2025 CREATIVE CATEGORY: TOP 20

Photographer of the Year, presented by Ted's, is the largest competition of its kind for amateur photographers in Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations to the following photographers who finished at the top of the CREATIVE category.

CREATIVE is a single-image category. This is an open-themed category with greater freedoms for entrants to experiment with post-producution techniques, including montages.

Congratulations to everyone who entered. Here are the Top 10 and Top 20 images from the 2025 competition.

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WINNER, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Sue Joy, 'Dancing In Water

Photo © Sue Joy. Winner, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

RUNNER-UP, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Melanie Warnaar, 'Towering White Trunks

Photo © Melanie Warnaar. Runner-Up, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

3RD, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Shaun Liptak, 'Take a seat

Photo © Shaun Liptak. 3rd, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

4TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Lesley Bretherton, 'Eucalyptus and Paper

Photo © Lesley Bretherton. 4th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

5TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Alex Houghton, 'Wing and a Pray

Photo © Alex Houghton. 5th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

6TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Rhiannon Cochrane, 'Home

Photo © Rhiannon Cochrane. 6th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

7TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Glenda Gore, 'The Chaos of India

Photo © Glenda Gore. 7th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

8TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Andrzej Stiller, 'Flower's story

Photo © Andrzej Stiller. 8th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

9TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Christine Bairstow, 'Underwater Floral-Camellia

Photo © Christine Bairstow. 9th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

10TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Jen Williams, 'The Way You Make Me Feel

Photo © Jen Williams. 10th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

 

11TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Kim Bohning, 'Deep lines'

Photo © Kim Bohning. 11th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

12TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Jodine Waghorn, 'Fragments of Focus'

Photo © Jodine Waghorn. 12th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

13TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Clement Chua, 'Melbourne Soul'

Photo © Clement Chua. 13th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

14TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Melinda Craik, 'Fleeting Bloom'

Photo © Melinda Craik. 14th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

15TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Diny Jones, 'Wattle spray'

Photo © Diny Jones. 15th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

16TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Esther Kramer, 'Spots of Shadow'

Photo © Esther Kramer. 16th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

17TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Fiona Carter, 'Sea Change'

Photo © Fiona Carter. 17th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

18TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Graeme Gordon, 'Old'

Photo © Graeme Gordon. 18th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

19TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Bronwyn Silver, 'Rural Letterboxes'

Photo © Bronwyn Silver. 19th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

20TH, CREATIVE CATEGORY
Dianne English, 'Daisies Divine'

Photo © Dianne English. 20th, Creative category, Photographer of the Year 2025.