GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Revealed

Fifteen images worth your time. The GDT Nature Photographer of the Year is one of the more credible wildlife comps around — member-judged, European sensibility, consistently less obsessed with megafauna than the big international prizes. Luca Lorenz won overall with a mountain hare shot described as painterly, which in wildlife photography usually means exceptional light discipline and restraint on the shutter. If you shoot wildlife or landscape, these results are a useful calibration for what's cutting through right now. Not urgent. But worth ten minutes.