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Top 100 Photographers of the Year 2021

Honoured to reveal our Top 100 Photographers of 2021! It’s an incredible achievement if a photographer has made it on to this list, as it’s so hard to win a single award from us, let alone multiple in the same year.

Special congratulations to Sabine Doppelhofer, who is both our overall Photographer of the Year, and our Storyteller of the Year. With a staggering 34 Awards in total – 21 individual awards and 13 story awards – she is an incredibly deserved winner. You can see one of her many awards above.

As well as the Top 100 Photographers Worldwide list below, you can also view our Top 10 Storytellers in the World, and we also have Top 10 rankings for the following countries: Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, UK and the USA.

*Ranking is determined by overall number of Awards won in 2021; in the case of a tie, the photographer who won the most Family Story Awards ranks higher.

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#1. Sabine Doppelhofer

34 Awards in 2021

(21 Reportage Family Awards & 13 Family Story Awards)

Austria

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#2. Kirsten Bethmann

15 Awards in 2021

(11 Reportage Family Awards & 4 Family Story Awards)

USA

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#3. Katrin Küllenberg

14 Awards in 2021

(10 Reportage Family Awards & 4 Family Story Awards)

Germany

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#4. Gretchen Yost

14 Awards in 2021

(11 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

USA

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#5. Julia Völzow

12 Awards in 2021

(9 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

Germany

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#6. Agata Szymanowicz

12 Awards in 2021

(10 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

UK

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#7. Lisa Hu Chen

12 Awards in 2021

(12 Reportage Family Awards)

USA

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#8. Susan Eikenaar

11 Awards in 2021

(7 Reportage Family Awards & 4 Family Story Awards)

Netherlands

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#9. Ang Waterton

10 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 5 Family Story Awards)

Canada

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=#10. Laura Beth Davidson

10 Awards in 2021

(7 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

USA

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=#10. Rowena Meadows

10 Awards in 2021

(7 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

Australia

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#12. Orsolya Boncser

10 Awards in 2021

(10 Reportage Family Awards)

Hungary

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=#13. Barbara Puchta

9 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

Germany

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=#13. Louise van den Broek

9 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

Netherlands

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#15. Marek Troszczynski

9 Awards in 2021

(7 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

UK

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#16. Julia Rose-Greim

9 Awards in 2021

(9 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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#17. Jennifer Schäufelin

8 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards & 5 Family Story Awards)

Germany

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=#18. Elke Van Rulo

8 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

Belgium

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=#18. Linda Bouritius-Colenbrander

8 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

Netherlands

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=#20. Agueda Sanfiz

8 Awards in 2021

(8 Reportage Family Awards)

USA

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=#20. Oliver Raschka

8 Awards in 2021

(8 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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#22. Magdalena Mosler

7 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

Spain

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=#23. Gaby Ermstrang

7 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

Netherlands

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=#23. Manu Rigoni

7 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

Brazil

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=#25. Ana Backhaus

7 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

United Arab Emirates

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=#25. Tobias Löhr

7 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Germany

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#27. Lisa Winner

6 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

USA

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=#28. Nina TBerg

6 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

China

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=#28. Simona Dietiker

6 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

Switzerland

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=#30. Alice Chapman

6 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

UK

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=#30. Evelien Van Den Bossche

6 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Belgium

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=#30. Joshua D’hondt

6 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Belgium

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=#30. Eva Raduenzel Kitamura

6 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Germany

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=#30. Sandra Stokmans

6 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Netherlands

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=#35. Els Korsten

6 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards)

Netherlands

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=#35. Tabea Hörnlein

6 Awards in 2021

(6 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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#37. Nikhol Esteras

5 Awards in 2021

(2 Reportage Family Awards & 3 Family Story Awards)

Mexico

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=#38. Erica Hawkins

5 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

UK

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=#38. Julia Matthews

5 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

USA

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=#38. Pedro Vilela

5 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Portugal

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=#41. Deirdre Rusk

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

Ireland

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=#41. Emma Collins

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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=#41. Giovanna Guiotti

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

Brazil

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=#41. Gonda Meurs

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

Netherlands

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=#41. Hollie and Patrick Mateer

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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=#41. Julia Erz

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#41. Kristof Claeys

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

Belgium

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=#41. Marisa Martins

5 Awards in 2021

(5 Reportage Family Awards)

Portugal

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=#49. Menino Conhece Menina

4 Awards in 2021

(2 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

Portugal

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=#49. Mitzy Geluk

4 Awards in 2021

(2 Reportage Family Awards & 2 Family Story Awards)

Netherlands

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=#51. Franziska Nauck

4 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Germany

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=#51. Indiana Chataway

4 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Australia

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=#51. Joosje Janssen

4 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Netherlands

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=#51. Marjolijn Maljaars

4 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Netherlands

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=#51. Sven Berger

4 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Germany

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=#56. Adrienne Buitendijk

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Netherlands

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=#56. Bianca Weigl

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#56. Gareth McGaughey

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Ireland

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=#56. Julie de Bellaing

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Belgium

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=#56. Jessica Wight

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

USA

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=#56. Karlijn Goossens

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Netherlands

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=#56. Lavinia Nitu

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Italy

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=#56. Julia Kojeder

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Austria

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=#56. Monique Urbanski

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#56. Marie O’Mahony

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Ireland

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=#56. Phil Salisbury

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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=#56. Raluca Chase

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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=#56. Sara Easter

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

USA

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=#56. Sarah Marsden

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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=#56. Nadja Arold

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Australia

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=#56. Olga Leise

4 Awards in 2021

(4 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#72. Anna Rowland

3 Awards in 2021

(2 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

UK

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=#72. Grit Hartung

3 Awards in 2021

(2 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Germany

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=#72. Loren Haar

3 Awards in 2021

(2 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

USA

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=#72. Philippe Swiggers

3 Awards in 2021

(2 Reportage Family Awards & 1 Family Story Award)

Belgium

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=#76. Adam Riley

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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=#76. Annie Gozard

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

France

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=#76. Britta Eiberger

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#76. Christie Agema

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Netherlands

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=#76. Daphne Matthys

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Belgium

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=#76. Patricia Faustino

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Portugal

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=#76. Marine Poron

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

France

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=#76. Sabrina Losso

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Italy

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=#76. Jess Lycoops

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Denmark

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=#76. Jennifer Nobriga

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

USA

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=#76. Karolina Horner

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Austria

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=#76. Karin Dietzel

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#76. Nadine Lotze

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#76. Maggie Devereux

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Canada

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=#76. Antonina Mamzenko

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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=#76. Myrthe van Boon

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Sweden

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=#76. Nicole Beckmann

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#76. Oonagh Casey

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Ireland

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=#76. Polina Subbotina

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Germany

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=#76. Polona Avanzo

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Slovenia

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=#76. Ruth Wytinck

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Belgium

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=#76. Sonja Stich

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Spain

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=#76. Susan Gibbs

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

USA

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=#76. Tamara Pinco

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Switzerland

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=#76. Stephana Ferrell

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

USA

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=#76. Sara Cardoso Silva

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Portugal

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=#76. Verena Ettinger

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

Austria

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=#76. Vicki Cracknell

3 Awards in 2021

(3 Reportage Family Awards)

UK

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