These Photos From Dog Photographer of the Year Competition are Spectacular
Taking a decent photograph of a dog is always a challenge, but taking a great one? That takes extra patience, skill and a little luck. That’s why these winning photographs from this year’s ‘Dog Photographer Of The Year’ competition are so inspiring.
Not only do the photographers capture beautiful pictures of “Man’s Best Friend” but they also remind us why the bond between dogs and humans is so special.
Now in its thirteenth year, the international competition ran by charity The Kennel Club UK received almost 10,000 entries from over 70 different countries around the globe. Picking the photos to recognize was no easy feat.
“Selecting only ten winning images from thousands of remarkable photographs was an incredibly hard task, said Rosemary Smart, Kennel Club Chief Executive. “All of the photographs entered portrayed dogs and their many wonderful characteristics beautifully.”
Here are the winners and runner’s up and we think you will be as impressed as the judges with these stunning photographs.
Monica van der Maden from the Netherlands has been chosen as the overall winner of the competition with an image of Noa the Great Dane seemingly alone in a forest, which placed first in the ‘Oldies’ category, the first time an image from this particular group has been picked as an overall winner.
Monica said: “I am very grateful to be the overall winner of the Dog Photographer of the Year competition. Photography is what I love doing the most. I always try to capture the image of a dog in a way that you can see the emotion in their eyes, when I took this picture in the forest early one morning, Noa looked at her owner and you could feel the love between them.”
Elinor Roizman from Israel won the ‘Dogs at Play’ category with a photo of Lili the Pomeranian chasing a giant bubble on the beach.
Carol Durrant from the UK, who won the ‘Portrait’ category with a stunning image of three Flat Coated Retrievers.
‘Glenturret Autumn Gold’. Crew, Darcie, Pagan (Glenturret) Flat Coated Retrievers
The winner of the ‘Assistance Dogs’ category was Dean Mortimer from Castle Combe, Wiltshire, who captured the unique bond between man and dog as German Shepherd Dog, Rocko comforted his ex-soldier owner who suffers from PTSD.
Tracy Kidd from the UK who won the ‘Dogs at Work’ category with a group shot of spaniels and retriever dogs after a day of working hard.
‘Dolce far niente on a lovely afternoon’. Godji, Portuguese Podengo crossbreed
‘One heart, one family’ Dogs: Dash, Royal, Harley, Ženka, Ryan, Ready, all border collies.
Klaus Dyber from Germany, who won the ‘Puppy’ category with a beautiful image of Ceylin the 3 month-old Italian Greyhound.
Sonya Kolb from New Jersey in the United States was named as the winner of the ‘Rescue Dog’ award for her intimate portrait of a rescued Labrador and his loving new owners.
‘My Best Friend Roxy’. Roxy, German Shepherd Dog
‘The Magic of Reading’. Messi, Golden Retriever
‘Flying Free’. Heidi, merle Chihuahua
‘Springer in the Mist’. Tarly, English Springer Spaniel
‘Simply a ball’. Darcy, Crossbreed (Cocker and Poodle)
‘Divine Connection’. Kodi, 10 years old, Yellow Lab/Golden Retriever mix (working therapy dog).
‘On a Rainy Day’. Nilo, cross breed and rescue dog
‘Waiting Beauty’. Thalia, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
‘Sticking Together’. Beagle mix puppies
‘Happy Girl Rescued’. Rescue dog cross breed (Hungarian Vizsla and Labrador Retriever) named Magda
‘Dinner?’ Dallas, Whippet
Ruby Roo, Golden Retriever
See more of wonderful photographs on the next page.
