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

Jonathon Isola, Chandler, Arizona, USA

When Instagram introduced video, many photographers felt sidelined. So street pro Alan Schaller decided to build his own app and created Irys, that puts photographers and still images back in the limelight. He talks to Benedict Brain about building a new photographers’ place online

The AP team are fortunate to be able to view thousands of fantastic images each year. It’s not easy to choose a favourite but here are a few that stuck with us during 2025

Jessica Miller looks back at the winning images from another great year of photography competitions

Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the husband and wife behind CreativeSoul Photography, create high-concept portraits of children across the African diaspora, allowing them to tell their unique stories, as Tracy Calder explains