Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 winners announced

And the winner is… After many months of jaw-dropping submissions, endless deliberation, and animated debate, Africa Geographic is proud to announce the winners of Photographer of the Year 2025.

Find out who this year’s Photographer of the Year winner is here: https://africageographic.com/stories/photographer-of-the-year-2025-winners/

This year, a theme emerged across Photographer of the Year’s entries as if directed by nature itself: motion. Whether it was a lanner falcon swooping through a cloud of startled finches, a spoonbill shaking off water droplets during a bath, the quiet gaze of a gorilla following the flight of a butterfly, or a leopard shaking off a summer rainstorm, our photographers captured fleeting moments of action frozen in time.

Africa Geographic would like to thank our generous partners for this year’s competition, Ukuri and African Parks, for supporting this celebration of Africa. The overall winners, runners up and their partners will enjoy an Africa Geographic safari exploring the primal forests of Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the remote north of Congo-Brazzaville – in search of lowland gorillas, forest elephants, forest buffaloes, bongos and much more. Read more about the Photographer of the Year 2025 prizes here: https://africageographic.com/photographer-of-the-year/2025-prizes/

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