CUPOTY

Close-up Photographer of the Year celebrates the art of close-up, macro and micro photography through an annual global competition, themed challenges, newsletter and book.

Our November themed challenge, Death & Decay, has now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered.

The Top 100 pictures and winners of CUPOTY 7 will be announced on Thursday 5 February, 2026 on this website, on Instagram and Facebook, and be collected in a digital book with full captions and tips from the photographers.

CUPOTY 8 opens in May 2026.

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The definitive collection of award-winning macro, micro and close-up photography from the ​6​th edition of Close-up Photographer of the Year.

See the world anew across 11 stunning categories. From two stag beetles locked in battle in an oak forest to a spiky ear-pick fungus sprouting from a pine cone. From a 50-image focus-stack of a bark spider in the Malaysian jungle to crystallised amino acids transformed into a fantastical landscape.​

This digital edition is ready to download and read immediately on your computer, tablet or phone.

• 123 full-page photos with captions and technical information

• 218 tips from the awarded photographers​ on technique, vision and fieldcraft

• 373 pages, 691 images
  

Digital edition • Instant access • No shipping