WINNERS HISTORY

 


Since launching in 2018, Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) has celebrated the world's finest close-up, macro and micro photography. Here are the photographers who have won the overall title.

Overall Winners

 
Ross Gudgeon, CUPOTY 7 overall winner, Fractal Forest

CUPOTY 7 (2025)
Ross Gudgeon, Australia

Fractal Forest
A view inside a cauliflower soft coral, photographed using an underwater probe lens in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.

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Svetlana Ivanenko, CUPOTY 6 overall winner, Clash of the Titans

CUPOTY 6 (2024)
Svetlana Ivanenko, Russia

Clash of the Titans
Two stag beetles battle for dominance in the Voronezh region of Russia.

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Csaba Daróczi, CUPOTY 5 overall winner, The Bird of the Forest

CUPOTY 5 (2023)
Csaba Daróczi, Hungary

The Bird of the Forest
A Eurasian nuthatch flies among woodland trees in Kiskőrös, Hungary.

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Samantha Stephens, CUPOTY 4 overall winner, Nature's Pitfall

CUPOTY 4 (2022)
Samantha Stephens, Canada

Nature’s Pitfall
Northern Pitcher Plants in Algonquin Provincial Park consume two juvenile Spotted Salamanders.

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Pål Hermansen, CUPOTY 3 overall winner, Insect Diversity

CUPOTY 3 (2021)
Pål Hermansen, Norway

Insect Diversity
Insect remains found inside a house light in Norway emptied onto a large light box.

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Galice Hoarau, CUPOTY 2 overall winner, Eel Larva

CUPOTY 2 (2020)
Galice Hoarau, France

Eel Larva
An eel larva discovered while blackwater diving off the island of Lembeh, Indonesia.

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Emanuele Biggi, CUPOTY 1 overall winner, Namib's Gaze

CUPOTY 1 (2019)
Emanuele Biggi, Italy

Namib’s Gaze
A Peringuey’s adder hides in its sandy habitat in the Namib Desert waiting for prey.

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