Competitions
Dog Photography Awards
This year’s competition received around 1400 submissions from 50 countries. The criteria for a winning image were the dog’s body language, camera settings, composition, artistic choices and post-processing. The 2022 jury consisted of six photographers, including Dog Photography Awards creator Audrey Bellot.
The Dog Photography Awards is an annual, open-to-all competition dedicated to canine lovers. Entrants choose from four categories – portrait and landscape, action, studio or dogs and people – with each awarding a €500 prize. The 2022 winners were Dalia Fichmann (The Avalanche Rescue Dog), Francesco Junior Mura (She Is Bagheera), Su Kaye (Things Are Looking Up) and Sabrina Theden (Unconditional Love), respectively. For The Avalanche Rescue Dog, Fichmann buried herself under snow and waited for search dogs to find her – a daunting prospect, but worth it for the image. Mura captured She Is Bagheera at an agility competition in Italy, Kaye took the unique Things Are Looking Up in her studio and Theden photographed Unconditional Love at a railway museum.
HAVE A GO! › Open to All levels › 2023 closing date TBA › 2022 entry costs €15 per photograph (no limit to entries/categories) › Website dogphotographyawards.com
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF Last year’s contest ran from 13 July to 30 November 2022, with the finalists announced in late December and prizes awarded in January 2023
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