Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane gets crowded out by Leicester defenders James Justin, Wesley Fofana and Wilfred Ndidi
Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
We take a look at some of the images from the winning portfolios at the inaugural BPPA press photographer of the year awards. The brand new competition was created by press photographers for press photographers, to showcase the outstanding and unprecedented photography taken for, and used by, the UK media. The overall winner was Adam Gray of SWNS who took first place in two categories, photo essay, and the Covid-19 essay
A train passes over the Ribblehead Viaduct in the snow
Photograph: James Speakman/Mercury Press
Burnley fan John Withington has his face painted by his daughter in his home before the Manchester City v Burnley match in June 2020, as football matches resume behind closed doors
Photograph: Molly Darlington/Action
A gardener tends to thousands of tulips at Arundel Castle
Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News
Lance Stroll’s racing point RP20 Mercedes is launched upside down following a crash at the 2020
Grand Prix of Bahrain
Photograph: Clive Mason/Formula 1/Getty
Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane gets crowded out by Leicester defenders James Justin, Wesley Fofana and Wilfred Ndidi
Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
A long exposure photograph of an electronic matrix sign informing motorists on the M6 in Cheshire ‘Stay Home Essential Travel Only’ in November 2020
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Furnace worker Mark Woodington cleaning out the slag from the furnace at Hargreaves Foundry, Halifax
Photograph: James Hardisty/Yorkshire Post
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, look at their homemade wedding anniversary card, given to them by their great grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, at Windsor Castle ahead of their 73rd wedding anniversary in November 2020
Photograph: Chris Jackson
The Rev Stuart Elliott blesses the new fire as part of his Service of New Light for Easter Eve on the shore of Llynnau Mymbyr in Snowdonia in April 2020
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
The artist Grayson Perry next to his work, Very Large Very Expensive Abstract Painting, ahead of the exhibition Grayson Perry: The MOST Specialest Relationship, which looks at American culture at the Victoria Miro gallery in London
Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Neonatal nurse Kirsty Hartley carries premature baby Theo Anderson to his mother, Kirsty Anderson, in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Lancashire women and newborn centre at Burnley general hospital during the coronavirus outbreak in May 2020
Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Protester Patrick Hutchinson carries an injured counter-protester to safety near London’s Waterloo station during a Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020
Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
A farmer stands over a dead cow killed by bushfire
Photograph: Kiran Ridley
A Black Lives Matter protester, Richmond
Photograph: Adam Gray/SWNS
Black Lives Matter best dressed protest, New York
Photograph: Adam Gray/SWNS
Ann Clapham (centre), whose brother Dennis Clapham died of Covid aged 62, her son Andrew and niece Ellie attend his funeral and celebration service at Shipley, West Yorkshire in May 2020
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Statue of Liberty behind coronavirus temporary refrigerated morgue trailers
Photograph: Adam Gray/SWNS
Coronavirus victims loaded on refrigerated morgues, New York
Photograph: Adam Gray/SWNS
A funeral worker handles coronavirus victims, New York
Photograph: Adam Gray/SWNS
Covid-19 essay of the year winner
Hart Island mass graves, New York
Photograph: Adam Gray/SWNS
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