The winners of the International Dog Photography Awards 2022 were announced yesterday, out of more than 1,400 entries from 50 countries.
The purpose of the annual competition is to showcase professional, amateur and student dog photographers from all over the world, with the winners chosen by a panel of renowned specialists in dog photography.
There were four categories in the 2022 competition: Portrait & Landscape, Studio, Action and Dogs & People, with first, second and third places in each category.
All winners and finalists can be seen on the awards website.
Bagheera clears the first hurdle in an agility competition in Italy to win the Action category
FRANCESCO JUNIOR MURA
The second place photo in the Action category was taken at sunrise in Slovenia
KJARA KOCBEK
Some blue sky on a foggy day in Norway helped win third prize in the Action category
JULIA HASSELKUSS
A small dog made a big impact to win third prize in the Studio category
DANIELA SCHMID
Doing “something different from the norm” achieved first prize in the Studio category
THEY DEFEATED
An image taken by drone won third prize in the Dogs & People category
RUSSELL CHARTERS
One of Amber the dalmation’s first walks after two leg operations won second prize in the Portrait & Landscape category
SOPHIA HUTCHINSON
“Unconditional love” at a railway station won first place in the Dogs & People category
SABRINA THEDEN
“Mimi’s backstory” was second in the Studio category
JANE THOMSON
An image of a Greenland dog, a working sledge dog, was third in the Portrait & Landscape category
JOANNE LIU
A joyful walk led to second place in the Dogs & People category
SARAH EBNER
