Amateur photographer of the year

Your chance to enter the UK’s most prestigious competition for amateur photographers

If you’re planning to enter our Celebrating Colour round, which launches next week, take these tips from three of last year’s top ten photographers

Round Two People & Portraits

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our People & Portraits category

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Our selection of winning images from the Open Competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2025