2024 Shortlist | British Photography Awards

2024 Shortlist

This is a gallery of all the talented photographers who made it into the shortlist. There are 499 images taken all over the world, showcasing the best of British photographic talent.

Select your favourite from each category and help us choose the People's Choice Award.

Fashion
Low Light Photography
Self Portrait
Architecture
Street
Portrait
Wedding
Food & Drink
Fine Art
Pets & Domesticated Animals
Birdlife
Event
Land Animal
Commercial: Product
Landscape
Macro
Drone
Documentary
Sports
Water Life

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Fashion

"Bonnie"
Baller'
Banksie does RuPaul
CCS Detroit
Chidera, the Golden Trumpet flower of Nigeria
CHRISTEENE
Cloud 9
Don't leat fear kill your Dreams
Dressed to Impress
Fish Out Of Water
Highland Laird
Jada
JOY
Justice
Lady in Red
Lashana Lynch Dancing Among Floating Chairs
Latex elegance
Lucy with Diamonds
Pastel glow
Pearls
Seeing Double
Set me free from the madness
Solitude
Sweet Tooth
Trouble Every Day

Low Light Photography

A Solitary Encounter
Around
Blue Swallow by Neon
Celestial Journey
Cosmic Getaway
DAN WET NIGHT
End of shift
Floor is lava
Hidden In Plain Sight
House of the Dragon
It's raining stars
Just Jane
Key Monastery by Night
Nighttime in Leith
Our Glorious Moon
Passer by
Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237)
Scotland's Northern Lights
Sequin Silhouette in Red
The circle Man
The final frontier
Waterfall of Aurora
Welcome to Nun's Cottage
When Time is Right
Where Rainbows Sleep

Self Portrait

24 Hours
Andy and me
Buckingham Palace
Deconstruct / Reconstruct
Develop, Disintegrate, Decay
Dinners with Daddy G
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
I Am A Photographer!
In Pieces, Yet Whole
Isolation
Loneliness Part 1
Majesty
MENOPAUSE
On the shoulders of giants...
Parallel
Portrait MEniature
Pricey
Running In An Urban Jungle.
Soulful Red
The Death of Creativity
The Fragile
The man of steel
Walking on thin air
Walls Defrosting
What A Feeling

Architecture

A Moment
A Tall Reminder
Abandoned quarry
Art & Science & The Pigeon
Call of the Sea - Malaga
Cloud and Sakura blossom carpet
Damrak at Night
Die Gesellschaft der Zukunft
Facade - Porto, Portugal
Faith
Gaia
Goetheanum
Hiss
Illumination
Intersection
Looking Across
Motorway Icon
Rainbow doors
ROMAN REFLECTIONS
Sir Duncan Rice Library
Stairs
Stairs -The National Library, Jerusalem
The Baltic
The Mexican Wall
Xylophony

Street

A rainy day
A walk in the fog
Chasing Shadows
Cone Head
Cuba versus America
Fido
Hello, Big Ben!
Hot work
Ice cream please
Into the Light
London Bus
Morning Ferry
Neon Lights at Low Tide
Phone Call
Picking your new tartan
Reading between the lines
Silver Lining
Singular
Sunset Gaze
The Conversation
The Euros
The ticket office
Time Waits for No-one
Two by Two
Walking to the edge?

Portrait

Alev is not her diagnosis
Already My Hero
Carl
D Day Veteran 2
Daniel as Cupid
Emanuel
Floral vision
Gordon
Hannah & Ramen
Himalayan Tailor
Ian Roberts Musician and Songwriter
Mad Mike Young - The Hopefuls
Marco, Faces of Leith
Ms Poly Nate
My Little Mermaid
Quiet Contemplation
Sophia
Stephen
The Experiment
The Protector
The Swan King
Trystan
Waiting
Wild Dumping
Zimbarbian Mother and daughter

Wedding

Awaiting
Blue Hour
Bridesmaids view
Coastal Wedding
Confetti Dance floor
Cube
fireworks
Flower Girl
Grandmother's wedding
Just married
Just Married
Little Picker
love and photo-chemistry
Mother & daughter
Our own little bubble
Rainy Wedding Day
So Happy
Taking Daddy's Chair
The Bridal Portrait
The Peaceful Corner in Busy London
The Transfer!
There's always one...
Tiffany
You & I
You Raise Me Up

