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Photographer of the Year

WEEKLY SELECTION 8 - GALLERY 2 - Photographer of the Year 2025

Tuesday, 8 April 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 of Photographer of the Year will be announced in early June 2025.

Here is Gallery 2 of the best Photographer of the Year submissions for this week. To see the other gallery, follow the link: Gallery 1

Africa Geographic African Safari — Reaching for mom. At barely four weeks old, with eyes not yet fully open, the smaller of a litter of two desperately tries to get her mother’s attention. Unable to climb down to her mother suckling the older cub, she persistently sticks her paw through a small hole in the trunk near its entrance. It pays off: mom finally joins her in the den. “The following day, she seemed much stronger and more mobile, climbing down and exploring the surrounding area with her sibling.” Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Dewald Tromp

Africa Geographic African Safari — A procession of shadows against the setting sun. The matriarch leads the parade across the dusty plains. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Elizabeth Yicheng Shen

Africa Geographic African Safari — A white-throated swallow makes an offering of devotion in the midst of nest building, at Rondevlei Bird Hide. Wilderness Section, Garden Route National Park, South Africa. © Erhard Kruger

Africa Geographic African Safari — Sheltered in the soft thicket shadows, a lion cub awaits its mother’s return – half hidden, half hopeful. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Jonathan Wosinski

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A riotous rehearsal in the canopy. Juvenile baboons stage a slapstick performance as dusk calls the curtain – chaos and comedy are part of the troop’s bedtime routine. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. © Kalin Botev

Photographer of the Year 2025 — “As we watched the Great Migration, a spotted hyena suddenly emerged, weaving through the thundering herds in relentless pursuit. It raced among them until its eyes locked onto a weakened youngster. After a long, heart-pounding chase, the predator finally closed the gap, seizing the wildebeest.” Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Liz Hart

Africa Geographic Travel

Africa Geographic African Safari — A classic Kalahari juxtaposition: predator and pacifist. A lion meets the impenetrable shell of the leopard tortoise. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Joschka Voss

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Three elephants drink in unison, their tusks forming a lattice of ivory lines. Chyulu Hills National Park, Kenya. © Maurice Schutgens

Africa Geographic African Safari — Two hunters, a heartbeat apart. A red-necked falcon’s statuesque stillness belies the electric moment as a cheetah strolls past. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Ernest Porter

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Swathed in smoke, a young Mundari herder stands watch over his livestock. The Mundari rub ash from burnt cow dung onto their skin, and onto their livestock, to ward off insect bites and sunburn. South Sudan. © Romain Miot

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A phantom in the grass. A leopard pounces on its target, obscured to the viewer by the long grass. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Tomasz Szpila

Africa Geographic Travel

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Gut-wrenching. A martial eagle savours its reptilian prize. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Celine Jurgelevicius

Africa Geographic African Safari — A fading giant in a vanishing world. With each blurred movement, the photographer mourns that we are losing large portions of animal populations across the continent. “I employed an in-camera technique called Intentional Camera Movement for this photo. With my camera’s shutter open, a brief period of time elapses. In this fraction of a second, the elephant begins to fade – all because of the disruption I cause by moving my hands. This photograph is a metaphor for the conservation catastrophe that has transpired in a short amount of time, at the hand of man.” Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. © Greg du Toit

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A fleeting folly. A young lion launches at a dove. The bird escapes, the lion learns; not all hunts end in dinner. Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana. © Lukas Walter

Africa Geographic African Safari — A cantankerous companion. This Cape buffalo was less than thrilled with the oxpecker’s diligent parasite removal. Even symbiosis has its social tensions. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Ilna Booyens

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