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Photographer of the Year

WEEKLY SELECTION 2 - 2025 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Thursday, 27 February 2025

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Our Photographer of the Year 2025 is open for submissions. The overall winners, runners up and their partners will enjoy a teamAG safari to explore 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. In association with Ukuri and African Parks.

Photographer of the Year is open for entries from 1 February 2025 to midnight on 30 April 2025. Judging will take place throughout those months and for the month of May 2025, and the winners will be announced in early June 2025.

Here are the best Photographer of the Year submissions for this week

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — An African hummingbird hawkmoth hovers, sipping nectar in midair. Katrinasrust Country Estate, Mpumalanga, South Africa. © Graeme Gullacksen

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — Hidden in plain sight. Only the keenest eye will spot this Spinomantis aglavei treefrog, a master of camouflage in Madagascar’s dense forests. This tree-dwelling, nocturnal frog sleeps during the day on tree trunks. Mitsinjo Reserve, Madagascar. © Tomasz Szpila

Photographer of the Year — Opportunity. “There is always a lot of action at a photographic hide with a waterhole in the dry months.” But this helmeted guineafowl has seen it all before, and flees hastily, avoiding capture. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana. © Pierre van der Berg

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — Dawn’s first light finds thirsty buffalos drawn to the water’s edge. Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe. © Liz Lane

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — A cloud of dust swirls as an elephant coats itself after a swim across the Chobe River – a ritual of protection, cooling, and comfort. “What interested me was the character of the tossed dust and its relationship to the elephant. Rendering it in colour seemed to detract from the experience, so I rendered it in black and white and cropped the image.” Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Chuck Wood

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Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — An alien world sculpted by fire and salt. Dallol is a dreamscape of colour and heat 126m below sea level, and one of the hottest places on Earth. Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. © Hesté de Beer

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — Tiny jewels of the Kalahari. Juvenile African bullfrogs shimmer at the water’s edge, waiting for their moment to grow into giants. Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana. © Andy Richardson

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — A Masai giraffe strides across the stark Amboseli landscape. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Greg du Toit

African safari — A ritual of mud and motion in a drying waterhole of the Delta. Already coated by mud, this elephant continues to arm itself in an earthy sheath to protect against the sun and biting insects. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Tomasz Szpila

African safari — A spotted eagle owl tucks into the quiet of the day, waiting for dusk to call it back to the hunt. Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa. © Graeme Gullacksen

Africa Geographic Travel

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — Living twigs, perfectly disguised. A mating pair of Madagascan devil stick insect blends into the rainforest, where survival depends on invisibility. Females are much larger and stronger than males. “I photographed this mating pair of Parectatosoma stick insects during a night walk in the rainforest of Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.” Madagascar. © Tomasz Szpila

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — Mischief in the making. Two leopard cubs turn a tree stump into their playground while they wait for their mother’s return. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana. © Pierre van der Berg

African safari — As October wanes, the last pools in Mana Pools shrink, and hippos jostle for space in the vanishing waters – a fleeting sanctuary in the dry season’s grip. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. © Pavol Stranak

African safari — Battle-scarred and weary, a wildebeest emerges from the Mara River, a survivor of the chaos. “We watched this wildebeest struggle up the Mara River banks, having survived a particularly harrowing crossing in northern Serengeti.” Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Chuck Wood

Africa Geographic Travel

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — In the searing heat of the Karoo, an African wildcat finds refuge in the shade, relaxed but ever watchful. Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa. © Graeme Gullacksen

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — A deadly dance. A Cape cobra strikes as ground squirrels test their luck, their game of taunts pushing the predator’s patience. Auob Riverbed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Roberto Kruger

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — Charcoal – fuel for the fire and a story of survival. Chongwe, Zambia. © Pavol Stranak

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025 — Usually found high in the treetops of northern Madagascar, crowned lemurs live by the light, their world woven from fruit, leaves, and family. Today, a lemur has come down for a frolic on the ground. Montagne d’Ambre National Park, Madagascar. © Tomasz Szpila

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