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© Max Edleston

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Introducing the AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025 Winners! Selected from The Top 100 images, these are the best of the best from around the world – a diverse selection of imagery that stood out amongst a incredibly high calibre of thousands of submissions.

Over 25 individual awards have been presented – Winners and Highly Commended in each of our five categories, one winner for each of our Partner Awards, and our People’s Choice Award (to be announced soon!). Find full details of all the awards here.

Reaching an annual audience of approximately 2 million people, AUTO PHOTO introduces photographers to new opportunities and experiences through the Awards, supporting them in getting published, receiving motorsport accreditation, and gaining paid commissions.

This year’s Awards were judged by a panel of experts from the automotive and photographic industries: Karen Harvey MBE (Founder and Creative Director of Shutter Hub and AUTO PHOTO), Charles Gordon-Lennox, The Duke of Richmond (Founder of Goodwood Revival and Festival of Speed), Hugh Chambers (CEO of Motorsport UK), Alessia Glaviano (Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director of the Photo Vogue Festival), Phil McGovern (Founder and Creative Director of Caffeine & Machine), Justina Williams (Team Owner, EXCELR8 Motorsport), Mai Ikuzawa (Team Principle, Team Ikuzawa and Creative Director, Bow Wow International) and Charlie Roughton (Co-Founder and Director of The Maze Group).

To view all the winning and highly commended images head over to the AUTO PHOTO website. (The first-place winners of each of the five categories are featured below).

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Car Boudoir © Lachlan Hudson

Image caption: Car Boudoir © Lachlan Hudson

Winner - Cars as Art


Lachlan Hudson

Car Boudoir

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Espiritu de Monjuic © Quentin Martinez

Image caption: Espiritu de Monjuic © Quentin Martinez

Winner - Motorsport


Quentin Martinez

Espiritu de Monjuic

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Footfall © Dan Knight

Image caption: Footfall © Dan Knight

Winner - Scenes and Styling


Dan Knight

Footfall

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Change Divides © Karl Lobley

Image caption: Change Divides © Karl Lobley

Winner - Innovation


Karl Lobley

Change Divides

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Portrait of a Racer © Les Gawin

Image caption: Portrait of a Racer © Les Gawin

Winner - Auto Portrait


Les Gawin

Portrait of a Racer

AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025 are powered by Shutter Hub and supported by: Adrian Flux, Caffeine & Machine, EXCELR8 Motorsport, Great Northern Classics, Motorsport UKProject-A, and WXVE.


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