Press Photographer of the year 2024 – The Results

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

 

Voting Opens in The BPPA Press Photographer of the Year 2024

The time has come for our members to vote in the Press Photographer of The Year competition. After a last minute rush of entries we’re delighted to open the judging to all fully paid up members of the association.

Unlike many competitions out there where the judging takes place behind closed doors, with ours you see everything, every picture submitted is here for members to vote on. The BPPA exists to promote press photography and this competition is run by photographers for photographers, showcasing the very best out there.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ENTRIES

(we recommend looking on a computer rather than a phone)

All fully paid up members are entitled to vote for each category winner using the voting form which was been sent by email at 9am this morning (Monday 24th February 2025).

Please vote by 23:59 on Sunday 2nd March as we will not be extending the deadline this year. Please vote early to avoid missing the deadline.

Press Photographer of the Year 2024

PPOTY 2024

The British Press Photographers’ Association is delighted to announce the return of The Press Photographer of the Year competition for 2024.

Created by press photographers for press photographers, this unique competition enables images submitted to act as a showcase for the outstanding and unprecedented press photography taken for and used by the UK media.

 Our aim is to demonstrate once again that the still image burns the keenest, fastest impression on the public conscience and is the most effective way to show the world as it really is.

Entries will open for the following categories on Friday January 17th 2025 and close at midnight on Friday 24th January:

News Photographer of the Year
Arts and Entertainment Photographer of the Year
Portrait Photographer of the Year
Royal Photographer of the Year
Business Photographer of the Year
Essay Photographer of the Year
Sport Photographer of the Year – Action
Sport Photographer of the Year – Away from the action
Sport Photographer of the Year – Major Event
 (The Olympics, The Paralympics and EUROS 2024)
Young Photographer of the Year
 (under 25s either in full time photography employment or students studying photography at a further or higher education institution)

Each entry will consist of a portfolio of six images – with the exception of the essay category which will consist of ten images.
Entries must be taken between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024 (inclusive).

Photographs will be showcased on the website with the winners in each category being voted on by members of The BPPA. The winners of each category will then go forward for the chance to win The BPPA Press Photographer of the Year 2024.

The category and overall winners will receive a specially commissioned trophy and the winning photographs will be exhibited online.

For existing members of The BPPA the awards will be free to enter. The competition is also be open to non-members for a one-off entry fee of £25 for entry into all categories.

For full details and entry requirements – CLICK HERE.

Good Luck,

PPOTY Team