As the 2023 deadline for entering the Young Photographer Awards approaches, the RSPCA is showcasing ten of the best recent northern entries, including photos from Sheffield and Rotherham.
Trophies will be awarded to the winners of ten different categories, as well as one overall winner who will receive a weekend photography break worth almost £700.
Wildlife photographer, TV presenter and RSPCA president Chris Packham is one of the judges, alongside photographers Rachel Bigsby, Catriona Parfitt, Ellie Rothnie, Andrew Forsyth and Emma Jacobs.
The winners will be announced in December 2023, at an awards ceremony hosted by Chris Packham at the Tower of London.
Award winning wildlife photographer and Young Photographer Awards judge, Emma Jacobs, said: “There is so much young talent in the North of England.“Year after year we see such strong photographs coming from our northern counties, so the question is - can northern youngsters claim top billing once again in our 2023 awards? We can’t wait to see this year’s entries.”
Young photographers have until Tuesday, August 15, to get their submissions in.
5. Radiant Ralph
Hilarious pet portrait taken by Demmi Havenhand, aged 18 from Bedlington in Northumberland, for the 2022 Young Photographer Awards. Demmi scored the Runner Up position in the Pet Portraits category for capturing this happy moment. | RSPCA
6. Solitario George
This picture of the Pinta Island Galapagos tortoise, whose death marked the final extinction of his species, was taken by 17-year-old Lucy Hutton from Hexham, Northumberland. Lucy was the overall winner of the 2018 awards. | RSPCA
7. Snuggled squirrel
Hugo Napier, aged 10 from York, photographed this lovely moment of human-animal connection as an orphaned squirrel is given a feed and a warm blanket. Hugo was runner up in the under 12 mobile phone and devices category for 2022. | RSPCA
8. Hopeful for a white Christmas
Clara Drycz, aged 15 from Rochdale, Greater Manchester caught the longing in her puppy’s eyes - as if he was wishing for just one white Christmas! Clara submitted her emotional entry to the mobile phone and devices category in 2022. | RSPCA