manage every shooting day carefully, and prepare for every eventuality. So while the PetaPixel team may have the camera and editing skills, the multitude of other factors usually preclude us from actually making a movie. So, when the opportunity was presented, we jumped on it.
The International Pet Photography Awards has revealed its winners, with Katie Brockman taking home the top prize for her creative portfolio.
Kristina Makeeva transforms everyday life into visions of wonder, blending fairy-tale imagination with real-world travel and storytelling. From Russian folklore to dreams of photographing the cosmos, she invites viewers into a world of wonder.
A photographer with a passion for hidden details in the natural world takes compelling photos of "overlooked" insects.
With the upcoming blood moon eclipse this weekend, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has revealed a unique image he took during the last total lunar eclipse earlier this year.
A photo of a leopard seal with its jaws wide open has taken home the top prize in the Underwater Awards Australasia 2025.
Stephen Shore is most famous for his instantly recognizable photos of Andy Warhol and his superstars at the Factory in New York, but before that he was a literal child wandering the streets with a camera.
A psychedelic inside-out macro view of a cauliflower soft coral has been named the winner of the 2025 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year.
State fairs are a trademark part of the American Summer experience. Many have fond memories of going to their local fair, partaking in fried foods, and trying their luck at challenging fair games to win big, fun prizes. Photographer Carlos Gonzalez went to the Minnesota State Fair to get portraits of fairgoers with their precious prizes, capturing the magic and wonder of fairs.
While many teenagers are absorbed in screens, Denat Lahi spends his nights and early mornings tracking foxes and pine martens.
The UK-based Association of Photographers (AOP) has announced the finalists for its 40th Photography Awards.
Photographer Michael McWeeney captures the beauty in everyday life with a style and approach that combines documentary photography, photojournalism, and fine art. Through his lens, he aspires to capture life with unerring honesty.
18-year-old British photographer Jacob Brown was recently photographing local wildlife in Lythan Saint Annes, United Kingdom, when he nearly became the victim of a theft by a very unusual suspect: a goose.
The Natural History Museum in London unveiled a first look at 15 of the breathtaking photos that are in the running to win the 61st Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, including a lion staring down a cobra, a pack of Arctic wolves, and bats flying through the dark toward the camera.
Dustin Edward Arnold moves fluidly between titles: designer, photographer, and creative director. At the center of his practice is an instinct to reshape how we perceive objects, images, and stories, elevating commercial work to fine art.
One night in 2018, I was viewing the international space station through a telescope in the observatory of Helsinki. Suddenly, I looked into the opposite direction and there, for the first time ever, I would see the northern lights dancing over the city below. The experience was otherworldly and I wanted to see them again and again.
20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans claiming 1,833 lives -- one of the worst U.S. disasters of all time.
The new season of National Geographic's "Limitless" with Chris Hemsworth follows the star actor as he explores different ways that everyone can live better, healthier lives.
A chance encounter with a family of adorable quolls has led one photographer to explore a hidden world of light that some animals emit when ultraviolet light is shone on them, known as biofluorescence.
The Black and White Photo Awards have revealed the winners of its 2025 competition, showcasing the enduring appeal and expressive depth of monochrome photography.
Sometimes photographers are forced to rush their shot as the scene changes in front of them. But imagine if the very camera they were using was literally melting, forcing the photographer to hurry before their equipment disappears entirely.
The International Photography Awards (IPA) announced the main category winners of its 2025 competition, honoring talented amateur and professional photographers across 11 categories.