The British Press Photographers’ Association is delighted to announce that Danny Lawson of the Press Association has been named as The Press Photographer of the Year for 2024. In an unprecedented year, Danny also won four out of the ten separate categories as voted for by members of The BPPA.

The BPPA’s Press Photographer of the Year for 2024 – Danny Lawson

Category winners

Arts & Entertainment – Danny Lawson

Business – Danny Lawson

Essay – Stefan Rousseau

News – Danny Lawson

Portrait – Danny Lawson

Royal – Aaron Chown

Sport (action) – Clive Mason

Sport (away from the action) – Adrian Dennis

Sport (major events) – (joint winners) Marc Aspland & Julian Finney

Young Photographer – Jake Lindley

 

Highly Commended

Arts & Entertainment – David Parry

Business – Tony Johnson

Essay – Dan Kitwood

News – Chris Furlong

Portrait – Fabio De Paolo

Royal – Kelvin Bruce

Sport (action) – Julian Finney & Kirsty Wigglesworth

Sport (away from the action) – Michael Steele

Young Photographer – Ryan Jenkinson

 

Over 1400 photographs taken throughout the year were entered into ten categories by photographers working in the UK and abroad. Members of the association were then invited to vote for their favourite entries in each category with members of the board then choosing the overall winning portfolio from the category winners. A competition for press photographers, judged by press photographers.

 

You can view all the Winning and Highly Commended entries in our gallery HERE.

 

Comment from the Chair:

We see the work of British press photographers every day in our newspapers and on news websites and it’s all too easy to take it for granted. Putting this much quality work together from such a wide range of photographers makes it clear that photography is still a premier medium when it comes to communicating what’s happening in the news.

2024 was a stand-out year for sports, we had a general election, civil unrest, extreme weather, a difficult year for the Royal Family and much more. Seeing our photographers respond not only to these big jobs but also finding new and visually compelling ways of approaching typical diary jobs is what sets this year’s winners apart from the crowd.

Once again, the Young Photographer category has delivered a very high standard of work and we look forward to watching them as they continue to progress their careers over the next few years.

I’d like to thank everyone for entering, judging and to the team at The BPPA for their hard work running this competition on behalf of press photographers.

Jamie Lorriman, Chair, The BPPA