Food & Drink

A Matter Of Taste #1
Autumn's Bounty: A Toast to Warm Gatherings
Burger & Lobster
Bye bye fries, hey cucumbies!
Echoes of elegance
Eggs Benedict explosion
Finger Lickin' Good
Fish Food
For the love of Salmon
Formans Lobster Scotch Egg
Greek Wrap & Mayo
Hotdogs
Ice Cream Sandwich
Kirlian Strawberry
New Year Celebrations
Pasteii de Nata
Raspberries & Cream
Spice Explosion
Sunlit Citrus Elixir
Surf & Turf Burger
The Cherry On Top
Top Of The Chops
Two Dumplings
Whiskey Reverie: A Toast to Friendship and Flavor
Wrap Yourself Around Me

Fine Art

Action Man Anxiety
Anger Management
Atrophy
Bound
Buried Car, CA
Cain and Abel
Catch
Contrast
Dance for St David's Day
Dreams
Dying Flowers #1
Family
Flooded
Hidden Truth
Liquid Sky
Mother's hand
Quiet the Chaos
Sakura
Sitting
Submerged flower
The cult of beauty
The Wine Maid
Tufted
Whispers of the horizon
Winter coat

Pets & Domesticated Animals

'The Great Escape'
A Dog called Bird
Born in the 80's
Douglas
Droop Dogg
Eye of the storm
Feed Me
Flaming Leap
Frozen Rio
Gaia and her technicolour beach huts
Golden Boe
Head in the clouds
Leaping Mop
Nothing To See Here
Off on an Adventure!
Playful Silhouette
Pondering
Pure Joy
Ramen
Shiva's Steed
Strike a Pose
Synchronised Suckling
The Royal Guard
Zenobia

Birdlife

At the feet of the Emperor
Bass Rock Gannetry At Dawn
Bluetit Rainbow
Buddies
Crested Crane with Chicks
Curlew and Castle
Dalmatian Pelican Early Evening
Emergency Call
Enchanted
Ey Up Mi Duck!
Fish Eagle Takeoff
Gannet Squadron
Golden solo
Immersed in my own world.
It's All in the Detail
Little Owl with Mouse
On Ice
one-sided
Photo Bombed
Preening Puffin
The Oak Leaf Dance
Trying to catch a catch
Up Close & personal.
Walking on water
We three kings

Event

Aarti
Baby Brother
Back in a Minute!
Butchered
Cookie Crumbles
Digital Content
Dua Lipa Glastonbury
Fire Starter
Gurriers, Windmill Brixton
Holly Light
Jack Bessant
Kate and the pillars
Kicking Off
Not the Plan... (2)
Orchestra in the rain
Police Dogs Awards Gloucestershire Police Paul Nicholls.JPG
Reigning
Rural Heritage
Swoon, Tess Parks
Three in Sync
Unleashing the rainbow at 6am
VALENTINO PRIDE
Welcome To The Carnival
Welcome to Utopia
Young prize winner

Land Animal

'A Son's Enduring Love'
A spot of relaxation
Backlit & Bokeh...
Bear Hug
Bloody Bear Fight
Form an orderly queue
Giraffe and calf
Into the Jungle
Jump
Motherhood
Nature's Greatest Bond
Night Watc
Only Connect
Out for a stroll
Rear Guard
Relentless Spirit: The Fierce Shadow of Finland's Wilderness
Sibling rivalry
The day of the jackal
The Evening Patrol
The flute player
The hunt begins...
Through the spindrift
Umbrella
Warthog Lunch
Young Meerkat Discovers Fame

