The theme for our 2023 photography competition was Nature and Climate. The Society would like to congratulate the winners and shortlisted photographers, announced during Biology Week 2023.

In the press

Images from the competition were covered in a number of news outlets, including NewScientist.

Photographer of the Year: Winner

Photographer: Paulo Sousa

Title: Glacier Requiem

Location: Rhône Glacier, Switzerland

Young Photographer of the Year: Winner

Photographer: Louise Pask

Title: Boulders Beach Penguins

Location: Boulders beach, South Africa

Runners-up and Shortlisted

Photographer of the Year: Runner-up

Photographer: Daniel Shipp

Title: White Hot Home

Location: Bunaken Island, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Young Photographer of the Year: Runner-up

Photographer: Isaac Savage

Title: Flooded Footpath

Location: Clifton Ings, York, UK

Photographer of the Year: Shortlisted

Photographer: Maia Tochilashvili

Title: Frozen Plants

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Photographer of the Year: Shortlisted

Photographer: Mostafijur Nasim

Title: Buffalo herd searching food in river coast in Bangladesh

Location: Bogura, Bangladesh

Special thanks to judges

Harriet Gardiner, Campaign for National Parks

Claude Barbé-Brown, Wiley

Alice Campain, CABI