Macro Category

For close-up/macro images shot anywhere in the world.

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Previous category winners

Past category winners: 2025 Paolo Bondaschi (Italy) | 2024 Talia Greis (Australia) | 2023 Shane Gross (Canada) | 2022 Javier Murcia (Spain) | 2021 Galice Hoarau (Norway) | 2020 Hannes Klostermann (Germany) | 2019 Fabio Iardino (Italy) | 2018 Shane Gross (Canada) | 2017 So Yat Wai (Hong Kong) | 2016 Davide Lopresti (Italy) | 2015 Nuno Sa (Portugal)

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Paolo Bondaschi

Talia Greis

Shane Gross

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