Commercial: Product

Adidas F50, Colombia
Ai-Da
Ali Generation Gold
Alpine Lodge
Are you listening?
Aston Martin BDX707
Bog Trotting
Born Outta Fire
Bremont in Bronze
Brewdog Lost Gold
Cambridge Satchel
CleanCo
Diwali campaign for The Glenrothes
Elevated Sound
eto wine
Footballer Josh Ginnelly poses in a home shirt during a studio shoot, for the 2024-2025 Championship football season, at the Swansea City AFC club shop, Swansea, Wales, UK
Fuji Instax Mini 12 has landed
Getting Piston Gin
Gucci Cruise Collection
Hatchet
Jensen
Lexus UX 300e European launch event
Lipstick Adornment
Russell Transport
Underwater Watch

Landscape

A New World
Balloon Ride
Bird in the Sun Beam
Blackwater 53
Bluebells at Sunrise
Caravan
Castle Crag sunrise
Celestial Frame
Contrast
Desert of Crimes
Ethereal
Greenday
It’s all about the light
Jurassic World
Kingdom of Ice
Lone tree in the Dales
Magical Autumn
Niagara falls, Canada
Patchwork
Princess's Hideaway
Rainbow Mountain
Summer Dew
The Edge of the Glacier
The Little One
Where pixies dwell

Macro

"Evolved"
"The Highland Moth"
A Lighter Way to Enjoy Chocolate
Alien Elegance: The Devil's Flower Mantis
ANT-TENNA
Breaking Down
Camouflage
Cat Tapeworm for Drontal
Common Blue Halo
Damselfly with gerbera daisy as a background
Dew Bead Beetle
Game of Early Thorn
Hidden World
Keeping an eye on the situtation
male-regal-jumping-spider
My iron will go on
Onoto Magna Classic Sterling Silver
organic robot
Puppy Dog Eyes
Sleeping Beeauty
The angel in the marble
THE HUNT
Watery Wasp
We're just playing leapfrog.. honest!
Where are the others?

Drone

Aerial Shot of the palm trees at Cabo de Rama Beach
Croxden Quarry
Fin whale autopsy
First Light over the Buachaille
Furka Pass
Harvesting into the night
Humpback Whales in the Ice
Iceland Painting
Into the Blue
Leafy Landscape
Old Harry Rocks from above
Olvera
Olympics
Petronas Patterns
Potato Ridging
Spring greens
Stairway To Heaven
Standing Tall Above The Clouds
Sunset Sentinel
Switched On
The Labyrinth
The morning catch
The Snake Road
The Tor
Up Creek

Documentary

"I hope no other girl has to go through this"
"You had a bit of a fall"
Arch Tatter
Bedbound
Beneath the Flag
Choose Love
Chronic
Every Joy
Hometown Burning
Into the land of mist and fog
Life imitating art: Atherstone ball game.
My mother Sofia, who suffers with dementia, takes an afternoon nap at her home in Kalamos, Greece
Nailan, Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2024
New Beginnings & an Endless Love
Poppies to Paddington
Protest Fallout
Ramallah, West Bank
Samay At Home
SANDIE RANDLE OF TIBBIWELL ALPACAS VOTING IN PAINSWICK GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAUL NICHOLLS.JPG
Seal Rescue
Stop the War Protester
Stormtroopers arrest
The Hike
The Ties That Bind
Wallpaper of time

Sports

Close Fight
Concentration
EIFFEL TOWER
Flying
Foggy Morning BMX
Gilbert
Glasgow speeding
Graceful
High Speed Reactions
Hyperspace
In the shadow of the palm trees
Polo Tussle
Rafael
Rain on the road
Sadio Mane, who?
Seaglass
Splashdown
Sports Climbing in Leonidio
The Block
The Original Mountain Marathon 2024
Through the waves
Touche
Try Line Tackle
Wheelie Wheelie Fast
Winter warriors

Water Life

Above and Below
Blenny in the beautiful world
Blue Rings in the Spotlight
Bottled Up
Breach for the Sky
Catshark in Kelp
Curiosity
Dreamscape
Fluo Lizardfish
Her last breath at end of life
hide and seek
Hunting Trevally
I've forgotten my way home
Incredible Eye
Mussels
My homeworld
Patterns In The Deep
Peaking through the algae
Sea gooseberry
Shy
Soulful Seal
Surface Tension
Terror Teeth
The last dinosaur
Urchin Brittle