AUTO PHOTO AWARDS 2025:
THE WINNERS

Introducing the AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025 Winners! Selected from The Top 100, 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).

WINNER – Cars as Art – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Lachlan Hudson

Car Boudoir

WINNER – Motorsport – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Quentin Martinez

Espiritu de Monjuic

WINNER – Scenes and Styling – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025 

Dan Knight

Footfall

WINNER – Innovation – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Karl Lobley

Change Divides

WINNER – Auto Portrait  – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Les Gawin

Portrait of a Racer

WINNER – Duke of Richmond Award 2025

Rais Maulana

Shadow

Selected by Charles Gordon-Lennox, Founder of Goodwood Festival of Speed.

WINNER – Alessia Glaviano Award 2025

Ben Dodd

Ford F100

Selected by Alessia Glaviano, Head of Global Photo Vogue.

WINNER – WXVE Award 2025

Lachlan Hudson

Car Boudoir

Selected by WXVE’s Co-Founder and Production Team. 

WINNER – Motorsport UK Award 2025

Simon Ricketts (Reverendpixel)

Autumn Drive

Selected by Hugh Chambers, CEO of Motorsport UK.

WINNER – Adrian Flux Award 2025

Quentin Martinez

Espiritu de Monjuic

Selected by Charlie Roughton, Co-Founder and Director of The Maze Group. 

WINNER – Caffeine & Machine Award 2025

Vladimir Ljadov

Lexus LS400

Selected by Phil McGovern, Founder of Caffeine & Machine.

WINNER – Highly Commended Award
(selected by Justina Williams)

Will Aron

Space Girl

Selected by Justina Williams, Team Owner of EXCELR8 Motorsport.

WINNER – Highly Commended Award
(selected by Mai Ikuzawa)

Elliot Roberts

As The Dust Settles

Selected by Mai Ikuzawa, Team Principal of Team Ikuzawa and Creative Director, Bow Wow International.

Highly Commended – Cars as Art – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025 

Matthew Pitts

Lancia

Highly Commended – Cars as Art – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025 

Adam Sewell

Rose Between Blossoms

Highly Commended – Cars as Art – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025 

Sean Thomas

Wink

Highly Commended – Motorsport – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Amber Dickson

Pit Lane

Highly Commended – Motorsport – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Max Edleston

Dancing in the Rain

Highly Commended – Motorsport – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Simon Raeburn-Ward

Flow

Highly Commended – Scenes and Styling – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Ethan Jay

Golden

Highly Commended – Scenes and Styling – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Simon Ricketts (Reverendpixel)

Hangin’ Out

Highly Commended – Scenes and Styling – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Igor Sinicins

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Highly Commended – Innovation – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

William Davey

Villainous

Highly Commended – Innovation – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Steve Machin

The Apex Predator

Highly Commended – Innovation – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Adam Sewell

Last Of It’s Kind

Highly Commended – Auto Portrait – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Elliot Roberts

Full Focus

Highly Commended – Auto Portrait – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Martin Wall

Lia Block

Highly Commended – Auto Portrait – AUTO PHOTO Awards 2025

Sam Whitworth

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