20 Winners Of Dog Photography Awards

From a whimsical sequence chronicling a canine’s ears from pet to grownup, to breathtaking motion pictures and deeply emotional portraits, the Dog Photography Awards has introduced the winners of its 2025 photograph competitors celebrating the artistry and humor of canine photographers and the extraordinary range of man’s greatest buddy.

Chosen from hundreds of entries throughout 48 international locations, together with the United States, China, Australia, Italy and Finland, the profitable photos seize the sweetness, resilience and irresistible attraction of canines in all their varieties — playful, proud and profoundly loyal.

ForbesCute, Funny, Amazing Dog Photos: 20 Winners Of Dog Photography AwardsBy Cecilia Rodriguez

Celebrating the Best in Dog Photography

Now in its fifth 12 months, the Dog Photography Awards continues to focus on the sweetness and downright goofiness of canines by means of 5 primary classes:

Portrait, Action, Studio, Dogs & People, and Documentary — with a brand new Open class added for 2025.

Each profitable picture tells a singular story, from canines caught mid-air in joyful movement to quiet, soulful moments that reveal the deep bond between people and their canine companions.

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International Dog Photographer of the Year 2025

This 12 months’s International Dog Photographer of the Year title went to Australian photographer Belinda Richards, a globally acclaimed pet photographer and educator.

Richards, who has additionally gained the Australian Pet Photographer of the Year for 4 consecutive years (2022–2025) and was featured in Forbes this 12 months, is praised for “redefining pet portraiture with her signature blend of humor, empathy and high-end artistry,” in response to the competitors organizers.

Her witty and heartwarming photograph sequence illustrating the expansion of a canine by means of the adjustments of its ears is a intelligent, emotional reminder of how shortly our furry mates develop up.

About Dog Photography Awards

Established in 2021, the Dog Photography Awards welcomes submissions from each beginner {and professional} photographers worldwide, ages 18 and older.

Each 12 months, the photograph competitors shines a highlight on the artwork, storytelling and emotional connection that make canine pictures a beloved type of visible artwork at this time.

Overall Winner Dog Photography Awards

‘I Am All Ears’ is a playful sequence following a canine’s progress from pet to grownup by means of the years and thru the adjustments of its ears.

Action And Open Category Winners

A contemporary reimagining of The Last Supper, this picture is a composite of greater than a dozen separate pictures. “My goal was to not just pay homage to an iconic piece of art, but to also showcase the unique personalities of all the pets I have been fortunate enough to photograph,” says Kate Brockman.

Dog’s Justice: They will comply with you blindly. They do not choose. Love them and deal with them nicely. They deserve nothing much less.

A photographic experiment to painting the colourful dance of this extraordinary duo, their synergy is so magnetic it attracts the house round them into the rhythm of their movement.

Documentary And Portraits Outdoor

A staff of sheepdogs, a fox terrier and a German Short-haired Pointer, wait patiently as their proprietor does a farm job that does not require their assist. The Quad bike with trailer is a well-liked mode of transport for groups of working canines in New Zealand.

This extraordinary shot captures canines working down the mountain in Territorio de Zaguates (Land of the Strays) in Costa Rica — with practically 2,000 canines, the biggest canine sanctuary on the earth.

There are some 200 million stray canines worldwide, dwelling in vastly completely different situations. While some are cared for by their communities, most aren’t as fortunate.

Angelica Brioness has visited and documented the work at canine sanctuaries world wide, from Hawaii to Costa Rica to Thailand: “Each place is unique, but all share one goal: to offer dogs safety, dignity, and a chance at a better life.”

A lone white shepherd canine stands on a pale stone staircase, gazing upward right into a dreamlike expanse.

A Lurcher canine freezes in a frieze-like pose in entrance of a seventeenth century doorway.

As possession of Greyhounds was previously restricted to the aristocracy, commoners confronted extreme punishment for possessing such canines. Commoners evaded the restriction by breeding the Lurcher, a cross between a Greyhound and a working breed that was drafted for poaching recreation.

Dogs And People In Dog Photography Awards

Rescued from a hoarding state of affairs in Las Vegas, Petunia now thrives in Eugene, Oregon, as an envoy for the Luvable Dog Rescue web site. She is in coaching to turn into a remedy canine, a job nicely suited to her calm and affectionate nature.

With her putting resemblance to Yoda, this portrait was imagined as each a tribute to her resilience and a playful nod to her otherworldly presence.

No want for phrases. In that quiet closeness, all the pieces is already recognized. Love, in its purest kind, asks for nothing — it merely is.

“Dogs are like shadows, they follow us everywhere,” says Tony Hertz. So he showcased the relationship with “a shadow selfie with my dog Lolly. Self-portraits are a testimony of our companionship while we seek more awareness in our world.”

Honorable Mentions Dog Photography Awards

“I wanted to create an image that could capture the friendship between humans and dogs and make my daughter look back on the playful, loving friendship she had with our dog,” explains Natalie Genberg about an image that truly reflects the saying ”man’s (or in this case, girl’s) best friend””

The Overall Winner photograph and all of the class Winners and Honorable Mentions of the Dog Photography Awards 2025 may be seen here.

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