Andy is a Nikon Europe Ambassador and a National Geographic photographer. One of Europe’s most acclaimed and respected photographers he has won over 130 National and International awards for his photography, most recently being named Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Big Picture Natural World Photography Competition, one of the most prestigious wildlife and conservation photography competitions in the world. His images have also been awarded four times in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards, five times in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards and in 2016, as well as winning two categories, he was named as the overall winner in Bird Photographer of the Year.
He is currently the most successful photographer in the history of the British Wildlife Photography Awards with 32 individual awards and four category wins whilst in 2012 he was named the Nature Photojournalist of the Year with a portfolio of 12 images captured whilst working on assignment for National Geographic. He has also received category winners in the 2021 and 2023 Nature’s Best Awards as well as Category winner and category runner-up in Nature Photographer of Year. He’s also won multiple categories and the prestigious IUCN Portfolio Award in the Nature Images Awards.
Andy has also been invited to judge some of the world’s biggest and most prestigious photographic competitions, most notably in 2025 when he had the honour of serving on the jury for the biggest and most prestigious wildlife photography competition on Earth, Wildlife Photographer of the Year. In 2021 he was one of 5 judges for the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards and he’s also been a recurring judge (3x) on Outdoor Photographer of the Year as well as a judge for the British Wildlife Photography Awards. He was most recently made a Luminary for the 2025 Edition of Wildlife Artist of the Year.
He now spends much of the year sharing his knowledge and expertise, either through his YouTube channel @andyparkinsonphotography where he creates detailed photographic tutorials, or by leading his photographic safaris to countries like Brazil, Chile, India, Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania.
An accomplished speaker he has spoken at the Royal Geographical Society (WildPhotos 2010 and 2025), the Lowland Photo Festival 2022 (Belgium), Nature Talks (The Netherlands), Wizje Natury 2024 (Poland) and at GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 (Germany).
He lives in Derbyshire, UK with his wife Claire, and their dog Mya.
